Shaw Industries, Inc

Director Pricing Strategy & Optimization

Shaw Industries, Inc$135K — $160K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Analytics, Engineering, or related field; MBA preferred
  • 10+ years of experience in pricing, revenue management, analytics, finance, consulting, or related disciplines
  • Significant experience leading pricing technology/system implementations
  • Familiarity with pricing software such as Vendavo, PROS, or Zilliant
  • Strong understanding of B2B pricing and commercial agreements

Responsibilities

  • Develop pricing strategies to drive growth and profitability in Residential
  • Analyze pricing metrics and identify financial impacts
  • Partner with Sales and Brand/Product leadership to align pricing with business objectives
  • Oversee the design and implementation of pricing technology and tools
  • Establish governance for pricing processes and customer agreements
  • Build a strong pricing analytics capability for actionable insights
  • Lead and develop the Pricing team to promote a culture of accountability

Benefits

  • Remote flexible working with a hybrid format
  • Frequent travel opportunities to Shaw Global HQ in Dalton, GA
  • Leadership role with significant influence on pricing strategy
  • Opportunity to implement next-generation pricing systems
  • Work in a collaborative environment with cross-functional teams
Full Job Description

Job Title

Director Pricing Strategy & Optimization

This position is remote flexible working in a hybrid format with frequent travel to Shaw Global HQ located in Dalton GA.

Position Overview:

The Senior Director, Pricing Strategy & Analytics will lead the Residential business units pricing strategy, pricing analytics, and pricing transformation. This role is responsible for driving profitable growth through pricing science, governance, and strategic enablement while establishing the processes, governance, and technology required to manage pricing at scale. A critical component of this role will be implementing Residentials next-generation pricing system.

The role will serve as a key partner for Sales, Brand/Product, Finance, and Compensation ensuring pricing decisions are data-driven, market-informed, and aligned with business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

Pricing Strategy

  • Develop pricing strategies aligned with Residentials growth, profitability, market positioning, and customer objectives
  • Develop methodologies for list price, customer-specific pricing, discounts, rebate, and other commercial terms
  • Analyze price-volume-mix, pricing waterfall, and customer profitability
  • Identify pricing opportunities and quantify the financial impact of pricing actions
  • Partner with Sales and Brand/Product leadership to balance revenue growth, market competitiveness, and margin objectives

Pricing System Design & Implementation

  • Serve as the business owner for pricing technology strategy and implementation
  • Oversee the full design and deployment of advanced strategic pricing tools and systems, including the deployment of a price optimization software suite
  • Manage implementation roadmaps, milestones, testing, training, and deployment
  • Ensure pricing systems are designed for scalability, maintainability, auditability, and strong user adoption
  • Lead organization change associated with new pricing technology and ways of working

Pricing Process & Operating Model

  • Design & implement standardized end-to-end pricing processes
  • Establish governance for new pricing, price changes, customer agreements, exceptions, and promotions. Develop escalation processes for decisions requiring executive approval
  • Identify opportunities to automate manual pricing processes
  • Develop standard operating procedures and controls to ensure pricing accuracy and compliance

Pricing Analytics

  • Build a best-in-class pricing analytics capability that provides actionable insights to Sales and Brand/Product leadership
  • Develop dashboards and reporting for price realization, gross-to-net, price waterfall, customer profitability, rebate performance, PVM, price exceptions, and discount effectiveness
  • Develop analytic models to identify pricing opportunities at the customer, product, channel, and transaction level
  • Establish pricing KPIs
  • Partner with the Business Intelligence team to ensure pricing data is accurate, accessible, and appropriately structured

Team Leadership

  • Lead, coach, and develop a Pricing team supporting the Residential business
  • Build scalable pricing capabilities to support business growth and increasing complexity
  • Promote a culture of accountability, analytical rigor, and business-oriented thinking

Qualification and Skill Requirements:

  • Education: Bachelors degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Analytics, Engineering, or related field; MBA preferred
  • Experience: 10+ years of experience in pricing, revenue management, analytics, finance, consulting, or related disciplines along with proven success in B2B manufacturing businesses

Technical Skills:

  • Significant experience leading pricing technology/system implementations from business requirements through deployment.
  • Familiarity with pricing software, such as Vendavo, PROS, or Zilliant
  • Strong understanding of B2B pricing, customer-specific pricing, discount structures, rebates, and commercial agreements
  • Experience designing pricing processes, workflows, and governance.

Soft Skills:

  • Ability to influence senior leaders and operate effectively in a matrixed environment
  • Ability to lead a team consisting of direct reports and others, with demonstrated ability to build strong partnerships
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify complex pricing concepts and explain them clearly to senior executives and Sales leaders
  • Experience working with large sales organizations

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Work Shift

8 Hr non-rotating shift, Hrs fall to in punch day, Observed Calendar, shift starts AM

About Shaw Industries, Inc

Shaw Industries, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of flooring products, including carpet, hardwood, laminate, and tile. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Dalton, Georgia. Shaw Industries operates manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and China, and sells its products through a network of retailers and distributors. The company is committed to sustainability and has implemented a number of initiatives to reduce its environmental impact, including using recycled materials in its products and reducing energy consumption in its manufacturing processes. Shaw Industries is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
Learn more about Shaw Industries, Inc
Size
20,000 employees
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Founded
1967

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