Pricing Consultant

Company: Verizon
Location: Alpharetta
Posted on: January 17, 2020

Job Description:

What youll be doing... Youll play a key role in driving our pricing across the organization and in assuring that we deliver an unmatched customer experience at the optimal price. You will read, interpret, and analyze government request-for-proposals to understand customers desired solutions and pricing construct. Youll work with the technical team to map government requirements to our product and service models; identify gaps between customer-desired solution/pricing and our model; and perform sophisticated analysis to determine how to bridge the gaps. Youll make sure that what we offer is a win-win for both the client and us. Youll work across business lines and across borders to ensure that each bid is aligned with our overall pricing strategy.

• Performing detailed pricing analysis to deliver a recommended price-to-win (PTW) analysis based on competitive research, published competitor pricing, prior wins and losses, and market trends.
• Preparing rate requests / business cases, including a demand model based on PTW, and current and future demand for services and operational support requirements.
• Creating customer pricing for complex proposals, based on government compliance instructions and contract structure.
• Crafting and presenting detailed financial briefings for internal teams and executive management, including discussion of request-for-proposal pricing requirements and evaluation criteria, competitive analysis, pricing strategies, and key financial metrics.
• Effectively communicating pricing and any custom terms and conditions to internal stakeholders and customers.
• Working closely with key stakeholders to ensure business case accuracy and competitiveness.What were looking for... Analyzing pricing and its impact on sales fascinates you. Being able to set pricing and see its impact on sales gives you great satisfaction. Youre a planner and putting processes in place to create order makes you smile. You are detail-oriented and organized without losing sight of the big picture. You recognize different people and situations require different approaches - and not only do you understand that diverse perspectives create stronger outcomes, but you also have an ability to flex your style accordingly. Digging into data to identify opportunities and coming up with recommendations that will have a big impact makes you feel good.You'll need to have:
  • Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
  • Four or more years of relevant work experience.Even better if you have:
    • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, related field or equivalent experience.
    • Advanced economics, finance, and accounting skills; proficiency in financial modeling.
    • Ability to use advanced expertise to resolve diverse/complex problems.
    • Demonstrated leadership and ability to make sound business decisions quickly.
    • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially in Excel.
    • Demonstrated in-depth understanding of Verizon's products/services and value proposition; solid understanding of the commercial, financial, and technical aspects of the industry.
    • Strong contract management and negotiation skills.
    • Experience with government contracting processes.When you join Verizon... Youll have the power to go beyond doing the work thats transforming how people, businesses and things connect with each other. Not only do we provide the fastest and most reliable network for our customers, but we were first to 5G - a quantum leap in connectivity. Our connected solutions are making communities stronger and enabling energy efficiency. Here, youll have the ability to make an impact and create positive change. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, join our team of the best and brightest. We offer great pay, amazing benefits and opportunity to learn and grow in every role. Together well go far.Equal Employment Opportunity We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer - and celebrate our employees' differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. Different makes us better.REQNUMBER: 537116-1B

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