Corporate Pricing Manager

Company Overview

Location: Corporate Support - 109 Northpark Blvd. Covington LA 70433

Job Summary:

The Corporate Pricing Manager is responsible for leading the daily execution of POOLCORPs pricing operations across all ERP systems. This role manages a team of Pricing Managers to ensure pricing accuracy timeliness and compliance with company policies. Serving as the key link between pricing analytics and operational execution the Corporate Pricing Manager translates pricing strategy into actionable priorities reviews and approves exception and non-standard pricing requests monitors margin performance safeguards pricing data integrity and drives continuous improvements to pricing processes and tools.

Responsibilities:

• Manages the daily execution of pricing changes and maintenance across multiple ERP systems (Epicor Prelude); tracks accuracy timeliness and compliance with established pricing process requirements.

• Leads coaches and develops a team of Pricing Managers; assigns and prioritizes workload reviews completed work for accuracy and provides ongoing training on pricing tools systems and policy.

• Serves as an escalation point for non-standard exception and override pricing requests; reviews and approves requests that fall outside standard pricing guidelines in partnership with branch regional and sales leadership.

• Owns day-to-day pricing data integrity across ERP and reporting platforms; monitors price overrides and deviations and drives corrective action when pricing does not align with strategy or policy.

• Translates POOLCORPs strategic roadmap into operational execution; supports the design testing and rollout of pricing automation tools and process improvements.

• Monitors margin performance and pricing trends by customer segment and product category; identifies margin expansion opportunities and present findings to the Director of Pricing and cross-functional partners.

• Maintains and updates pricing process documentation; leads business process improvement efforts to reduce manual work reduce errors and optimize team efficiency.

• Partners with Sales Finance Marketing and Supply Chain to resolve pricing issues support price reviews and provides insight on margin drivers and trends.

• Prepares and deliver regular reporting and dashboards (Power BI) summarizing pricing activity exception volume and margin performance for leadership review.

• Other job related duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree (B.A.) in Supply Chain Management Business Finance or a related discipline and a minimum of three to five years of related experience in pricing margin management or analytics preferably within wholesale distribution. MBA or masters degree in Statistics Data Analytics or a related concentration desirable.

• One or more years of experience leading coaching or supervising a team preferred.

• Prior experience with ERP systems (Epicor Prelude or equivalent) required; proficiency with Power BI and DAX preferred; working knowledge of SQL or Python a plus.

• Strong Excel skills with the ability to build and maintain pricing tools reports and analysis.

• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced high-volume environment while maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.

• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify pricing and margin improvement opportunities and translate them into recommended actions.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to train coach and influence both team members and cross-functional partners.

Bilingual Military Military Spouses and Veteran applicants are strongly encouraged to apply! 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.