[Hiring] Program Manager - Pricing @Waste Management, Inc. (WM)

Role Description

This position provides program leadership for key aspects of company price plans and supporting all areas in the execution of their pricing objectives and profitable growth. This role will coordinate with key business stakeholders and help lead the execution and implementation of the Annual Price Increase process across the enterprise, while supporting continued efforts in identifying how to best leverage data and technology to help shape the future of WM pricing initiatives. This role may evolve over time to support other Revenue Management business functions. This is a fully remote position, and does not require the candidate to relocate to any specific location.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads the annual price increase process for all areas in the organization, driving consistency in execution across all market areas.
• Coordinates with multiple teams and departments (Digital, Sales, Legal, Area Pricing Teams, Billing, etc.) to provide expert technical and functional leadership in the design and execution of Annual Price Increase Process.
• Pull monthly MAS customer extracts due for annual price increases and work with the EADM team to score/analyze/provide suggested price increases using CLV and Risk models.
• Work with Areas to ensure all collection LOB price increase uploads are getting submitted monthly, error checking, and preparing for upload into MAS with third party vendor.
• Recognize best practices seen in certain Areas and execute those best practices with other Areas not currently using for overall improvement and better alignment/consistency.
• Provide strategic business analysis, reporting, and pricing direction to drive Area profitability and growth.
• Identify opportunities for improvement, develop action plans, engage applicable stakeholders, and lead the execution of change.
• Responsible for the continual update of internal pricing tools and reports; provide regular documentation and communication to the Area teams.
• In support of organizational optimization efforts, this role will support the ongoing development of a more streamlined execution of our monthly Pricing files, possibly digital; including, but not limited to, development of better and more accurate Core Price forecasting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (accredited) in Business Administration, or in lieu of degree, High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and four (4) years of relevant experience.
• 5 years of relevant work experience (in addition to education requirement).

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong analysis of moderately complex financial, statistical, and customer data within the waste industry.
• Demonstrated influential leadership and the ability to project manage day-to-day, long-term, and time sensitive responsibilities.
• Effective verbal and written communication.
• Knowledge of the Annual Price Increase process performed on a monthly basis.

Physical Requirements

• This job primarily operates in a professional office environment and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copy machines, etc.

Pay

The expected base pay range for this position across the U.S. is $93,700 - $139,955. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific salary offered to a successful candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s relevant experience, education, training, certifications, qualifications, and work location. This is a fully remote position, and does not require the candidate to relocate to any specific location.

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and short-term disability.
• Stock purchase plan.
• Company matching on a 401(k).
• Paid vacation, holidays, and personal days.
• Please note that benefits may vary by site.