Director, Pricing - US

Kids II Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Flexible hours

Generous benefits

Team activities

Job summary

Kids II Inc. in Atlanta, GA seeks a Director of Pricing to lead pricing strategy, optimize global price structures, and drive profitability across channels and markets. You will partner with sales, product, and IT to implement data-driven pricing programs and dashboards.

Responsibilities include modeling pricing scenarios, managing price lists, and delivering analyses to executives. Strong Excel, pricing software, and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Admin or related field is required
• Strong business acumen and analytical skills to drive pricing plans
• Excellent problem solving and communication abilities
• Experience with multi-channel and international pricing environments

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with sales, product development, and channel strategy to align pricing with objectives
• Model pricing scenarios and update global price lists for new and existing customers
• Develop tactical pricing opportunities to boost sales volume and profitability
• Create pricing strategies across multi-channel and international markets
• Own pricing analytics tools and dashboards to monitor margin performance
• Present pricing proposals to executive leadership for approval

Skills

Pricing experience

Pricing strategies

Pricing analytics

Excel

Pricing software

Database skills

Education

BA in Business Administration

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

At Kids2, we’re really good at what we do. And when we’re great at our jobs, we help parents be great at their jobs. Parenting is demanding, and that’s where we come in. We want to reimagine how brands can make it easier for early stage parents – not by just selling them products, but by providing holistic solutions that transcend borders, categories and aisles. No matter our title or department, at Kids2, our job is to create more tiny wins for parents, so they can create bright futures for their little ones. That’s a big task! We’re serious about what we do, AND we love to have fun. Our team is hardworking, entrepreneurial, and passionate about helping families create millions, if not billions of tiny wins.

SUMMARY

The Director, Pricing will be responsible for evaluating the current approach to pricing at Kids II, then recommending and implementing new pricing strategies, structures, methodologies and programs. In this newly created position, the Director, Pricing will be responsible for revising pricing plans and policies to increase overall profitability; improving pricing processes, tools and analytics on a global basis; and managing pricing reporting and analysis for optimizing pricing performance.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Work with sales, product development, channel strategy and cross-functional leaders to understand product/division objectives, and market, channel and customer strategies
• Actively participate in the setting, review and revision of global price lists, including modeling of scenarios to determine optimal pricing structures, programs and promotions for new and existing customers, new product introductions, inline items, and discontinued or excess products
• Work closely with sales and product management to develop and capitalize on tactical pricing opportunities to increase sales volume and optimize profitability
• Collaborate with sales and product management to develop specific pricing strategies for customers that operate across multi-channels and/or international markets
• Coordinate resources to evaluate value added services and other factors that affect pricing within various global markets
• Prepare and present pricing strategies, proposals, and analyses to executive management for review and approval
• Own implementation of recommended pricing changes and timelines with cross-functional and global teams, as well as effective roll out of those changes
• Evaluate, improve and own standard pricing analytics, software and decision making tools, including training and utilization
• In partnership with sales analysts, regularly analyze impact and effectiveness of all pricing activities including list prices, discounts, allowances, programs, and promotions.
• In addition, identify pricing threats and opportunities by analyzing relevant data, rates-of-sale, customer feedback, and market insights in order to maximize sales while managing to target margins
• Partner with IT to develop a pricing data base and use that data base to build and administer dashboards for sales to regularly report out on margin performance
• Other duties & responsibilities as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• 7+ years relevant pricing experience, ideally with CPG products, in constructing, managing, analyzing and/or reporting of pricing strategies, structures, methodologies, programs, data, tools, and performance
• Experience in developing and evaluating pricing strategies, methodologies and plans across a range of global markets, channels and accounts
• In depth knowledge of pricing and price promotion elements, drivers and dynamics, preferably in a multi-tier pricing environment with retail, dot.com, direct-to-consumer, and distributor customers
• Proven expertise in using qualitative and quantitative modeling and scenario analytics in the development of effective pricing strategies and methodologies
• Proficiency in advanced Microsoft Excel functions, relational database management skills, and utilization of pricing software tools

EDUCATION & SKILLS

Bachelor’s degree (BA) in Business Admin or a related field or equivalent work related experience is required. Strong combination of business acumen and analytic skills used to achieve plans, goals and bottom line results Strong project management skills, including organizational collaboration, detail orientation, and proficiency in managing complex projects and tasks to completion Excellent problem solving skills, utilizing disciplined processes to find root causes and formulate alternative solutions Effective communication skills, with ability to express ideas clearly and concisely, as well as the ability to listen and respond to others throughout the organization, including senior executives Ability to self-initiate and work independently with minimal supervision and direction in a flexible, fast paced environment

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Certified Pricing Professional certification preferred

COMPUTER/TYPING SKILLS

Must be proficient in PowerPoint, Excel and Word; basic understanding of Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photo Shop

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; have flexible use of hands; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and color vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

General office environment. We offer competitive pay, flexible hours, and generous benefits. Plus, to keep things fun (because we are all kids at heart), we offer a host of team member activities and philanthropic efforts throughout the year and company-wide awards and recognition for a job well done! Drug Free Workplace M/F/D/V Kids2 is a global company that designs solutions to help early-stage parents and families create tiny wins that build bright futures. The Kids2™ brand portfolio includes the leading infant, baby, and toddler brands Baby Einstein®, Bright Starts®, and Ingenuity®. Headquartered in Atlanta, Kids2 spans globally with 12 offices on four continents serving customers in more than 90 countries and has been inventing and reinventing baby products for 50 years. Led by CEO Ryan Gunnigle, it operates with an agile start-up approach, which fosters the company’s growing success.