Senior Pricing & Commercial Specialist

The Senior Pricing & Commercial Specialist is a key member of the Finance organization and is responsible for managing third‑party pricing execution, commercial analysis, and pricing support across all sales channels. The role leads the administration and management of all price lists, customer‑specific pricing structures, margin analysis, and commercial program support. It works closely with Finance and Sales leadership (all segments PNA, SCT) to support product pricing strategy through data analysis, pricing execution, margin visibility, and commercial insights.

The specialist operates within existing systems and data structures while coordinating cross‑functionally with Sales, Accounting, Sourcing, Operations, Product Management, Market Development, OEM, and global manufacturing teams to support accurate pricing and profitability analysis. The role is not responsible for cost accounting ownership or establishing product costs but utilizes cost inputs from cost accounting to support pricing analysis, margin tracking, and commercial decision‑making.

The position operates within the PNA finance organization, maintaining a dotted‑line reporting relationship to PNA/SCT sales across all segments, ensuring robust internal control mechanisms, and improving cross‑departmental collaboration while streamlining gross profit analysis, budget creation, and forecasting by minimizing friction between teams.

• Lead administration and maintenance of all pricing across channels & segments:
  • Third Party Domestic & Sales Canada
    • National Key Accounts
    • Strategic Key Accounts
    • Independent Dealers
    • Contracted Dealers
  • THE Exp
  • THP OEM
• Own and maintain:
  • Price lists
  • Customer‑specific price pages
  • Discount structures and agreements
  • Program pricing files
• Execute approved pricing updates and adjustments across all channels
• Support PNA/SCT Sales leadership in all segments with:
  • Pricing analysis
  • Margin analysis
  • Channel impact analysis
  • Deal‑specific analysis
  • Trade package analysis
• Monitor pricing execution and identify inconsistencies, margin leakage, or outliers requiring further investigation
• Maintain organization, accuracy, and governance of pricing‑related data and documentation
• Coordinate and support all budget and forecast pricing activities

• Analyze and report THP pricing execution and gross profit performance by:
  • Product line
  • Customer/Account
  • Channel
• Develop visibility into realized pricing, discounts, rebates, and program impacts
• Support PNA/SCT Sales leadership in all segments with data‑driven insights and reporting
• Respond to ad‑hoc pricing, margin, and commercial analysis requests
• Assist in identifying trends, risks, and opportunities impacting channel profitability

• Utilize cost inputs from:
  • PNA cost accounting for PNA manufactured products
  • Global manufacturing facilities for imported products
• Support pricing and gross profit analysis using current product cost information
• Track gross profit performance and identify significant changes or outliers impacting profitability
• Coordinate cross‑functionally to investigate root causes impacting margin performance
• Support Sales leadership in facilitating discussions with internal and global teams regarding pricing and cost‑related impacts
• Maintain visibility into cost and margin trends to support commercial decision‑making

• Support development and execution of commercial programs, including based on sales input from all segments and market needs/trends considering gross profit impact:
  • Targeted inventory reduction initiatives
  • Product‑specific promotions
  • End‑user financing and terms programs
• Perform financial and gross profit analysis on:
  • Promotional programs
  • Individual deals
  • Trade package opportunities
• Track program effectiveness, pricing performance, and profitability impacts
• Partner with Sales & Marketing to support successful execution of commercial programs

• Work closely with:
  • PNA/SCT Sales all segments (primary stakeholder)
  • Marketing
  • Finance/Accounting
  • Sourcing/Supply Chain
  • Operations
  • OEM
  • Product Management
  • Market Development
• Ensure alignment and…