Pricing & Production Associate

*This Position is based out of Bellevue, WA*

The Pricing & Production Associate is responsible for coordinating pricing processes and managing production tasks to ensure seamless operations and adherence to company goals. Specific responsibilities include:

Pricing Coordination:

• Review and follow up on price requests from the Operations Manager and President, ensuring target pricing, wholesale customer requirements, and delivery timelines are met.
• Prepare and submit pricing quote requests to China-based pricing teams and Outside Agents, ensuring all required details are included.
• Analyze factory quotes, calculate landed pricing and margins, and forward summaries to the President for review and approval. Follow up to negotiate better pricing or delivery terms as needed.
• Maintain and update pricing in systems such as Softshoe production and M3 order management.
• Generate adoption sheets and facilitate adoption emails for Outside Agent placements.
• Research and confirm correct HTS codes, initiating and tracking duties, testing, and measurements as required.
• Resolve price discrepancies and update systems to ensure accuracy.
• Assist in setting up new factories, suppliers, and agents, including completing required documentation and updating contact information.

Production Coordination:

• Process, input, and track new orders, ensuring all style specifications, exit factory dates, quantities, and customer requirements are accurately recorded.
• Maintain constant communication with China offices and vendors regarding order updates, customer guidelines, special patterns, samples, proformas, letters of credit, and shipping details.
• Request, track, and distribute customer confirmation, ad, and test samples. Communicate comments and approvals to relevant teams to meet deadlines.
• Collaborate with Operations Manager, Product Development, Sales, and Technical teams on pattern placements, pricing information, and deadlines.
• Review weekly production reports, track delays, and update stakeholders on status changes.
• Coordinate with the Design Team to upload data for new product lines into the NuOrder system.
• Schedule and facilitate meetings for adoption sheet reviews and other production updates.

Administrative and Analytical Tasks:

• Ensure all customer guidelines and requirements are communicated to factories and vendors through manuals, email updates, and software systems.
• Maintain organized records of pricing, order details, and line-specific data in Google Drive and other systems.
• Research duties, freight, and other requirements for new agents and factories from different countries.
• Assist with Burlington First Cost business pricing processes from initiation to completion.
• Support the President by updating pricing and margin sheets and preparing for weekly production meetings.
• Perform additional tasks and projects as assigned.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Moderate experience with Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel (including data organization and pivot tables).
• Minimum of 2 years in a B2B customer service, account management, or similar professional role requiring organization, time management, and communication skills.
• Experience communicating with overseas teams, particularly in China, via email.
• Familiarity with order management systems and data entry.
• Knowledge of footwear industry processes is preferred but not required.

Preferred Skills

• Pricing negotiation experience.
• Ability to multi-task and manage time effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• A proactive mindset with a willingness to learn and contribute to team success.

Salary Range: The pay range of this position is $31.25/hr - $33.65/hr. Actual salary will be determined based off candidate's skill sets, years of experience, and other job-related factors. This range does not include benefits such as health insurance, paid time off, 401K, and additional company benefits.