Martha Cottongim

Martha Cottongim has extensive experience in pricing and sales roles. Martha is currently the Director of Pricing, Master Data, and Sales Reporting at Colony Hardware, a position they started in November 2021. Prior to that, they held the role of Director of Pricing at the same company.

Before joining Colony Hardware, Martha worked at BlueLinx Corporation from April 2017 to October 2021, where they served as the Director of Pricing, Inventory, and Analytics. In this role, they developed and led price initiatives for 55 distribution centers across the country, resulting in margin growth in each center.

From March 2016 to April 2017, Martha was the Regional Pricing Manager in the West Division at SiteOne Landscape Supply, LLC. Here, they executed and implemented pricing strategies at the division and region level, collaborating with various functional groups to achieve pricing goals.

Prior to that, Martha worked at Georgia-Pacific LLC as the Channel Business Development and Pricing Manager from July 2015 to March 2016. Martha collaborated with senior sales leaders and cross-functional teams to develop growth plans for strategic channel customers and conducted competitor pricing analysis.

Martha also has experience at Printpack, Inc., where they served as the Pricing Manager from September 2010 to July 2015. In this role, they developed pricing models, managed pricing functions, and analyzed market opportunities.

Earlier in their career, Martha worked as a Property Manager at Post Properties from June 2000 to September 2006. Martha achieved financial goals, implemented strategic pricing plans, and maintained high occupancy levels through effective marketing and sales strategies.

Martha Cottongim began their education in 2000 at Georgia State University, where they pursued a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree with a focus on Economics. Martha completed their undergraduate studies in 2005. In 2014, they enrolled at the Georgia Institute of Technology to pursue a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree in Global Business, which they completed in 2015. In the same year, they attended Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications for further studies in Global Leadership, specifically focusing on conducting business in China.