Pricing Consultant-Pricing And Contract Management
Verizon Business
Clinton, Ms
• Responsible for a complete range of telecommunication services contracting activities such as negotiation, evaluation, and awarding of contracts. • Effectively managed deal base from inception to completion. • Supported top line revenue performance to $15.5B Medium Business. • Managed a high-volume workload within a deadline-driven environment. • Negotiated and approved custom pricing for proposals and contracts based on competition, profit margin, market dynamics and regulatory issues. • Conducted in-depth financial and pricing modeling, analysis and reporting using profitability and cost models. • Customized pricing, on individual case basis, for the various products and services offered, using a variety of cost models and forecast models. • Tracked and monitored wins/losses, pricing trends, and financials for reporting, business case building, and complex projects. • Assessed the risk of pricing guarantees offered and communicated such risks to pricing leadership. • Collaborated with Sales and Proposals teams to evaluate pricing proposals to identify the right price in order to drive revenue and maximize profit without alienating customers.• Collaborated with Marketing and Pricing teams to set/adjust pricing to maximize competitiveness without sacrificing profit/revenue objectives. • Leveraged business knowledge to propose solutions to unique business problems regularly in a dynamic work environment.• Developed business cases for price escalations to gain executive review and approval. • Worked closely with Corporate Attorneys to understand and analyze the impacts associated with changes to the contract terms and conditions that were suggested during negotiation and made appropriate decisions.