My client is an industry leading technology solution firm. They are currently looking for a Business Analyst. This cutting edge company is in a drastic growth mode. The Business Analyst will be located in downtown Chicago.

Within an international team, this position will be responsible for supporting the approval and rationalization of all pricing and quotations related to the company’s products in the America’s region.

Responsibilities:

•Support all aspects of the America’s (North and South America) pricing.
•Support development of pricing strategies in relation with the product and market evolution.
•Ensure implementation, enforcement and defense of pricing strategy in relation to the product and market strategies.
•Attend customer meetings and present/negotiate pricing when needed.
•Establish and maintain weekly meetings with all business units to address urgent pricing requests and pipeline of requests.
•Provide support in setting overall pricing/quotation policy and procedures across all business units primarily in Americas but sometimes in support of global business units.
•Create detailed, flexible models in Excel to review pricing scenarios during development of future pricing strategy and during negotiations. Provide modeling of costs and pricing scenarios. Assist in the development of account specific pricing presentations.

To be considered for this position call Brad Fitzpatrick at 312.616.8200 or e-mail your resume to .

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Experience: To be considered for this role you must meet the following requirements:

•Bachelor Degree: Finance, Business, Marketing or Economics
•Minimum of 3 to 4 years of working experience in Financial
•Solid Experience Pricing out products or services in a corporate setting
•Experience working with Sales and/or Marketing teams in pricing strategies
•Great Communication Skills
•MBA is a HUGE plus.

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