Jake Simmons
Jake is a Director with INSIGHT2PROFIT. Jake has more than 10 years of experience as a pricing professional, supply chain analyst, and B2B consultant. He leads a variety of pricing engagements with a focus on developing customer-specific custom applications and driving long-term profit optimization for clients.
Prior to joining INSIGHT, Jake spent 2 years in supply chain and demand planning for the Service Parts Supply Chain within the Advanced Molecular Imaging team at Philips Healthcare in Cleveland. There he managed demand forecasting and coordination of materials with the procurement and engineering teams. Jake was also a marketing and global pricing analyst with A. Schulman, where he assisted in establishing a global pricing center of excellence, including leading change management activities and training sales leaders on pricing scorecards.
Examples of Jake’s experience include:
- Drove a 5 percentage point net price contribution to the bottom line of a value-add chemical distributor through managing price adjustments, establishing a culture of value-selling/pricing, and delivering price and margin transparency
- Led the development and implementation of a custom quoting solution at a multi-billion-dollar technology manufacturer to drive price optimization at time of quote, resulting in improved pricing controls and achievement of price realization budget
- Delivered a 4.5 percentage point annual price increase for a rubber and plastics manufacturer through the construction of a price adjustment model, sales workshops and communication training with reps, and driving accountability to results
Jake earned his MBA in Economics from Kent State University, College of Business Administration, and a B.S. in Marketing from Miami University, with a Minor in Decision Sciences.