Purchasing Analyst - Pricing

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Job Summary: Responsible for structuring and executing product pricing to ensure competitiveness, healthy margins, and strategic alignment. Key Highlights: 1. Focus on pricing and cost analysis 2. Negotiation with suppliers and continuous improvement 3. Internal cross-functional collaboration and business-oriented perspective Behavioral Competencies * Analytical mindset and attention to detail * Organization and sense of priority * Negotiation skills and business-oriented perspective * Clear communication with internal departments (sales, tax, inventory, and finance) * Proactivity in proposing improvements Job Description — Purchasing Analyst (Pricing Focus) **Job Objective** Responsible for structuring and executing product pricing to ensure competitiveness, healthy margins, and alignment with commercial strategy, supporting procurement through cost, tax, freight, negotiation, and market behavior analyses. Key Responsibilities * Perform **price formation** (cost \+ taxes \+ freight \+ expenses \+ margin) by category/product. * Update and maintain **price lists**, margin rules, mark-up policies, and commercial policies (discounts, campaigns, and terms). * Analyze **acquisition cost** (invoices, bonuses, allowances, commercial discounts, payment terms, returns) and ensure accuracy of cost data in the system. * Monitor **market and competition** (price research, positioning, and elasticity) and propose adjustments. * Generate reports and dashboards on **margin, mark-up, profitability, inventory turnover, and stockouts**, identifying improvement opportunities. * Support the sales team with **price simulations**, discount limits, and special-sales pricing. * Collaborate with suppliers on **cost negotiations**, commercial allowances, and terms to achieve target margins and goals. * Validate impacts of **taxes and tax substitution**, freight, and logistics costs on pricing. * Ensure compliance with internal policies and support price/cost audits when required. * Propose process improvements and automation initiatives to reduce errors and increase update agility. Employment Type: Full-time, CLT (Consolidation of Labor Laws) Compensation: R$2\.754,69 \- R$2\.800,00 per month Benefits: * Medical insurance * Life insurance * Meal allowance * Transportation allowance