Pricing Manager

Eastman Chemical Company•Kingsport, TN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Pricing Manager (PM) executes pricing strategy in alignment with the offers in the Market and Product plans to maximize variable margin. The PM monitors customer buying patterns, competitive behaviors, market dynamics and recommends adjusting offers as necessary. The PM develops and executes the contract strategy based on the product strategy. The PM coordinates contract development, drafting, execution, and compliance in alignment of the contract strategy and effectively collaborates with segment teams. The PM provides greater visibility for growth in variable and gross margin through continuous, aggregated offer analysis and real-time adjustments. This is a U.S. based position.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with a passion for the commercial aspects of the business.
Relevant business experience (e.g. sales, marketing, product management, pricing and/or supply chain) is big a plus.
Leadership and teamwork in managing projects.
Passion for working with numbers and making the right analysis. To you “every set of numbers tells a different story”.
Expertise in working with software applications such as Excel, SAP, Salesforce (SFDC)
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Strong analytical skills and excellent numerical abilities
Strategic thinking and ability to translate effectively to execution planning
Manage execution of strategy through and with others
Strong financial focus and acumen to drive profitable choices
Demonstrated experience solving complex business problems
Strong system and data analytics tools and acumen to make informed decisions
Ability to lead multidisciplinary and international teams
Good communication skills
Commercial mindset (customer centric)

Responsibilities

Execution of product and asset strategy through product line team & partnership with broader cross-functional team
Development and execution of price, incentives and contract strategies, variable margin improvement opportunities at an order, customer, market segment, application, geography, and product level while ensuring quotes are provided quickly and consistently; time horizon 0-1 year.
Product allocation criteria, plan structure/ Product allocation exceptions
Price/volume tradeoff and Customer mix optimization
Business lead for quality, logistics, operational issues for customers
Provides key inputs for monthly price forecasting, consensus planning, and gap analysis versus plan.
Leads mass price change decisions, set price bands and guidance, communications, and documentation for pricing analyst implementation.
Empowers the Pricing Analyst to make tactical pricing decisions in line with the pricing strategy.
Provides guidance and coaching and serves as the final approver when pricing decisions are escalated above the Pricing Analyst level.
Monitors and communicates changing market conditions by analyzing trade flows, market supply and demand, competitive rivalry, and leading macroeconomic indicators.
Support / facilitate initiatives for quality, logistics, operational improvements
Commercialization & Rationalization
Manages profitability metrics, and identifies