What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pricing Analyst position at York Container Company?
Job Summary:
The Pricing Analyst is responsible for profit management through strategic pricing of products and services and related ancillary functions as well as active support to the Manager of Business Analytics in complex profit-centric analyses
Essential Job Functions:
- Daily quoting of new and existing items within established guidelines and with the goal of maximizing profits within targeted product lines
- Research and prepare responses to Requests For Information (RFI’s) and Requests For Quotation (RFQ’s) involved with bid packages
- Utilizing spreadsheets and historic data, perform extensive analytical research to aid in decision making relative to opportunity and profitability analyses
- Aid in forecasting anticipated growth through analysis of historical trends and by evaluating future growth projections
- Capture data, conduct analysis and develop pricing parameter-based recommendations for logistics, transportation, and distribution activities
- Assist in identifying and pursuing new market opportunities
- Provide support, as needed, for other departmental functions
- Comply with all company policies and procedures, including safety and maintaining good housekeeping
- Additional duties may be assigned by management
Qualifications:
- Education
- Post-high-school Business degree preferred
- Experience
- Experience in manufacturing/analytics arena preferred
- Language
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as sales reports, operating instructions and training and procedures manuals
- Mathematical
- Ability to perform analytical studies
- Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area and volume
- Ability to generate and interpret graphical representations
- Reasoning
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form
- Ability to solve a variety of problems and deal with a variety of situations where only limited information or standardization exists
- Technical
- Computer literate (MS Office including Word and Excel and data entry skills)
- Application knowledge of products and production processes
In addition to the functions listed above, the employee is expected to: exercise honesty, integrity and respect with all clients and co-workers, maintain a professional appearance and demeanor, demonstrate a positive attitude, communicate effectively with co-workers and clients, work with accuracy, efficiency, and attention to detail, maintain good attendance by working when and where directed, work safely in compliance with all safety policies, respect the work environment and keep it as neat and clean as possible, and exercise initiative to learn new skills and tasks and to help co-workers when possible. The employee is also expected to perform such other duties and functions as required and assigned from time to time.
The Physical Requirements Checklist that specifies the physical demands for this job is attached and is incorporated into this description.
Machines/Tools/Equipment:
Computer, Fax Machine, Copier
Working Conditions:
Typical office environment