Pricing Specialist

Veritiv • Sandy Springs, GA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Pricing Specialist uses pricing tools and processes to ensure pricing accuracy and credibility. The role maintains pricing on all accounts, including customer-specific outputs such as customer part numbers and customer price units of measure, and works directly with customers and sales professionals as a resource for pricing and margin management. The position is hybrid.

The specialist supports sales training and works with sales teams and management to strengthen pricing performance, reduce overrides, and improve transaction accuracy. They maintain minimum margin thresholds with appropriate management approval, manage campaign exceptions, advise on pricing decisions for large or long-term customer arrangements, and help roll out pricing initiatives. The role also researches pricing errors in pricing and ERP systems, produces reports and analysis, coordinates with cost and rebate teams, and identifies product and pricing growth opportunities. It provides product and vendor knowledge for assigned accounts, responds to pricing inquiries, and prepares, processes, and publishes weekly price campaigns.

Requirements

• 1–3 years of related job experience.
• Ability to work quickly and efficiently.
• Basic experience with simple office or operational systems.
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, and diplomacy skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong customer service skills, including being friendly, courteous, and helpful.
• Strong planning and organization skills.
• Excellent follow-up skills and a strong sense of urgency.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Action-oriented approach; identifies and seizes new opportunities.
• Results-oriented approach with a strong bottom-line orientation.
• Problem-solving ability and adaptability to change.
• Bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

• Assist with sales training to maximize price performance and use of pricing tools.
• Work with sales and sales management to improve seller pricing scores, minimize overrides, and improve transaction accuracy.
• Ensure minimum margin thresholds are maintained with appropriate sales management approval, and manage customers with campaign exceptions.
• Provide pricing expertise and advice for large or long-term customer pricing decisions.
• Work with business leaders to roll out pricing-related initiatives to sales.
• Research and resolve pricing errors within pricing and ERP systems.
• Provide reporting on overrides, opportunities, scorecards, and ad hoc topics, and conduct analysis.
• Ensure connectivity and alignment with cost and rebate teams.
• Perform price and product analysis to identify growth opportunities and review findings with the sales team.
• Provide product and vendor knowledge on assigned accounts and serve as a resource to peers and managers.
• Respond to pricing-related inquiries.
• Prepare, process, and publish weekly price campaigns.

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and a health savings account.
• Life, AD&D, and disability insurance.
• 401(k).
• Paid time off.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee assistance program.
• Extensive training opportunities, professional development programs, career pathing, and mentorship opportunities.
• Employee-led Employee Resource Groups, Veritiv Cultural Alliance, and a recognition platform.
• Other fringe benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level