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Company Overview
Wherever you work and whatever role you fill, when you represent the Bridgestone name you know that you are a valued teammate who is part of our larger mission to “Serve Society with Superior Quality.” We start by offering each teammate more than just a salary. We provide formal training, competitive performance incentives, paid vacation and holidays, healthcare packages for full-time and part-time employees, and a 401k plan to help build your future.
We believe people can only provide superior service and quality to others when they are allowed to bring their whole selves to work and know they are supported. We believe in championing all perspectives, individuals and teams because we understand the importance of seeing the world and our business through many different lenses. We are building a team as diverse as the world we serve. So, show us what you’re made of. Show us the smart stuff, the tough stuff, the bold, beautiful and brave stuff. Because who you are is what we need.
Bridgestone Americas, Inc. is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee and is the U.S. subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone Americas and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.
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Position Summary
Responsibilities
- Key representative for pricing function in understanding intent of pricing programs/deals and how to establish in all relevant systems.
- Develop strong working knowledge of SAP system, primarily pricing and the billing types/conditions.
- Critical liaison with Price Administration team to establish best practices for transactional pricing excellence.
- Establish robust, repeatable, and sustainable audit processes to ensure invoice accuracy
- Become subject matter expert in understanding how all relevant internal systems impact pricing and how to optimize.
- Drive continuous improvement and innovation in the pricing area by suggesting/implementing changes to current processes and strategies to enable agile/flexible responses to transactional needs.
- Manage and deliver day to day transactional pricing responsibilities for Consumer Pricing.
- Develop, manage and execute various communications related to pricing, collaborating with different functional areas and utilizing different tools and systems.
- Work collaboratively with multiple teams across various channels within the Consumer division.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business related area or relevant job experience
- 2-5 years in related job preferred
- Strong process development skills with ability to interpret and communicate business impact of process changes
- Excellent analytical skills with ability to source relevant data, create clear/concise decision models, interpret analytic results and make recommendations/provide actionable insights
- Knowledge of ERP systems
- Business manager mindset with drive for continuous process improvement
- Highly collaborative and agile
- Understanding of pricing/cost/margin decisions on company profitability
- Strong organizational agility to enhance cross-functional communication and collaboration
- Ability to communicate with all levels of organization
- Excellent leader of self skills
Bridgestone is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. It is our policy to consider for employment all individuals regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
Employment Eligibility
If hired, a Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification must be completed at the start of employment. Temporary work authorization or the need for sponsorship may disqualify you from employment.
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