Manager, Pricing Systems
CurrentLeading meetings with pricing system partner, Zilliant, I discuss issues and share ideas for their resolution. Liaising with the Salesforce team, I address pricing-related problems with user interface plus contract and accounts interactivity. I refer SQL queries to Verativ Business Analysts, for investigation and research of pricing data within Pricing Evaluation Service and utilize Agile stories to determine features and system modifications required for any pricing system updates. Collaborating with Zilliant to eradicate any bugs, I validate each resolution within a Dev testing environment. Coordinating UAT tests with the UAT team, I check functionality - adding items, price setting, and item hierarchy - and create pricing with different Units of Measure. I developed and launched Deal Manager and Price Manager software with Zilliant. Utilizing Salesforce.com Lightning, it was forecasted to realize $30 million in additional sales in 5 years but will reach the goal this year, two years ahead of schedule. I defined the objectives and roadmap of the Zilliant Cloud Project with the IT Project Manager and migrated systems away from a Waterfall approach to Agile methodology. Assisting EPMO colleagues, with documentation of the as-is state of the pricing system I identified potential issues related to the integration of National Accounts System into existing pricing system and created wireframe layouts of Manager Approval Screens, utilizing MS Excel, which were then passed onto Zilliant to build. I delivered training to the Sales Manager and Sales Representatives to ensure speedy resolution of issues related to the pricing tool. Collaborating with Zilliant Data Scientists I determined Veritiv Price Guidance values, utilizing historical sales of two companies, and liaised with Sales to agree optimum pricing for SKUs. I provided guidance to Pricing Managers on actioning complex price increase requests from Product Managers, to ensure successful rollout.
