Job description
Our client is a world recognized Beauty and Retail brand is looking for a. Senior Pricing Analyst to join their team on a fulltime basis, starting immediately.
Title: Senior Pricing Analyst
Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire
Schedule: Hybrid (possibly remote)
Salary: $90k-$95k
Overview:
The Senior Pricing Analyst is responsible for driving the analysis and execution of the Price and Promotion Optimization, for the brand's mist critical retail categories. Exceptionally strong analytical and math skills are required, along with a focus on detailed execution of processes. This position will partner with Merchandising, Marketing, Stores and the Information Systems team to drive change management throughout the company
Pricing Analyst Responsibilities:
30% - Price Execution Analysis:
- Create pricing scenarios supporting existing goals, execute pricing, and verify results against goals.
- Work with Merchants offering strong points of view and recommendations for sales and margin optimization through pricing strategy
30% - Regular Price Strategy and Analysis:
- Work with Director, Pricing Manager, merchandising and store ops to measure results or price zone changes, price change and price tests.
- Deep dive on performance by category and market to make recommendations on test to run and actions to roll out to the chain
- Evaluate effectiveness of pricing methods and rules, identify opportunities, and make recommendations for competitive pricing premiums
10% - Clearance Price Strategy and Analysis:
- Work closely with Director of Pricing, Inventory Management and Merchandising to develop seasonal clearance cadence strategies. Optimize by district where feasible and measure results.
- Work with Manager to develop and execute clearance strategies. Manage not on POG clearance.
20% - Promotion Pricing Analysis:
- Work with data sources to develop reports and strategic insights that merchants can use to improve promotion performance.
- Work with merchandising partners to analyze results and recommend items and prices for future ads.
10% - Pricing projects as identified by Supervisor
Pricing Analyst Qualifications:
- 5+ years in Business/Retail industry, in similar role to Pricing Manager
- Retail or consumer products experience a plus, but complex analytical experience is the priority
- Analyst / manager role in an analytical function
- Experience developing a department and process from the ground up
- Strong desire and proven experience mining through data to parse out valuable insights that pertain to pricing strategy
- Clear, concise communication style
- Ability to drive a cross-functional projects
- Ability to develop strong relationships with key partners
- Strong skills in selling point of view and persuading other functions to support your program
- Ability to organize and manage a variety of activities while addressing multiple priorities and quickly react to changing business needs while meeting firm deadlines
- Superior strategy development skills
- Strong negotiating skills supported by excellent oral and written communication skills
- Needs to be a self-starter to be able to develop policies and programs to meet new business objectives
If you are qualified for and interested in this position, please forward your resume today!