Manager, Pricing Analysis

Manager, Pricing Analysis: Atticus

About Us

American-owned and independently operated, Atticus is driven by grassroots experience and an unwavering commitment to operational excellence, helping U.S. retail distributors and end-users get the most out of their input requirements. Our expanding portfolio of branded-generic pesticides is spread across two business segments: Agricultural and EcoCore markets.  Atticus offers a broad portfolio of branded-generic fungicides, herbicides and insecticides. While the chemistry isn’t unique, the Atticus experience is. Privately held and personally financed, Atticus operates in a way that makes us nimble and accessible. We believe acting decisively requires not only adapting to change, but also deliberately creating it. Atticus is staffed with a team of skilled professionals with diverse experience and unique perspectives all assembled and aligned under one cultural framework.

What you will do in this role

The Manager of Pricing Analysis, reporting to the Director of Commercial Coordination will provide in depth market analysis centered around active ingredient cost trends, fully loaded cost, historical and active product pricing, and other influences and considerations to drive economical decision-making and optimize profitability.

Responsibilities  

• Coordinate and Collaborate across Functional Disciplines to routinely Analyze and Validate Fully Loaded Cost, suggest Pricing adjustments in accordance with Price Discipline , and provide Supporting Commentary to empower Commercial with Context-Position-Messaging
• Understand and Champion Atticus Price Discipline related to Fully Loaded Cost of Goods / Pricing considerations
• Collaborate with Portfolio Optimization and Portfolio Managers regarding current Inventory Volumes & Fully Loaded Costs of Goods relative to Replacement / Runway Fully Loaded Cost of Goods to Optimize Margin & Working Capital while remaining Competitive
• Conduct investigative analysis of Fully Loaded Cost of Goods to confirm accuracy while providing supporting commentary of what changed and why, pricing implications, and runway guidance to balance Fully Loaded Margin, Inventory, and Working Capital objectives.
• Validate and Optimize Strategic Arrangement Pricing.
• Financial Validation of Marketing Programs and Model resulting Accrual requirements.
• Collect, File, and Dissect formal and informal / in-season Competitive Price & Marketing Programs

Required Skills/Qualifications 

• Minimum of seven years of relevant work experience in FP&A, Pricing, Economics, or other relevant fields is required. Experience in chemical manufacturing preferred but not required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, or other relevant fields is required.
• Advanced MS Excel skills (formulas, pivot tables, lookups), MS PowerPoint (charts, graphs)
• Analytical mindset with the ability to analyze, simplify and communicate data
• Excellent interpersonal skills and proactive communication skills along with strong initiative and balanced judgment
• Strong written and verbal skills
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Organizational skills with superior attention to detail
• Ability to coordinate and communicate across multiple functional disciplines
• Excellent computation skills to make calculations with good speed and accuracy
• Adaptable and entrepreneurial with a background in dynamic, fast‐moving business environment

Why Atticus?

Atticus is serious about the success of this industry as well as the success of our team.  We’re on a number of important task forces that support the industry and its workers, with the goal of ensuring good stewardship and safe use of products.  We’re also working to advance the future of Agriculture and EcoCore markets by supporting organizations that shape tomorrow’s leaders. We value both what we deliver as an organization and what we do as individuals. And that value is told through our employee experience – what we call Atticus Freedom. It’s about extending the right tools, support and hospitality to our team. By investing in your skills and leadership development, your overall health and wellbeing, and your future, we empower our people – and Atticus as a whole, to achieve greater success.

Atticus, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Atticus LLC participates in E-Verify.

Recruiting Agencies, Please Note:

Atticus, LLC will not accept unsolicited assistance from recruiting/search agencies for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by recruiting or search agencies to any employee at Atticus, LLC via email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search/recruitment agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Atticus, LLC. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Atticus, LLC as a result of the referral or through other means.