Pricing Manager

An Amazing Career Opportunity for a Pricing Manager!!

Location: Austin, TX and Eden Prairie, MN

Job ID: 38314

If you are a commercially oriented individual with strong analytical skills, an interest in price management, relevant experience, and who thrives in a dynamic and demanding environment, this opportunity may present your next career challenge. This Pricing Manager role involves a combination of strategic thinking and hands-on execution. This position encompasses varied responsibilities across the entire pricing spectrum, with areas of focus that may evolve as the organization progresses on its journey towards pricing excellence. The successful candidate will be a pricing leader who drives organizational advancement through visionary ideas and a commitment to continuous improvement. This is a corporate role within a growing and decentralized organization, therefore, exceptional relationship-building skills are required to establish strong connections with each of the five HID business areas, as well as the HID functional area teams such as finance, CRM, PLM and Oracle EBS.

Who are we?

HID powers the trusted identities of the world's people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely.

We are a high-tech software company headquartered in Austin, TX, with over 4,500 worldwide employees. Check us out here: www.hidglobal.com and https://youtu.be/23km5H4K9Eo

As our Pricing Manager, you'll support HID's success by:

* Participating in the HID Business Transformation Program as a capability owner; the Business Transformation Program involves deploying new business systems and evolving processes to drive business growth through scalable and efficient business capabilities.

* Taking ownership of assigned pricing processes and pricing capabilities to evolve, modernize and/or enhance them to support the needs of the HID organization, improve customer experience and drive revenue growth, including creating existing and future state process mappings.

* Utilizing and acting as a champion for data and analytical usage in pricing decision-making, including enhancement of existing analytics tools and/or deployment of new capabilities via pricing software, such as utilization of AI/ML and/or automations.

* Working in strong partnership across pricing, business area, IT and other teams.

* Modeling financial benefits or impacts of new pricing approaches; creating business cases and/or justifications for proposed activities and their prioritization versus other activities.

* Developing and reporting of performance benchmarks for pricing processes evolutions.

* Supporting monthly KPI calculations and various reporting activities, which may have tight timelines and occasionally require limited work to be conducted on designated company holidays.

* Taking active or leading role in various trainings, workshops and strategy sessions established to solve business problems and elevate value capture opportunities for the organization.

* Effective and concisely communicating information, including professional PowerPoint presentations that will be provided to senior and executive management.

Your Experience and Background include:

* 7+ years of professional work experience desired.

* 4+ years of cumulative experience within the areas pricing, product management, finance or product marketing, preferably in a B2B environment desired.

* Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, finance, economics, or other similar fields desired; MBA, or similar advanced degree preferred. A combination of education and experience may be considered.

* 2+ years experience with pricing software such as PriceFx and/or Vendavo, including CPQ capabilities within the software desired; Experience implementing price software into an organization is meriting.

* 2+ years experience with pricing analytics and/or product portfolio analytics desired; experience can be in pricing software or other analytic tools such as Oracle Analytics Cloud, Tableau, Alteryx, or PowerBI

* 2+ years experience with Salesforce.com or other CRM system desired.

* 2+ years experience with Oracle ERP or other ERP system desired.

* Experience with applied AI, machine learning or generative AI within the scope of pricing, quoting, and analytics desired.

* Project management experience and certifications meriting.

* People management experience meriting.

* Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate across a large, matrixed international organization.

* Excellent analytical skills, including advanced skills in Microsoft Excel.

* Ability to be a strategic, forward thinker who also possesses excellent process management skills.

* Good communication skills, attention to details, good planning skills and consistency are equally essential to succeed in this role.

What we can offer you:

* Competitive salary and rewards package

* Competitive benefits and annual leave offering, allowing for work-life balance

* A vibrant, welcoming & inclusive culture

* Extensive career development opportunities and resources to maximize your potential

* To be a part of a global organization that is pioneering the hardware, software and services that allow people to confidently navigate the physical and digital worlds

Why apply?

* Empowerment: You'll work as part of a global team in a flexible work environment, learning and enhancing your expertise. We welcome an opportunity to meet you and learn about your unique talents, skills, and experiences. You don't need to check all the boxes. If you have most of the skills and experience, we want you to apply.

* Innovation: You embrace challenges and want to drive change. We are open to ideas, including flexible work arrangements, job sharing or part-time job seekers.

* Integrity: You are results-orientated, reliable, and straightforward and value being treated accordingly. We want all our employees to be themselves, to feel appreciated and accepted.

The base salary in the United States is $124,00 to $140,000.

HID is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce that reflects the global communities we serve. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We evaluate applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. Our goal is to create a workplace that empowers everyone to thrive and be their authentic selves, fostering an environment of mutual respect and inclusivity. If you have a disability and require assistance or accommodation to participate in the application process or to perform essential job functions, please contact accommodations-ext@hidglobal.com.

We make it easier for people to get where they want to go!

On an average day, think of how many times you tap, twist, tag, push or swipe to get access, find information, connect with others or track something. HID technology is behind billions of interactions, in more than 100 countries. We help you create a verified, trusted identity that can get you where you need to go - without having to think about it.

When you join our HID team, you'll also be part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, the global leader in access solutions. You'll have 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions - supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally. As we welcome new people on board, it's important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.

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