What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pricing Assistant General Admin position at Builders FirstSource?
Ignite your career at Builders FirstSource, America’s largest supplier of building materials, value-added components and building services to the professional market. The #1 name in our industry, we help make the dream of home ownership more achievable every day. At BFS, you’ll be equipped with all the tools, training, and resources you need, and you’ll be empowered to try new things, gain new experiences, and build a career with unlimited horizons.
PURPOSE
Supports the pricing team and sales operations by ensuring that product pricing is accurate, competitive, and aligned with current market conditions. This role helps maintain profitability, customer satisfaction, and operational efficiency.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Accurately enter quotes into the company’s ERP systems and respond promptly to pricing requests, and other customer-related inquiries or follow-ups.
- Regularly review bids to verify pricing accuracy, consistency, and market competitiveness.
- Support business strategies Sales and Market Managers to help drive profitability and achieve overall productivity goals.
- Collaborate with Inside Sales teams to ensure invoice accuracy and facilitate the prompt resolution of pricing discrepancies.
- Maintain effective communication across departments and organizational levels to address market challenges, share insights, and propose strategic solutions.
- Support customer plan input and maintenance across multiple business lines and ERP systems, ensuring data is well-organized and up to date.
- Review and approve margin exceptions for customer orders that fall below established thresholds, ensuring proper system overrides are applied when necessary.
- Perform other duties as assigned, contributing to overall team efficiency and market success.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
- Customer service and sales support or construction and building materials supply experience preferred.
COMPETENCIES
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Organized and able to multi-task
- Microsoft Office Proficient
- Excel formula familiarity preferred.
- SAP's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system familiarity is preferred
WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Subject to both typical office environment and outside locations with temperature and weather variations.
At BFS, we want you and your career to be greater than what you ever could have expected. Our supportive, people -first culture will build you up and empower you to do more, be more, and become better every day. Join us and see what’s possible when you can rise to new challenges, learn new skills, and add to your career tool belt every day.
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