Supplier Operations Price Associate

As a Supplier Operations Price Associate, you’ll collaborate with the Supplier Operations Net Price Manager and Price Analysts to resolve price variances on supplier purchase orders, review and process net price changes, extra charge updates, and process other pricing tool revisions.

Here’s what a typical day might look like. Other duties may be assigned.

• Demonstrate the eight core principles that guide every 4imprint teammate on a daily basis: Honesty, Curiosity, Collaboration, Flexibility, Accountability, Empathy, Positive Attitude, and Humility.
• Participate in training classes and actively seek professional development.
• Willingness to work extended hours as needed.

Price Discrepancy Support

• Daily monitoring of supplier order requests received through shared email folder.
• Review and assess the appropriate resolution to order discrepancy questions.
• Compare price variance to information in our systems and agreed price contracts with suppliers.
• Collaborate with suppliers and internal associates to resolve discrepancy.
• Communicate resolution with supplier and coordinate necessary corrections on pricing tools as required.
• Identify order price discrepancy trends and facilitate the pricing processes for correction in the system.

Net Pricing Support

• Work with the Net Price Manager and Price Analysts to review, analyze, and approve assigned supplier price updates.
• Daily monitoring and assessment of appropriate resolution of entries in the Springboard system.
• Collaborate with price analysts, management, merchandising, and supplier to resolve questionable changes and facilitate the pricing processes.
• Produce reports used to analyze and modify price information by the Price team, Supplier, Marketing, Merchandising, and Executive team.
• Maintain a current understanding of market trends and how they apply to price changes.

General Expectations

• Support Supplier Operations Team where needed to assist with other areas outside your assigned primary responsibilities to include special projects and benchmark data collection.
• Team collaboration by backing up coworkers and offering ideas for continuous improvement.

You might be a fit for this position if you are:

• A self-starter who takes initiative to solve problems and continuously follow up under little supervision.
• Friendly, tactful, and professional in your communications on the phone, in person, and in e-mail plus capable of skillfully handling difficult conversations and situations.
• A multi-tasker that likes to stay on your toes as well as prioritize your workload.
• Strong level of comfort with computers and fluent in basic programs.
• Organized with a keen eye for detail and admires analyzing data and finding patterns.
• Someone who enjoys challenges, change, and trying new things.

Required education/skills/experience:

• Minimum of an Associate’s Degree in Marketing, Business, Finance, or related degree. Applicants with equivalent directly relevant work experience will also be considered.
• Demonstrable understanding of margins, markup, product life cycle, elasticity, etc.
• Experience with price methods, costing, and competitive cost analysis preferred.
• Experience in the promotional products industry preferred.
• Proficient computer skills in Outlook®, Excel®, Word® programs with reporting programs knowledge of XLCubed and SQL preferred.

Physical Demands/Work Environment:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regular and predictable attendance.
• Ability to effectively communicate with others (verbally and in writing).
• Ability to enter data with high level of accuracy.
• Work will be performed at 4imprint, Oshkosh.

4imprint has a drug-free policy.

Equal opportunity employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $17.00 per hour

Work Location: Multiple Locations