Sr. Analyst, Strategic Pricing

We are recruiting a Sr. Pricing Analyst to join our Strategic Pricing team. This position will support and provide pricing and profitability insights for CHG’s Commercial teams including Sales and Marketing teams. The Sr. Pricing Analyst supports pricing strategy and execution including the ongoing margin and mix management, incorporated into CHG’s overall vision and strategy. You will collaborate with Commercial teams, Finance, Purchasing, and Supply Chain to operationalize customer and category pricing Our value strategies will be developed by executing and managing innovation pricing, contractually negotiated prices and automation processes. The individual will need to apply analytics and strong economic thinking to identify potential opportunities, operationalize sourcing strategies, and clearly communicate insights and recommendations to a broad set of stakeholders.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support in the development of CHG’s pricing strategies through data and analytics for new and existing customer and category pricing, optimized for market competitiveness, profitability, and customer willingness to pay maximization in alignment with CHG strategies.
• Develop Pricing Guidance.
• Manage the pricing lifecycle for CHG’s products and services.
• Utilize insights to determine optimal pricing relationships between items, categories, customers, competitors, sales channels, and production facilities.
• Development, automation and execution of key reporting and analysis.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to gather reporting requirements.
• Leads and executes analytical special projects involving moderate to high complexity.
• Analyzes and interprets large datasets with high levels of ambiguity.
• Presents findings and recommendations to senior management and stakeholders in a clear, concise, and compelling manner.
• Set standards for pricing to achieve defined targets.
• Responsible for market and profit-oriented category, product and pricing and develop strategies to achieve market share, sales, and margin targets.
• Create pricing models for various customer segments and implement new products in pricing.
• Make systematic observations, analyses, and profitability checks of CHG’s markets with respect to current market prices and sales data.
• Participate in the design of internal reporting systems and the implementation of relevant ad hoc analyses.
• Deal and Contract management.
  • Maintain integrity of contract terms.
  • Maintenance of all contracts (all Foodservice Channels). Pricing to maintain or expand margin based on channel operating plan.
  • Maintain and manage calendar for contracts to identify and evaluate cost variances.
• Manage, review and research Bill of Materials prices, costs, and areas of opportunity through SAP standards, with Purchasing, R&D and Logistics teams.
• Communicate with Cost Accounting and manufacturing teams to prioritize requests and ensure timelines are met. Strategic Pricing.
• Create and submit pricing proposals and contracts for customer dispersal by Sales Managers.
• Review of freight and freight costs pertinent to contract pricing in conjunction with the Logistics team and tied to CHG’s Pricing bracket pricing structure.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and tools used to measure success of pricing changes and customer reports.
• XSPEC/PLM Database support:       
  • SAP Pricing database management
  • Enter and maintain price contracts into the contract database.
  • Research pricing discrepancies and manage solutions.
  • SAP Pricing Subject Matter Expert,
  • Participate in SAP pricing solution events or enhancements and in M&A SAP related transitions.
• Perform all other duties and special projects as assigned. 

Minimum Job Requirements:

Education/Certifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Finance, Statistics, Marketing Analytics, or related field
• 3-5 years in Strategic Pricing, Revenue Growth Management, data analytics, Finance, CPG, Food and Beverage.
• Master’s degree is a plus.
• Experience working in cross functional teams, data elements or financial metrics analyses.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote), and other related applications or software.
• Demonstrated leadership in developing cross functional relationships.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Finance, Sales, Marketing, Operations/Supply Chain, Purchasing, R & D, IT.
• Ability to develop and manage methods to track projects and understand costs.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, often with competing deadlines.

Working Conditions and Physical Effort:

• Typical work in office environment – San Antonio Corporate HQ.
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and using a computer that may require repetitive tasks, such as data entry and report generation.

We are proud to offer competitive compensation and benefit programs that include medical, dental, vision, flexible savings account, health savings account, 401K matching savings plan, employee assistance program, wellness programs, life insurance, AD&D insurance,  disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, student loan counseling, employee referral program, paid time off, and more! 

For additional information about our company, go to www.chg.com.

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