Senior Pricing Strategist - SAP & Analytics

Westlake Chemical; Tennessee; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Westlake Chemical is seeking a Senior Pricing Analyst in Tennessee to independently manage complex pricing activities across product lines and regions, supporting SAP S/4HANA implementation and pricing governance.

You will partner with Sales, Customer Service, Finance, IT, and Operations to analyze pricing requests, maintain price lists, contracts, rebates, and condition records, and develop pricing models and dashboards for decision making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Accounting, Statistics, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in pricing analysis, pricing operations, financial analysis, commercial operations, or related field.
• Strong experience with SAP ECC and/or S/4HANA environments, including pricing execution and condition-record maintenance.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, formulas, and data analysis.
• Experience supporting ERP implementations, system transitions, stabilization efforts, or operational process improvements preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and root-cause analysis skills with ability to interpret complex data sets and business scenarios.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex pricing activities and serve as an escalation resource.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills across levels and functions.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and operate independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in manufacturing, industrial, distribution, or commercial pricing environments preferred.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy, pricing governance, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage complex daily pricing activities across multiple product lines, business segments, and regions.
• Maintain customer pricing, price lists, rebates, contracts, condition records, and other pricing data in SAP ECC and/or S/4HANA.
• Analyze pricing requests, quotations, bids, profitability impacts, and pricing exceptions while ensuring alignment with policies, approvals, and direction.
• Serve as escalation point for complex pricing issues and operational questions.
• Perform root-cause analysis of pricing discrepancies and collaborate to resolve issues.
• Support S/4HANA transition, stabilization, and optimization activities including testing and data accuracy reviews.
• Lead or participate in user acceptance testing for pricing-related system changes.
• Develop and maintain pricing models, reporting tools, dashboards, and operational metrics.
• Monitor pricing trends, margin performance, pricing exceptions, risks, and data quality.
• Support governance, workflow approvals, audits, and internal controls.

Skills

Pricing analysis

SAP ECC/S/4HANA

Excel (PivotTables)

Data interpretation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Economics/Business

8+ years pricing experience

Tools

SAP ECC

SAP S/4HANA

Excel (PivotTables/XLOOKUP)

Job description

Westlake Chemical is seeking a Senior Pricing Analyst in Tennessee to independently manage complex pricing activities across product lines and regions, supporting SAP S/4HANA implementation and pricing governance.

You will partner with Sales, Customer Service, Finance, IT, and Operations to analyze pricing requests, maintain price lists, contracts, rebates, and condition records, and develop pricing models and dashboards for decision making.