Avient Corporation
Website:
avient.com
Job details:
Job Description
The Intern is responsible for providing & managing set pricing process and drives improvement in gross margins by providing visibility to all components of the value chain and may interact with Global counterparts to ensure implementation of best practices. This individual is a thought leader & who performs independently and has demonstrated the ability to effectively interact and influence peers and the next level up in organizations (Avient and Customer).
Responsibilities
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Drives profitable growth, gross margin targets as a percentage of sales and gross margin percentage expansion.
- Understands and leads pricing practices to ensure price for value and gross margin expansion.
- Monitors business results. Initiates and updates Strategic Plan in conjunction with management in each region.
- Ability to update quote tool monthly.
- Evaluates the effectiveness of value delivery from the pricing strategy and tactical execution.
- Ensures products and customers’ sales records are analyzed and performance is evaluated against targets. Monitors product gross margins and profitability against control standards. Reviews product prices, approves price deviations, discontinues unprofitable products, and implements price increases and price hold strategies.
- Develops or reviews product forecasts for management approval. Monitors business results.
- Collaborate with various internal departments to optimize Pricing function
- Generate pricing reports and provide insights based on profitability data.
- Maintain accurate documentation and records.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Supports the department with all necessary project work.
- Other duties/projects as assigned.
Qualifications
Any Bachelors in any Science / engineering discipline (Business Analytics, data science field are preferred)
About Us
Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.
Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it’s powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you’re a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you’ll find your place at Avient.
Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!
We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.
By
playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient’s strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.
At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.
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