Pricing & Profitability Lead (Consultant/Manager)

INISGHT2PROFIT; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

401(k) plan with company contribution

Generous paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Merit increases and long-term Incentiv

Job summary

INSIGHT2PROFIT in Chicago is seeking a Project Lead (Consultant or Manager) to drive complex pricing and profitability initiatives for diverse clients. You will oversee multiple workstreams, mentor Associates and Analysts, and serve as the primary client contact, translating business challenges into actionable pricing strategies.

Responsibilities include leading pricing analyses, guiding tool design, and presenting strategic recommendations in executive settings, with travel up to 35% based on

Qualifications

• Minimum: Bachelor's degree in business, finance, management, economics, statistics, actuarial science, data science, mathematics, engineering, computer science or a related field.
• Preferred: Master of Business Administration or related advanced degree.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day client communications, including facilitating project team calls and client working sessions.
• Lead the development and execution, or oversight and validation, of advanced pricing analyses and profitability diagnostics using large transaction datasets; guide the design of tools and methodologies to identify profit improvement opportunities.
• Formulate hypotheses, design tests, and generate actionable insights to uncover profit improvement opportunities.
• Serve as the primary analytical contact for pricing excellence initiatives within client engagements.
• Translate business challenges into pricing strategies and actionable insights.
• Present findings and strategic recommendations in client workshops and executive meetings.
• Ensure timely delivery of high-quality, actionable client deliverables across workstreams.
• Provide guidance and oversight for data validation and analytical execution performed by Associates and Analysts; manage and mentor Associates and Analysts with clear guidance and focused development.

Skills

Pricing strategy

Pricing analytics

Margin optimization

Sales strategy

Project management

Stakeholder influencing

Communication

Mentoring

Data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA (preferred)

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Power Pivot

PowerPoint

Teams

Job description

INSIGHT2PROFIT in Chicago is seeking a Project Lead (Consultant or Manager) to drive complex pricing and profitability initiatives for diverse clients. You will oversee multiple workstreams, mentor Associates and Analysts, and serve as the primary client contact, translating business challenges into actionable pricing strategies.

Responsibilities include leading pricing analyses, guiding tool design, and presenting strategic recommendations in executive settings, with travel up to 35% based on