Samsung Senior Manager Pricing Programming Home Appliances 

United States, New Jersey 

413885406

Responsibilities

• Partners with Sales, Marketing and our customers to understand current trends and customer strategies and makes recommendations regarding pricing and customer promotions
• Identifies opportunities for revenue and profit improvement and develops plans along with Marketing and Regional Sales Leadership to execute
• Provides thought leadership to Product Marketing by analyzing complex channel, consumer, and marketplace dynamics
• Influences leadership regarding gaps and opportunities to grow business and be able to gain approval within tight timelines
• Develops and administers annual customer programs for 600+ Customers
• Leads relationships with 2 external vendor partners including contract negotiations, planning and flawless execution of promotions
• Identifies gaps in our current processes and develops best practices for improving pricing and promotion integrity and accuracy.
• Develops recommended solutions around our customer and consumer incentive programs.
• Leads customer pricing analyses and creates fresh ideas and solutions that help to grow our businesses and achieve sales targets
• Reports monthly to Leadership to ensure profitability targets are being met and forecasts and shares the impact of future projects on the P/L

Skills and Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree, Masters/MBA preferred with 10+ year in a corporate setting with prior exposure and responsibility in one or more of the following areas: Pricing Management, Data Analytics, Business Operations, Process Improvement, Sales Finance, Business Development, Consulting
• Outgoing personality with very strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to develop strong relationships with internal departments and influence and gain alignment across a wide network of contacts.
• Able to understand the variance and potential conflicts across the demands of the customer, our Sales organization and our Corporatedepartments.Ability to quickly evaluate and respectfully question and be able to speak up and push back where needed.
• Enthusiasm for numbers and analytics with a desire to independently dig into data to provide insights
• Excellent excel skills a must with experience building and navigating financial and mathematical models
• Someone who dives right in and has the ability to successfully navigate ambiguity
• Thrives on being able to solve problems
• Excellent organizational and planning skills with an emphasis on attention to detail
• Ability to successfully manage to hard deadlines and quick turnarounds
• Prior experience managing people
• Home Appliance experience is a plus