Pricing Programs Manager: Item-Level Growth & Strategy

Cardinal Health; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 89,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

401k savings plan

Paid time off

Health savings account (HSA)

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Short- and long-term disability

Parental leave

Wellness programs

Job summary

Cardinal Health is seeking a Manager, Product Pricing Programs to lead pricing program strategies for SOURCE products sold to Retail, Kinray and Parmed customers. You will manage price requests, review existing pricing, and maintain pricing data and technology.

You will engage with customers and sales teams, collaborate across Revenue Management, IT and Finance, and deliver insights to improve sales and margins for the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of experience in a product pricing role or a data-reliant role within pharmaceutical industry, preferred
• Ability to complete ad-hoc analysis on disparate data sets to arrive at actionable conclusions
• Competence working efficiently with large datasets and analytics software
• Experience with pricing strategies, pricing processes, pricing systems and controls, customer deal economics, and financial modeling techniques, preferred
• Experience extracting, manipulating, and preparing data from multiple internal and external sources and leveraging it to develop and execute pricing strategies, preferred
• Capable of working independently with general guidance on new projects
• Generic pharmaceutical industry knowledge is a plus
• Experience and desire to develop with both direct team members and other partners for both personal and financial growth

Responsibilities

• Evaluate price requests against available data to determine optimal item price
• Review existing pricing and lead team in implementing changes as necessary to refresh to current dynamics
• Maintain and grow technology necessary to support the pricing programs governed by this role
• Engage with customers and sales teams on pricing topics
• Partner across various organizations including Revenue Management, Pharma Commercial Enablement, Sales, IT, and Finance to ensure collective success
• Partnership with various teams across Pharma Segment to drive actionable insights on pricing programs
• Develop comprehensive knowledge by achieving a thorough understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to deliver significant positive sales and margin impacts for Cardinal Health
• Manage the competitive intelligence as it relates to interpreting pricing guidance for our various product pricing programs while providing actionable insights back to the broader organization
• Owner of Product Floor Pricing for core distribution business units, setting and maintaining floor price in consideration of market data, and identifying and communicating proactively the products that could be most impactful for price updates
• Oversee the "Min Net Markup" pricing process with continued focus on program enhancement opportunities and effectiveness, enabling each customer to have product prices aligned to their broader distribution agreement

Skills

Pricing strategies

Data analysis

Financial modeling

Ad-hoc analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Market insights

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

SQL

Analytics software

Job description

Cardinal Health is seeking a Manager, Product Pricing Programs to lead pricing program strategies for SOURCE products sold to Retail, Kinray and Parmed customers. You will manage price requests, review existing pricing, and maintain pricing data and technology.

You will engage with customers and sales teams, collaborate across Revenue Management, IT and Finance, and deliver insights to improve sales and margins for the organization.