Pricing Transformation Manager

Pricing Transformation Manager

Full-Time 18-month Contract

Location:
Mississauga, ON

Hours:
40hr. / Week

Salary Range:
Up to $140K, no benefits, no bonus, contract role

Department:
Marketing

Reports To:
VP of Marketing

About Our Client

Our client is a leading Canadian supplier of automotive, heavy-duty, and industrial products. They are seeking a
full-time18-month Contract Pricing Transformation Manager
. Reporting to VP of Marketing. This role will support facility projects by providing technical expertise in design, planning and execution.

Position Summary

We are undertaking a multi-phase pricing transformation initiative to modernize our pricing approach and implement a new pricing tool. The Pricing Manager will play a key role in shaping and executing our future pricing model.

The Pricing Manager will play a central role in this transformation: leading the business design of our future pricing model and driving the successful adoption of the new pricing platform. This is a highly cross-functional role that bridges Sales, Finance, Operations, and IT, combining analytical expertise with strong business and project leadership.

The ideal candidate has hands-on pricing experience in a manufacturing or distribution environment and a proven track record supporting or leading pricing process or system transformations.

Key Responsibilities

1. Pricing Strategy

• Lead the review and redesign of pricing structures, discounting logic, and freight recovery to align with strategic and profitability objectives.
• Define and implement the framework for decoupling freight from product pricing, ensuring transparency and cost accuracy.
• Support the development of pricing segmentation, value-based pricing logic, and margin targets.
• Establish pricing governance, policies, and approval workflows in collaboration with Sales and Finance.

2. Pricing Transformation Project Lead

• Serve as the business lead for the pricing transformation project.
• Collaborate with external consultants to design the future-state pricing model, business rules, and freight-related processes.
• Translate pricing strategy and governance into detailed business requirements for the new pricing tool.
• Partner with IT, Master Data, and the tool vendor to validate configuration, integration, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Support rollout, change management, and adoption of new pricing processes across the organization.

3. Pricing Analysis and Insights

• Analyze customer, product, and freight data to identify margin improvement opportunities.
• Develop dashboards and KPIs to track pricing effectiveness, margin realization, and freight recovery.
• Monitor pricing performance and compliance with established pricing policies. Provide ongoing insight to leadership on customer, product, and regional pricing performance.
• Partner with Finance to model pricing scenarios and measure financial impacts.

4. Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Sales to ensure pricing models are practical, competitive, and clearly communicated.
• Partner with Operations to ensure accurate freight cost capture and recovery.
• Collaborate with IT and Master Data to maintain pricing data integrity and alignment across systems.

5. Continuous Improvement
and Change Enablement

• Recommend ongoing enhancements to pricing tools, processes, and governance based on performance insights.
• Stay informed on market trends, competitive pricing, and best practices in industrial/manufacturing pricing.
• Support training and communication to drive adoption of new pricing approaches across the organization.
• Serve as a change champion, communicating the purpose and value of pricing transformation to internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related field.

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in pricing management.
• Experience in manufacturing, distribution, or industrial products required.
• Exposure to pricing transformation, process redesign, or pricing tool implementation preferred.
• Solid understanding of product cost structures, margin analysis, cost-to-serve models and freight cost allocation.

Technical Skills

• Advanced Excel and data analysis capabilities.
• Experience with Power BI preferred.
• Familiarity with ERP systems and pricing software is an asset.

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally.
• Detail-oriented and organized.
• Able to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Comfortable working in both strategic and hands-on operational settings.