Evaluate and provide accurate and timely quotations.Communicate pricing activities with Customer Service, Marketing, and Field Sales.Collaborate with Marketing and Tech Services to determine alternative product options for quotations.Quotation data entry, including Up-LoadsBasic signoff authorization on quotations

•Create seasonal candy books for the four major holidays Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day and Easter for 700+ independent store customer base.•Select correct itemization based on previous holiday performance and manufacturer recommendations.•Negotiate deals to offer competitive pricing to our independents customers.•Review seasonal selections for 8+ major retailers to ensure correct items are set up, booked and ordered.•Assist procurement in working with vendors/brokers and customers to clean out excess holiday inventory.

•Maintain pricing by facility and customer; process upcoming and immediate cost changes; run quarterly pricing reconciliation.•Verify accuracy of new item setups.•Responsible for approving R-Bills in a timely manner before being sent to vendor for processing.•Assist merchandisers in researching pricing issues for customer credits and rebills.•Run weekly slotting accrual

•Worked under tight deadlines to get orders approved and shipped for my client’s cut-offs.•Kept in daily contact with list managers and service bureaus for status of orders.•Negotiated deals with list managers to meet client’s budget.•Researched new lists to make recommendations to clients to meet their demographics.•Regularly updated cost savings and volume reports.•Worked with internal order entry and data card systems as well as Crystal Reporting, CRM Database, and Great Plains software