Manager Distributed Pricing at Medline Industries, Inc. in Northfield, Illinois

Job Description:

JOB SUMMARY:

Manage the teamresponsible for coordinating contracted and non-contracted pricing for Medlinecustomers regarding branded products and SOP documentation. Responsible for allrelated activities (such as day to day process, escalations for complaints,SOPs) surrounding the Distributed Pricing processes.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Translateleadership strategy into actionable tactics and objectives.


• Overseeresources, activities and outcomes of the Distributed Pricing processes.


• CommunicateDistributed Pricing policy and position to drive positive outcomes andresolution.


• Decipherissues which cause pricing discrepancies.


• Collaboratewith sales leadership, customers, vendors, and sales reps to resolveissues.


• Responsiblefor analysis, reporting, and optimization of the division's pricing; provideinsight into trends and discrepancies.


• Identifyprocess changes to decrease risk and increase efficiency.


• Organize,plan and recommend analysis and reports consistent with continuous improvementprocesses and procedures.


• Participatein functional and cross-functionalteam meetings.


• Generateand maintain SOP documentation.


• Managementresponsibilities include:




• Day-to-dayoperations of a group of employees.


• Makingdecisions with financial implications


• Interpretand execute policies for departments/projects and develops.


• Recommendand implement new policies or modifications to existing policies.


• Providegeneral guidelines and parameters for staff functioning.


• Hiringstaff, recommending pay increases, performing performance reviews, training anddevelopment of staff, estimating personnel needs, assigning work, meetingcompletion dates, interpreting and ensuring consistent application oforganizational policies.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree.

• At least 4 years' experience in contract administration, customer pricing, or customer support.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and facilitating teams to identify and implement solutions to complex problems.
• Experience using time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates.
• Experience taking the steps to ensure the assignment/project is accomplished within tight timeframes.
• Experience with End-user in SAP.

• Experience with Microsoft Office.
• Advanced level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using AVERAGE function, merging and centering cells, V-lookups, printing centered page and/or creating a pivot table).

• Experience facilitating high-profile projects with aggressive deadlines and significant visibility from Medline and customer leadership.
• At least 2 years of experience directly managing people including hiring, developing, motivating, and directing people as they work.