Pricing Specialist

1100 Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. • Cleveland, OH

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About The Position

The SA Pricing Specialist partners with Strategic Account leaders to implement and manage national customer pricing strategies that maximize gross profit and ensure contract compliance. The role supports RFQ/RFP pricing, maintains contractual price agreements in SAP, analyzes sales and margin performance, and ensures compliance with contract terms. The position location is flexible.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• Fundamental understanding of pricing structures, techniques, and analysis.
• Strategic thinking and strong analytical skills, including advanced proficiency in Excel.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and collaborate across all organizational levels.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines.
• Results-driven, self-directed, and able to prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Uses critical thinking to perform analysis and complete requests.
• Applies strong analytical judgment to support pricing decisions and strategies.
• Takes initiative, provides a proactive approach, and delivers results.
• Demonstrates continuous learning and process improvement.
• Adapts quickly to changing business needs and technology.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree and 3–5 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination.
• Experience with SAP OTC and the SAP Pricing module.
• Experience with Business Objects/Power BI and AI.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to manage national price records in support of RFQ/RFP responses.
• Set up, audit, and maintain national contract pricing in SAP.
• Serve as a liaison with Strategic Account Managers, Chargebacks, and field teams to obtain pricing inputs and provide support.
• Analyze customer price records and create sales and margin reports to identify improvement opportunities.
• Partner with the SA Team to coordinate timely customer price updates in SAP.
• Evaluate price deviation requests for contract compliance and communicate outcomes and risks.
• Track pricing changes and investigate discrepancies.
• Provide pricing training and support to sales teams to support gross-profit goals.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives, special projects, and other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED