Overview
This role supports ongoing gross margin improvement through pricing analytics and margin audits. The position monitors pricing and margin performance, identifies and diagnoses trends and anomalies, and turns insights into actionable recommendations for pricing and process changes. You will partner with cross-functional teams and regional leaders to align on next steps, build repeatable ways to communicate findings and drive resolution, and track impact on gross profit for leadership visibility.
Responsibilities
- Conduct day-to-day margin audits by analyzing pricing, cost, volume, and product mix dynamics to uncover trends and anomalies impacting gross profit.
- Categorize findings into root causes, including reporting/data issues, pricing policy exceptions, and execution gaps requiring regional action.
- Recommend pricing changes and/or process improvements based on analytical findings and sound business judgment.
- Partner cross-functionally with associates in Pricing, Finance, Sales, Product Management, and regional teams to align on recommended actions and next steps.
- Build trusted relationships with regional business team members by translating insights into clear, practical guidance for decision-making and execution.
- Influence without direct authority by supporting teams through implementation, adoption follow-up, and resolution of barriers.
- Develop and maintain repeatable methods and procedures for communicating, aligning, and resolving margin audit findings.
- Summarize weekly/monthly work performed and track gross profit improvement for leadership visibility.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Analytics, Economics, Supply Chain, or a related quantitative field, preferred.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience in pricing analysis, business financial analysis, or data reporting.
- Advanced Excel skills (dynamic lookups, complex formulas, pivot tables, data manipulation) and general familiarity with BI/reporting tools.
- Demonstrated ability to use software tools to run daily pricing analytics, track margin movements, and flag policy exceptions.
- Experience with SaaS pricing platforms such as Pricefx, Zilliant, Vendavo, or PROS (Pricefx preferred), with strong pricing/margin analytical judgment and discipline in execution.
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive total pay (plus bonus on sales incentives)
- Health insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance (short-term and long-term)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Tuition reimbursement & professional development
- Paid vacation & sick time
- Company paid holidays
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- Employee discount program
Location
Charlotte-Remote