Senior Pricing Analyst, Margin Management - Oakbrook, IL

Responsible for a variety of duties surrounding the planning, analysis and reporting functions related to pricing. Support Strategic Pricing Team initiatives related to corporate, category and business strategies involving investments in base pricing and bid costing.  Contribute to the generation of critical insights and recommendations through acquisition, synthesis and distribution of internal (P&L, Cost-to-Serve, etc.)  and third party data.  Provides analytical support to the Strategic Pricing Team, Divisions Sales and Center/Field Sales teams through participation in internal and external initiatives.

This role will allow a problem solver with high learning agility to get a well-rounded Margin Management experience. 

Position Responsibilities

·       Manages acquisition, validation and synthesis of internal and third party pricing related data including syndicated data providers and external consultants

·       Communicates insights and flags competitive actions for internal & external clients in a concise, effective manner

·       Team player and contributor on departmental & divisional projects and initiatives

·       Monitors & tracks competitive pricing, promotional activities and commodity impacts by PPG, by key customer for assigned categories

·       Primary interface between organization and IRI for pricing related data and reporting

·       A thought leader amongst peer team in the pricing and revenue/margin management space

Position Qualifications

·       BS Degree in Business, Finance, or Economics with 3+ years of experience; MBA preferred.

·       Relevant experience to include advanced pricing analytics and P&L understanding in the CPG industry.

·       Syndicated Data experience — IRI, AC Nielsen, etc.

·       Excellent organizational and communication skills.

·       Excellent planning and project management skills.

·       Strong Excel and data manipulation skills

·       Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.

·       Ability to strategically influence