Pricing Analyst - POOLCORP
Covington, LA
About the Job
Company Overview
POOLCORP is the leading business-to-business distributor of swimming pool and landscape supplies, equipment, and related outdoor living products. Through our subsidiaries, SCP Distributors LLC, Superior Pool Products LLC, and Horizon Distributors Inc., we operate in more than 420 wholesale Sales Centers worldwide with more than 6,000 employees serving the needs of customers by offering a wide array of products and value-added support.
Our Covington, LA headquarters provides exceptional support (i.e., IT, HR, Finance, Marketing, Legal, Purchasing, Sourcing, etc.) to each of our Sales Centers. Our extraordinary company culture encompasses a high work ethic, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a community presence all within a family-oriented work atmosphere. At POOLCORP, we strive to employ only the very best.
Why POOLCORP?
Because it’s a place where you can make an impact and grow! At POOLCORP you’ll find a wealth of opportunities that support your individual and long-term career goals. Our stable work environment is further enhanced by our generous compensation and benefits package. Publicly traded since 1995, POOLCORP is a global organization with a long history of continuous success - clearly making it an industry leader – in so many ways!
So, end your job search here – at POOLCORP – Where Outdoor Living Comes to Life!
Location: Covington Support - 109 Northpark Blvd., Covington LA 70433
Job Summary:
The Pricing Analyst works with the Pricing team and help analyze pricing data todeterminetheappropriate pricingfor companyproductusing statistical models and other internal and external factors. This rolewill alsoassistinperformingfinancialand competitiveanalysis of costs and prices.
Responsibilities:
Develops and drives the analytical solutions to improve pricing, profit, and other strategic initiatives within the company.
Assists in development of pricing models and ensure they are fully robust with an accurate representation of profitability (e.g. costs, pricing rates, P&L calculations).
Assists in commercial growth strategies across the business practices through customer/market insights, competitive analysis, and business model innovation.
Communicates and persuades senior leadership on analytical approaches, execution risks/opportunities, and execution implementation.
Creates and automates diagnostic reporting to understand drivers to daily, weekly, monthly trends, and root cause analysis.
Develops new data feeds that expand overall visibility into internal and external drivers of profitability.
Communicates and corrects transactional price leakage, opportunity, and price waterfall analysis to identify areas of opportunity.
Creates monthly/quarterly financial reporting metrics to track margin improvement from current plans being executed.
Acts as a team player and cross-functional lead on departmental projects and initiatives.
Proactively develops processes, tools and other means to continuously influence decisions.
Other job-related duties as assigned.
Requirements:
2+ years’ experience in the Pricing, Analytical or a Strategic Function preferred.
Bachelor's Degree preferred.
Natural inquisitiveness to exploring the data, mining the data and looking for insights to drive business decisions.
Strong analytical skills necessary.
Desire to help create and drive solutions within a fast-paced organization.
Thorough knowledge of Excel (functions, pivot tables, and modelling methods).
Experience with data visualization and reporting tools, such as Tableau or Power BI preferred.
Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, or SQL a plus.
Bilingual, Military, Military Spouses and Veteran applicants are strongly encouraged to apply! Currently, POOLCORP has over one hundred and twenty military personnel serving on our team. We understand the uniqueness of hiring military personnel and veterans and will support him/her in the time of duty or with the transition into new civilian professions.
All offers to external candidates for employment are contingent upon the successful completion of pre-employment drug testing and background verifications before employment is finalized.
POOLCORP, including all its subsidiaries, is a drug-free company and Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. The Company understands, respects, and values diversity – unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas, and opinions – while striving to be inclusive of all people. This commitment is critical to our success as a global company as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Hiring and promotional decisions are based solely on the qualifications required for the job to be filled.
To apply, email John.Naquin@poolcorp.com