Pricing Manager

Bekaert

$80K — $110K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Marketing, or related field
  • 3-7 years in pricing, financial analysis, or commercial analytics roles
  • Experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment preferred
  • Strong understanding of market research and data analysis techniques
  • Ability to work with large datasets and ERP/pricing tools

Responsibilities

  • Conduct SKU-level and account-level profitability analysis
  • Identify underperforming SKUs and customers and recommend actions
  • Perform variance analysis to explain gaps in margin or revenue
  • Develop and maintain pricing models for data-driven decisions
  • Analyze competitor pricing and market trends to recommend pricing structures
  • Identify cost reduction opportunities and partner with supply chain
  • Lead SKU rationalization initiatives for operational efficiency

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance
  • Retirement savings plan with company match
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Flexible work environment
  • Collaborative team culture led by experienced leaders
Full Job Description
Purpose and Mission

As a Revenue & Pricing Analyst, you are the financial performance engine of the commercial organization. You drive profitability by analyzing revenue, pricing, and cost structures across all SKUs and customer accounts.

With a strong analytical mindset and a data-driven approach, you identify margin improvement opportunities, uncover unprofitable business, and support strategic decisions to fix, optimize, or exit accounts and product lines.

You act with precision, creativity, and curiosity-leveraging data, AI tools, and automation to simplify complexity, improve profitability, and enable better commercial decisions across all segments.

Key Activities and Responsibilities

Profitability & Revenue Analysis
  • Conduct SKU-level and account-level profitability analysis (margin, cost-to-serve, contribution margin).
  • Identify underperforming SKUs and customers; recommend actions (price increase, cost reduction, rationalization, or exit).
  • Perform deep-dive variance analysis to explain gaps vs target margin or revenue performance.
  • Build financial models to simulate pricing, cost changes, and volume scenarios.

2. Pricing Strategy & Optimization
  • Develop and maintain pricing models and tools to support data-driven pricing decisions.
  • Analyze competitor pricing, market trends, and customer behavior to recommend optimal pricing structures.
  • Evaluate price realization vs target (discounts, rebates, deviations).
  • Support implementation and governance of pricing frameworks (price lists, floors, approvals)

3. Cost-to-Serve & Margin Improvement
  • Analyze total cost-to-serve (freight, packaging, handling, inventory, manufacturing complexity).
  • Identify opportunities for cost reduction (packaging optimization, freight renegotiation, MOQ adjustments).
  • Partner with operations and supply chain to improve cost efficiency across SKUs and customers.
  • Quantify savings opportunities and track realization.

4. SKU Rationalization & Portfolio Optimization
  • Lead SKU rationalization initiatives to reduce complexity and improve manufacturing efficiency.
  • Analyze product usage, demand patterns, margins, and duplication across SKUs.
  • Recommend which SKUs to retain, consolidate, or eliminate to improve operational efficiency and profitability. [linkedin.com]
  • Support new product introduction decisions with profitability analysis.


5. Data, Reporting & Automation
  • Develop and maintain automated dashboards (Excel / Power BI) for revenue, margin, pricing performance, and cost tracking.
  • Build structured datasets combining pricing, cost, sales volume, and customer data.
  • Ensure data integrity across systems (ERP, pricing tools, CRM).
  • Provide regular executive-ready reporting on profitability performance and improvement actions.

6. Cross-Functional Business Support
  • Partner with Sales, Customer Service, Finance, Operations, and Segment Leaders to drive profitability actions.
  • Support account strategy reviews with data-driven insights.
  • Provide analytical input for contracts, quotes, and large bids.
  • Act as a key contributor to strategic planning and pricing governance processes.
    Expectations:
    • Deliver a complete profitability map across all SKUs and customer accounts.
    • Identify and quantify improvement opportunities and unprofitable business.
    • Drive measurable actions to improve margins (pricing, cost, mix, or exit decisions).
    • Build scalable tools and models to support ongoing pricing and revenue optimization.
    • Translate complex data into clear, actionable recommendations for leadership.
    • Continuously challenge the status quo and identify new ways to improve profitability.


Skills

  • Proven track record in improving profitability through data-driven actions
  • Advanced Excel (modeling, pivot tables, scenario analysis)
  • Data analytics & visualization (Power BI, Tableau preferred)
  • Strong financial modeling and margin analysis capabilities
  • Experience with ERP / pricing tools / large datasets
  • Ability to leverage AI tools to automate analysis and generate insights
  • Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to connect pricing, cost, and commercial strategy
  • High attention to detail and data accuracy
  • Ability to translate data into business decisions
  • Entrepreneurial and continuous improvement mindset
  • Curiosity and creativity in identifying profitability opportunities
  • Strong collaboration across functions
  • Clear and concise communication with leadership


Previous Experience

  • Experience in manufacturing or industrial environment preferred
  • 3-7 years in pricing, financial analysis, or commercial analytics roles
  • Familiarity with market research and data analysis techniques


Qualifications and Education

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Marketing, or a related field

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