Mgr-Pricing & Planning
$110,000–$130,000 year
On-siteChicago, Illinois, United States or New York City, New York, United States
Job Summary
Lead an assigned team of Sales Planners by organizing projects, prioritizing work, and setting timelines. Generate and calculate accurate proposals for multiple account directors, maintaining the highest level of communication with Sales Management to keep pricing and inventory parameters competitive. Process all proposals for order execution, ensuring inventory, campaign management, and finance teams receive pertinent information. Attend client meetings as requested and partner with Sales VPs and Account Executives on planning details and campaign performance. Mentor the Sales Planning team, collaborate on process improvements, and provide strategic solutions to assist Sales and Marketing teams.
Required Qualifications
- 4+ years related business experience
- Knowledge of sales, advertising, marketing or related-field industry
- Highly proficient to strong skills in Microsoft Excel/Access
- Proficiency in other MS Office applications
- Ability to work effectively and accurately in a fast-paced, high stress, high volume environment
- Ability to retain detailed information as it pertains to products, pricing, availability, guidelines, processes, personnel, and account management
- Ability to take initiative and apply critical-thinking when problem-solving
- Passionate attention to detail
- Exceptional organizational skills
- Strong analytical ability and aptitude for numbers and accountancy
- Ability to work with large budgets and numbers
- Ability to compute rates, ratio, percentages, fractions, media math, CPM calculations, decimals and pre-algebra
- Good communication (written and verbal) skills
- Self-starting
- Flexible
- Ability to work independently with confidence
- Highly trainable
- Willing to learn
- Demonstrate a desire for growth
- Self-motivating
- Assertive
- Energetic
- Team-player attitude
- Some decision-making responsibilities
- College degree or equivalent experience in advertising, media, sales, or related field
Desired Qualifications
- Management/mentorship experience
- Programmatic experience at a SSP, DSP, Agency, or Publisher
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