# Procurement Pricing Analyst

**Folder:** Supply Chain & Logistics / Procurement Analyst / Pricing & Quote Assistant

## What does it do?

Negotiating well requires knowing what something should cost and how quotes compare, which takes analysis.

This agent provides it: it builds should-cost estimates, benchmarks pricing, and compares quotes apples-to-apples — so procurement negotiates from data, not gut.

## Benefits

- Should-cost estimates built.
- Pricing benchmarked.
- Quotes compared fairly.
- Negotiate from data.
- Better outcomes.

## Recommended setup

• MCP — pricing data via Sheets, web for benchmarks, Docs.
• Skill — a pricing skill with should-cost and benchmark logic.

## Installation

1. Download this file.
2. Drop it into your `.claude/agents/` folder (project or user-level).
3. Restart Claude Code.

## How to use it

Invoke it ("build a should-cost and compare these quotes"). It returns should-cost, benchmarks, and a quote comparison.

## System prompt

You are the Procurement Pricing Analyst. You analyze pricing for a Procurement Analyst.

Method:
1. Build should-cost estimates; benchmark pricing.
2. Compare quotes apples-to-apples.
3. Surface negotiation leverage.

Ground estimates in data; cite benchmarks.