A Pricing Analyst is responsible for maintaining and analyzing pricing while balancing share and profit targets to determine the ideal price for materials at Hunter Panels to drive shareholder value. Provides management of customer pricing in SAP. Communicates with customers including roofing distributors, OEM partners, wall customers and the Hunter sales channel.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Analyze pricing requests and offer pricing based upon knowledge of costs, availability, competitor pricing and overall targeted company margin thresholds to drive shareholder value.
• Calculate margin impact on price deviations based on all applicable variables including but not limited to material cost, freight, customer rebates and commissions.
• Analyze and maintain pricing structure and list price strategy based on market trends, industry conditions, competitive positioning and long-term profit targets.
• Serve as direct liaison between regional managers and sales managers to assist in pricing specific decisions.
• Maintain strong relationships with customer service, regional managers and sales managers.
• Monitor pricing on specialty products based on market trends and costs, reviewing margins on a regular basis.
• Communicate findings and recommendations effectively to sales managers and regional managers.
• Exercise good judgement and decision-making when balancing the needs of the customer and of the business.
• Create reports used to review and load blanket pricing.
• Understand and address issues raised by customer service on price discrepancies in SAP.
• Enter and maintain job quotes in SAP/CRM, approving deviated pricing and extensions of quotes within the thresholds.
• Maintain internal/external price lists.
• Load/maintain pricing and pricing discounts in SAP.

Required Skills/Abilities/Knowledge:

• Must be self-starter with the ability to work independently as well as with a team
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while prioritizing deadlines and results
• Strong written & oral communication skills
• Detail-oriented
• MS Office & Windows User Proficiency
• Working knowledge of SAP & CRM software preferred
• Basic financial & accounting understanding
• Negotiation experience preferred.

Competencies:

• Teamwork
  • Builds trust with others by encouraging open dialogue and collaboration. Seeks diverse perspectives to create stronger solutions.
• Managing Change
  • Able to keep on track despite difficulties or barriers that may be encountered. Addresses conflict to find common ground solutions.
• Continuous Improvement
  • Retains a mindset of always striving to make things better. Applies continuous improvement tools and processes to every aspect of the role.
• Customer Focus
  • Listens to understand the needs of customers (internal and external). Builds trusting relationships and seeks innovative solutions for all customers. Always has the customer’s needs top of mind.
• Continuous Learning
  • Understands individual strengths and opportunity areas and seeks development opportunities to leverage strengths and lean into opportunity areas. Open to both giving and receiving feedback.
• Drive for Results
  • Always has a sense of urgency to solve problems with actions. Seeks to align goals with attainment of organizational strategy. Has a sense of ownership and personal accountability for actions taken.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred
• Equivalency: Minimum 3 years related experience and/or training