Pricing Analysts use statistical processes and analytics to develop prices, margins and market share. They might work with data supplied by the sales or marketing team, competitor information and other data sources. Pricing analysts are often called upon to create reports and detailed analyses of product sales and margins, and to identify opportunities to increase them. Pricing Analysts provide the management of a business with the analytics that measure product profitability and support the development of pricing strategies and plans. Pricing Analysts are responsible for tracking marketplace metrics and trends, as well as establishing, maintaining and analyzing price reference documentation in order to uncover key market and pricing insights, such as how pricing strategy will affect the consumer, and how it relates to the company’s competitors. Pricing Analysts must prepare pricing recommendations based on their analysis, and present them to other business units such as finance, supply chain, sales and marketing, in order to help those teams make pricing decisions.. Pricing Analysts provides analysis to ensure the pricing of goods and services stays competitive in the market. Conducts market research and gathers competitive intelligence to make recommendations regarding pricing policies. Maintains historical pricing data on the organization and its competitors. Coordinates and communicates pricing information for new product releases. The duties of Price Analysts includes to provide pricing analysis for management, perform margin and pricing analysis in order to support business initiatives, monitor and update commercial price lists. They need to validate sales quotations for accuracy and profitability, develop a system of communication, documentation and review of internal and external comparative pricing data. It also involves to identify opportunities to optimize sales and profitability through pricing strategies, confer with sales and marketing teams to develop proposals and prepare multi-year cost and pricing models that may include labor, materials, subcontracts, travel and other relevant costs.