Jr. Pricing Analyst Intern

Proofpoint•Sunnyvale, CA

About The Position

Proofpoint’s Pricing team sits within the Product Marketing department and is responsible for pricing initiatives across all products and services. The team is looking for a Jr Pricing Analyst intern to add to our team. This role will be pivotal in managing our pricing and product information. As an intern, you'll have the opportunity to learn about our pricing strategy, competitive pricing intelligence and how to use tools like Salesforce. You’ll be responsible for creating and maintaining price books across various channels, ensuring our sales, partners, and distributors’ pricing sheets are up to date. Communication is key, as you'll be the point person for conveying pricing updates to different channel teams and resolving any SKU or pricing-related issues with our partners. In addition, your role involves maintaining our existing product data template and aiding in the implementation of SKU automation tools. Beyond pricing and product data, you'll be responsible for building and maintaining a competitive database. This entails gathering competitive pricing intelligence for both existing and new products and services, keeping us well-informed about market dynamics.

Requirements

Experience with SQL preferred
Proficient in Excel
Ability to use Power Query preferred
Comfortable working with large data sets

Responsibilities

Managing pricing and product information
Creating and maintaining price books across various channels
Ensuring sales, partners, and distributors’ pricing sheets are up to date
Conveying pricing updates to different channel teams
Resolving any SKU or pricing-related issues with our partners
Maintaining our existing product data template
Aiding in the implementation of SKU automation tools
Building and maintaining a competitive database
Gathering competitive pricing intelligence for both existing and new products and services