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Join a global manufacturing firm with a focus on people development. Legrand/Pass and Seymour is part of Legrand in North America, a $940 million group of companies and part of Legrand, a global leader of electrical solutions. Pass & Seymour, headquartered in Syracuse, NY, is a leading manufacturer of electrical wiring devices sold through electrical distributors and home centers to the residential, commercial and industrial construction and maintenance and repair markets in the United States. Originally founded in 1890, Pass & Seymour was acquired in 1984 by Legrand. The acquisition of Pass & Seymour was the first step in Legrand’s long term strategy to become a significant participant in the multi-billion dollar electrical goods industry in North America. 

The Strategic Pricing manager develops and manages the implementation of a pricing strategy that balances optimum margin dollar revenue with competitive pricing, using established guidelines and sound business judgment as well as maintaining pricing levels and communicating the impact of major pricing decisions to established customers and throughout the Legrand organization.

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance or Marketing.  MBA preferred.  5-10 years experience in marketing, finance or related field, 2+ years of experience in price management, including new product pricing, lifecycle price management and managing cost to serve.

The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills, verbal and written communications skills, and strong computer skills with demonstrated proficiency with advanced spreadsheet applications, word processing, presentation software, e-mail and meeting management software. 

He or she must have strong analytical skills and the ability to identify trends and establish proactive corrective actions.  Must have demonstrated problem solving capability and be able to work effectively in a team based environment.

The Strategic Pricing Manager oversees all aspects of the pricing function including quotations, blankets, stock price agreements and published price sheets.  Continually monitors and analyzes pricing practices and develops recommendations for improvements to the process, which enables profitable sales growth (volume, and mix price attainment) and controls price degradation.  Provides regular pricing reports to field sales and product line management enabling them to make local pricing decisions that maximize margin improvement.  The manager develops and implements pricing analysis tools to identify pricing opportunities that drive optimal mix and incremental standard margin improvement.  Works with Product Line Managers, Regional Sales VPs, and brand GM to establish and maintain price strategy, policies, procedures and guidelines related to stock, blanket and job business and assist in the development of long-term price strategy.

As the manager of the pricing group, he or she develops, trains, motivates and manage the pricing staff on a day to day basis, establish goals and provide performance feedback per Legrand performance management process.

This position also leads cross-functional teams assembled to capture opportunities identified by current internal pricing initiative. Project management for strategic initiatives. Analyzes ongoing pricing and negotiation performance and identify new pricing opportunities.