Data Analyst

LanceSoft Inc; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance (4 options)

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401k Contributions

Critical Illness Insurance

Voluntary Life Insurance

Accident Insurance

Other Perks

Job summary

LanceSoft is seeking a Pricing Analyst in Pittsburgh to support the Encompass Third Party North American Pricing Team. This onsite role is 1st shift for a 6-month duration, handling pricing inboxes, data maintenance, and cross-team coordination to ensure pricing accuracy.

The role requires strong communication, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently within a fast-paced environment. Onsite collaboration and process improvements are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 3+ years equivalent work experience preferred.
• 3+ years’ experience in general business, pricing, or finance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain pricing inbox organization, assign owner, follow-up on emails, and other administrative tasks for pricing team.
• Support customers, commercial team, purchasing team and other internal employees in facilitating pricing accuracy and updates.
• Ensure coordination of price updates between regions, US and Canada.
• Contact unresponsive suppliers via email, phone or website lookup for current pricing and update cost/list information in AS400.
• Collaborate with internal teams to plan and execute pricing requests and updates.
• Utilize pricing tools to conduct part maintenance.
• Create/maintain customer specific pricing as required.
• Macro creation and maintenance within Excel and Access.
• Process data, generate, create/edit reports using Cognos.
• Hit quantitative price file upload targets assigned by manager.
• Demonstrate leadership qualities and lead by example.
• Maintain a positive attitude, educate/teach co-workers when appropriate.
• Train new hires within the pricing group and support training outside of pricing.

Skills

Pricing support

Customer service

Communication

Prioritization

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

AS400

Cognos

PowerBI

Smartsheets

Excel

Job description

Shift: 1st shift, Monday-Friday

Duration: 06 Months
Pay range: $22.00 - $28.00 Hourly
Onsite Job

How will you make an impact?

The successful applicant for the Pricing Analyst position will provide support to the Encompass Third Party North American Pricing Team including email triage and assignment, price file review/upload and various projects to acquire current pricing from suppliers to ensure accurate information for our customers. Perform work that is multifaceted and sophisticated and rely on previous experience and judgment to accomplish assigned tasks.

What will you do?

• Maintain pricing inbox organization, assign owner, follow-up on emails, and other administrative tasks for pricing team
• Support customers, commercial team, purchasing team and other internal employees in facilitating pricing accuracy and updates
• Ensure coordination of price updates between regions, US and Canada
• Contact unresponsive suppliers via email, phone or website lookup for current pricing and update cost/list information in AS400
• Collaborate with internal teams to plan and execute pricing requests and updates
• Utilize pricing tools to conduct part maintenance
• Product Price, and Attribute maintenance
• Create/maintain customer specific pricing as required
• Macro creation and maintenance within Excel and Access
• Process data, generate, create/edit reports using Cognos
• Hit quantitative price file upload targets assigned by manager
• Demonstrate leadership qualities and lead by example
• Maintain a positive attitude, use opportunities to educate/teach co-workers when appropriate
• Train new hires within the pricing group and support training outside of pricing, but still within the Encompass Third Party department
• Willingness to adjust to changes that may need to be made to current processes and providing process improvement ideas when applicable
• Performs other duties as assigned

How will you get here?

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or 3+ years equivalent work experience preferred.
• 3+ years’ experience in general business, pricing, or finance

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Ability to handle and resolve issues through phone or email
• Ability to effectively prioritize multiple projects and tasks to meet designated deadlines
• Attentiveness to accuracy and detail
• Ability to work independently as well as effectively in a team environment
• Excellent organization ability, analytical capacity and attention to detail
• Strong customer service focus, including conflict management skills
• Exceptional communication skills, including written, verbal and effective listening
• Computer skills, including proficient knowledge of all Microsoft Office applications
• Mainframe, AS400, AMPS, Cognos, PowerBI, and Smartsheets a plus
• Lead through adverse, ambiguous and/or stressful situations with integrity
• Adaptable to change and able to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• Team player with a willingness to join forces to service needs of customer

Employee Benefits:

• Four options of medical Insurance
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• 401k Contributions
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Voluntary Permanent Life Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Other Employee Perks

About LanceSoft

LanceSoft is rated as one of the largest staffing firms in the US by SIA. Our mission is to establish global cross-culture human connections that further the careers of our employees and strengthen the businesses of our clients. We are driven to use the power of our global network to connect businesses with the right people, and people with the right businesses without bias. We provide Global Workforce Solutions with a human touch.