Career Area:
Marketing / Sales / Product Support
Job Description:
Your Work Shapes the World
Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.
When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don't just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in - the roads, hospitals, homes and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer's needs. Join us.
As a Pricing Specialist (internally known as Commercial Consultant) , you will partner with Caterpillar product development and financial teams to guide pricing decisions to align with overall product and company goals. A typical day might include:
Utilizing analytics tools to draw insights and identify and recommend opportunities to maximize sales and increase profitability
Developing advanced strategic pricing recommendations for new and existing products by incorporating the entire value chain and external forces
Acting as a thought partner to key stakeholders for new product launches
Evaluating price structures and value realization
Complete competitive price analysis
Working with industry managers to implement future price changes
Limited travel required (5% of working time).
Basic Requirements:
Bachelor's degree or higher in business administration, finance, economics, statistics, accounting, marketing, or related fields
5+ years of progressive professional experience in pricing strategy and analytics, financial analysis
High attention to detail with ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously with little supervision and instruction
Top Candidates Will Also Have:
Outstanding problem solving and analysis skills, combined with solid business judgement and ability to build and present business cases and gain agreement from key leaders
Experience working strategic initiatives and the ability to communicate cross-functionally across product marketing, accounting and product development teams
Demonstrated focus on quality and customer needs with soft skills to work through sensitive business problems and change management
Soft skills to work through sensitive business problems and change management
Base knowledge of various Caterpillar products, product applications, merchandising programs and business systems is a plus
Additional Information:
This position would be located in Mossville, IL, Lafayette IN, or Irving, TX.
This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.Caterpillar.com/Careers .
Employee benefit details
Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.
Here you earn more than just an hourly wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of a monthly bonus.
Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).
Final details
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Relocation is available for this position.
EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.
