Pricing Analyst II - APS

Position Summary

Parker Lord is seeking an Pricing Analyst II to join our Assembly and Protection Solutions (APS) Division. The Pricing Analyst II will assists the APS Global Pricing Manager in proactively analyzing and making pricing recommendations, considering value-delivered, competition, costing, and profitability expectations. Will operate in a global division across multiple geographies, cultures, and time-zones. The Pricing Analyst II will be responsible for supporting pricing analysis and implementation for a rapidly growing, global division. This position interacts regularly with team members within and outside the Unites States, in analyzing product pricing, co-developing a strategy with the local regional team, and ensuring the implementation of pricing actions.

This role will follow a four day in office, one day remote hybrid schedule and will be located out of our Cary, NC office. For more information on our Assembly and Protection Solutions division, you can check out our website here --> https://www.parker.com/us/en/divisions/assembly-and-protection-solutions-division.html

Responsibilities

TACTICAL PRICING

• SAP maintenance - review active pricing keys for accuracy (price, validity, customer, MOQ, etc), set up new pricing keys, update pricing aligned with planned increases, and expire price keys as needed, and additional tasks as required.

• Point of contact for daily pricing requests - fielding questions from Sales and Customer Service, quoting business with price reference aligned to price structure, updating/maintaining shared documents, MU exception table maintenance, etc.

• Data analysis - assist pricing manager with needed data analysis to help support overall business strategy

• Global price review for harmonization, price/cost impacts on product lines and customers

• Provides regular analysis and reporting to support management in effectively responding to changing economic conditions and market changes; performs ongoing measurements and reporting on pricing effectiveness.

• Manages and executes pricing process for LTA and distributor customers

• Performs periodic audits in support of data alignment and accuracy

STRATEGIC PRICING

• Assists in analyzing division product markets determining the ceiling and floor prices of products, evaluates cause and effect with pricing, volume, cost, competition, distribution, and segmentation; recommends appropriate price levels

• Monitors and keeps division focused on corporate strategic pricing initiatives and objectives; responsible for creating and reinforcing continuous feedback vehicles to encourage successful pricing implementation; responsible for implementation of tools to be used by marketing and field sales

• Using a data driven approach, assists the division in determining appropriate list prices, standard discounts and rebates, and managing any restructuring, updating, communication, and publication of price increases.

• Responsible for design and implementation of continuous improvement techniques and methods to internal processes and systems, to eliminate waste and improve process accuracy and effectiveness

• Identifies opportunities for profitability improvement through pricing actions/alignment, gains necessary internal approvals, and support their recommendation

Qualifications

REQUIRED

• Education: BS Degree in a field of business or relevant technical discipline.

• Work Experience: Three or more years of work experience in pricing, finance, or business analysis.

• Strong Analytical and Quantitative Skills

  • Excellent PC skills and high proficiency in Microsoft Excel

  • Strong problem-solving capabilities: ability to manage several projects simultaneously with effective planning and execution

• Strong Program/Project Management Skills

  • Detail -oriented and ability to manage multiple projects

  • Results oriented, self-starter

  • Ability to keep global team of salespersons and sales managers on-track and on-task when developing and passing pricing increases

  • Develops clear, succinct dashboards to communicate progress achieving pricing goals

• Communication Skills

  • Can keep conversation direct, succinct, and respectable regarding progress towards pricing goals, results achieved, and next steps

  • Comfortable working in a collaborative team environment and having direct conversations about progress or lack thereof

  • Able to communicate with non-native English speakers without frustration, at-times at-hours convenient to that region

PREFERRED

• P/SBO & BI/BW experience

• Power BI experience

• Additional languages are of benefit and should be noted

• Marketing, Sales, or customer service experience a plus, negotiation experience a plus

• Understanding of manufacturing processes, practices, and cost accounting

Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we've enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose - Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow - comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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In accordance with Parker's policies and applicable state laws, Parker provides for a drug-free workplace. Therefore, all applicants seeking employment with Parker will be subject to drug testing as a condition of employment.