Strategic Pricing & Margin Manager

Smurfit Westrock plc; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus incentive

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible spending accounts / Health-s

Retirement savings plans

Life and disability insurance

Paid sick leave

Paid vacation (15 days)

Paid holidays (11 days)

Job summary

Smurfit Westrock plc in California is seeking a Manager of Pricing & Estimation to ensure appropriate margins on products and services and to guide the commercial team’s negotiations. You will lead development of pricing tools, maintain price lists and templates, coordinate price changes with legal, commercial and customer service, and forecast the impact of pricing moves.

The ideal candidate has a strong pricing and estimating background, 10+ years in pricing or operations, and a solid

Qualifications

• Strong pricing and estimating background.
• Ability to decipher pricing strategy to maximize Smurfit Westrock margin.
• Understanding of the Corrugated business and California market.
• Formidable analytical skills.
• 10+ years of experience in pricing or operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of pricing and analysis tools.
• Drive pricing tool/process improvements in pricing governance.
• Provide timely, integrated pricing information to leadership.
• Support and drive margin enhancement projects.
• Manage contract customer pricing administration and price-change mechanisms.
• Forecast impact of price-move indices for financial analysis.
• Create/audit price-change mechanisms for non-traditional instruments.
• Coordinate with local facilities to implement price lists and matrices.
• Maintain pricing data, calculations and templates.
• Ensure accuracy of the Salesforce contract repository.
• Coordinate with peers to align contract details across divisions.
• Develop tools to monitor inflationary pressures and broader price changes.

Skills

Pricing strategy

Pricing & estimation

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Forecasting

Manufacturing understanding

Job description

Smurfit Westrock plc in California is seeking a Manager of Pricing & Estimation to ensure appropriate margins on products and services and to guide the commercial team’s negotiations. You will lead development of pricing tools, maintain price lists and templates, coordinate price changes with legal, commercial and customer service, and forecast the impact of pricing moves.

The ideal candidate has a strong pricing and estimating background, 10+ years in pricing or operations, and a solid