Sales Programs Analyst

MARSHALLTOWN COMPANY•Marshalltown, IA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

MARSHALLTOWN leads the construction industry with innovation, agility, and a culture that celebrates excellence. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and enjoy interacting with internal and external customers, we invite you to join our team as a Sales Programs Analyst. In this role, you will be successful if you enjoy analyzing large sets of data to discover pricing/costing/margin discrepancies and make fact-based decisions that drive company profitability. You will also create reports that extract data from several different sources, and you must be able to understand mathematical formulas. You’ll be able to draw conclusions from data analysis and explain it to others in simplified language while ensuring data accuracy and having excellent attention to detail. You will also monitor reports for customer margin erosion and use the proactive research of data to identify cost increases and margin changes. The pricing analyst will create and alter reports to meet or anticipate business changes. And the successful candidate will work effectively with Supply Chain and other ESP departments regarding cost/pricing changes.

Requirements

4-year college degree, preferably in finance, engineering, or other business-related field OR in lieu of a degree, 3-5 years’ work experience in product development, marketing, sales, pricing strategy, pricing generalist
Great communication skills
Excell spreadsheet proficiency
Power Bi proficiency
Must work well with a variety of internal and external people from CEO to outside customers
Proficiency in presenting using Power Point and all Microsoft Office programs

Nice To Haves

Other database experience a plus
Business modeling skills, preferred
Strong analytical skills
Willingness to travel a couple days per quarter

Responsibilities

Analyzing data
Communicating the pricing strategies
Formulating, marketing, and reporting company promotions
Liaison with the engineering, marketing, and sales teams to formulate pricing strategies for new products
Ensuring the accuracy of all pricing data
Developing usable data mining processes (with the help of our IT department) and analyzing the performance of pricing strategies
Investigating margin creep, negative margin, and low margin items and making recommendations for correction