Global Pricing Analyst in San Diego, CA

 

The Global Pricing Analyst will support the implementation of global pricing strategies and revenue optimization to maximize product lifecycle and customer/segment profitability. S/he will also be responsible for supporting an enterprise-wide governance strategy and global pricing process to ensure that guidance and policy are followed and applied at the regional/country level with local support and ownership. This role will support the use of price monitoring tools and key pricing initiatives globally.

Tasks and responsibilities:

Analytics:

  • Support the adoption of systems and tools used for pricing analytics.
  • Develop and utilize detailed analytical models to identify pricing and margin improvements.
  • Continuously improve existing pricing and profitability models.
  • Perform pricing analytics on an as needed basis based on business needs.

Pricing Strategy:

  • Implement pricing strategies and programs appropriate for new and current products and their respective markets in response to evolving market, competitive or internal conditions.
  • Analyze and summarize actual product pricing trends in comparison with initial pricing projections.
  • Support the use of value-based pricing methodologies.
  • Interface with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Contracts, and Regional pricing counterparts to coordinate efforts toward the accomplishment of pricing objectives.

Governance:

  • Develop, analyze, and report on key pricing metrics.
  • Work across business units, regions, and functions to harmonize business pricing practices and process metrics while respecting the unique regional/country requirements.
  • Support regular reviews of current pricing for products globally.

Preferred educational background:

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Statistics, Economics, Marketing or Business Analytics

Preferred experiential background:

•      Possess a continuous improvement mindset.

•      Experience in developing and implementing pricing strategies, including pricing by customer segmentation. 

•      Ability to develop and interpret financial models to analyze and recommend pricing actions. 

•      Process management knowledge and experience. 

•      Pricing execution and monitoring/metrics knowledge.

•      Ability to work collaboratively across functional teams and different organizational levels to deliver results. Experience working within a complex virtual team environment and leading project activities. 

•      Highly developed time management skills with a demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and handle multiple priorities with a high degree of initiative. 

•      Ability to resolve complex problems positively and professionally. 

•      Ability to plan, implement and monitor projects.  Ability to proactively communicate project progress, issues and solutions. 

•      Excellent oral and written communication skills. 

•      Track record of driving results and change. 

•      Experience in use and design of pricing / finance analytics platforms and tools.

•      Experience in Health Care Sector, specifically Diagnostics preferred