Pricing Specialist

Smurfit Westrock; Brownstown Charter Township (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Smurfit Westrock in the United States seeks a Pricing Specialist to guide pricing strategy and manage pricing for new and existing customers and products. You will develop cost estimates, manage RFQs, and collaborate with Sales and Customer Service to maximize margins.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in a business-related field, strong communication, analytical thinking and solid knowledge of Microsoft Office. No remote work is indicated; collaboration with multiple teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, economics, industrial engineering or math-related field preferred.
• Experience in paper manufacturing or related industry is a plus.
• Strong written and verbal communication with the ability to interact across all levels.
• Analytical thinking and data-driven decision making.
• Excellent organization and time management with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic pricing guidance and manage pricing for new and existing customers and products.
• Develop competitive item estimates and manage the quoting process.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to maximize profitability through pricing.
• Create standard cost estimates and re-pricing due to spec changes.
• Process all RFQs and identify margin improvement opportunities.
• Assess internal suppliers when customer specs exceed plant capacity.

Skills

Analytical thinker

Strong written and verbalcommunication

Time management

Detail-oriented

Ability to adjust communication style

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/finance/economics/industrial engineering or math-related

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate.

Opportunity Summary

As the Pricing Specialist, you will be responsible for providing strategic pricing guidance and managing the pricing process for new and existing customers and products. Additional responsibilities include developing competitive new and revised item estimates, managing the quoting process, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to maximize profitability by developing strategic pricing.

How You Will Impact WestRock

• Strive to thoroughly understand all manufacturing processes, equipment, and equipment limitations
• Work collaboratively with Customer Service to ensure pricing on customer orders is up to date and appropriately priced to increase margin.
• Create new item standard cost estimates and update any required re-pricing of current items due to changes from original specifications or requirements.
• Manage and process all customer requests for quotations (RFQs)
• Collaborate with Sales and Customer Service to identify ways to improve margin
• Assess and identify internal suppliers to produce customer products when customer specifications are outside the capacity of the assigned Plant
• Review pricing proposal for accuracy and confirm customer specifications for production

What You Need To Succeed

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Finance, Economics, Industrial Engineering, or a math-related discipline preferred
• Prior work experience in Paper Manufacturing or a related field is preferred
• Great written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adjust communication style and interact across all levels of the organization
• Analytical thinker with the ability to logically process information and make informed decisions
• Well organized with great time management skills to manage multiple priorities.s
• Highly motivated to excel and achieve results
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
• Detail-Oriented, extremely thorough, and skillful at detecting errors, with the ability to give meticulous attention to details

Candidates are required to undergo a drug screening after receiving a conditional job offer, but before starting employment.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.