Pricing Manager
Advanced Innovative Technology Corp • Redlands, California • Full Time
Posted on Tue, Jun 2, 2026
The ideal candidate understands the nuances of parts categories, vendor programs, stock adjustment/returns, and channel margins, and can integrate this knowledge with data-driven strategies to support RFPs, quoting, and go-to-market initiatives. This position is pivotal in implementing new pricing capabilities, standardizing processes, and partnering with Sales, Products, Finance, and Operations to deliver measurable financial impact.
Responsibilities:
- Create, socialize, and own the parts pricing strategy across customer channels, aligning with distribution and growth objectives
- Define the pricing change strategy (triggers, cadence, governance, approval thresholds) balancing competitiveness, margin, and operational efficiency
- Embed pricing into go-to-market plans, promotions, and contract structures with Sales, Product, and Finance
- Build and maintain pricing analytics: price elasticity, competitive gap analysis, quote and RFP win rate models, contribution/pocket margin, mix/shift impacts, and cost inflation passthrough
- Use Advanced SQL (CTEs, window functions, complex joins, query optimization) to integrate data across ERP/WMS, e-commerce, quoting, and contract tools
- Design and implement BI data models and dashboards (e.g., Power BI/Tableau) for price realization, margin waterfall (list discounts promos rebates freight payment terms), and exception monitoring
- Apply predictive and prescriptive techniques to recommend price actions by SKU, region, and customer segment
- Ensure data quality, lineage, and stewardship; define critical pricing master data (attributes, segmentation, approval matrices)
- Build and manage pricing frameworks (matrix/cost-plus, market based, value based) with clear guardrails and automated discount controls to protect margins
- Lead RFP development, standardize pricing responses, and build scalable models/templates for fast, accurate bid execution
- Publish playbooks and training
- Partner with IT/Data to maintain secure, auditable processes and single source of truth for pricing data and metrics
- Proven experience designing and operating pricing frameworks across large, multisource operational datasets
- Don’t let Desired Experience dissuade you from applying. If you’re passionate about this, prove to us why you’re the best. We’ll listen.
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, mathematics, or related analytical field
- BA/BS + 8 years of related experience; MS + 6 years of related experience
- Strong BI development skills (Power BI/Tableau): semantic models, measures (e.g., DAX), executive dashboards, and self-service enablement
- Fluency with ERP/WMS/TMS and pricing processes; ability to translate business processes into system controls, rules, and KPIs
- Demonstrated ownership of RFP pricing, quoting analytics, and close partnership with Sales, Product, and Finance
- Advanced Excel (Power Query/Power Pivot) and strong documentation/training abilities; excellent communication and influence skills
- Effective communicator with the ability to support customer negotiations and influence pricing decisions across the organization
- Preferred: Experience with automotive aftermarket parts: vendor programs/rebates, returns/stock adjustments, supersessions/interchange, category nuances (e.g., suspension, driveline, steering, etc.)