Pricing Manager
Grafton, OH - USA
Job Summary
We are seeking a Pricing Manager to take ownership of pricing strategy across our existing product portfolio. This role is critical in ensuring profitability by analyzing cost structures monitoring margin performance and optimizing pricing decisions on current businessnot new product development.
You will partner cross-functionally with Estimating Sales and Finance to evaluate whether products remain profitable as costs fluctuate and implement data-driven pricing adjustments to protect and grow margins.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and manage pricing strategy across existing products and customer programs
- Analyze cost changes (materials labor overhead) and assess impact on profitability
- Evaluate product-level and customer-level profit & loss performance
- Identify margin erosion risks and recommend pricing adjustments or corrective actions
- Partner with Estimating and Sales to align pricing with current cost structures
- Collaborate with Finance to validate financial accuracy and margin targets
- Support quoting activity by ensuring pricing reflects updated cost assumptions
- Develop and maintain pricing models tools and reporting dashboards
- Work closely with Sales and Estimating to implement pricing updates with customers
- Identify trends inefficiencies and opportunities to improve overall pricing strategy
What Success Looks Like:
- Improved visibility into profitability across existing business
- Proactive identification and correction of margin compression
- Streamlined and consistent pricing processes
- Strong cross-functional alignment between Sales Estimating and Finance
- Measurable improvement in gross margin performance
Qualifications:
- Experience in pricing financial analysis estimating or cost analysis
- Strong understanding of cost structures and margin management in a manufacturing or industrial environment
- Ability to analyze data and translate insights into actionable pricing strategies
- Experience working cross-functionally with Sales Finance and Operations
- Advanced Excel skills; experience with ERP or pricing systems preferred
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence decision-making
About Kapco Metal Stamping
Kapco is known for investing in its people and creating a culture of engagement and is equally as committed to giving back to the community. As an employee you can expect a goal-oriented compensation structure excellent benefits including Medical Dental and Vision Insurance 401K Profit Sharing Vacation Paid Holidays an Onsite Wellness Center and Gym Membership. Building on employees skill sets and growing them as individuals is a top priority at Kapco. The Kacmarcik Center for Human Performance is focused specifically on delivering an exclusive and proprietary in-house training curriculumdesigned to develop employees along their career path.
Required Experience:
Manager