Manager, Pricing

Company: StaffAttract
Location: Woonsocket
Posted on: February 8, 2020

Job Description:

Job Description As a Pricing Manager, you will play a key role within the Front Store Retail Pricing & Analytics team. This role is essential to ensuring that our pricing strategy reflects our most current business objectives and is maintained consistently across our front store business in over 8000 retail locations. The Pricing Manager position is responsible for working cross functionally with the Pricing Team, Item Maintenance Team, Marketing Team and Category Management to continuously evaluate our pricing strategy and price position, and ensure that our item prices are aligned to our pricing strategy-as well as individual category strategies. As a member of the Front Store Pricing Team, you will join a talented group of Pricing Analyst and Managers, focused on continuously evolving our pricing strategy, leveraging innovative tools and robust data to optimize our retail pricing and help support the growth of our overall business. Additional responsibilities of the Pricing Manager include: - Develop and support forward-thinking pricing strategies that optimize sales and margin. - Develop knowledge of customer shopping behaviors, category strategies, and key business drivers as input to pricing strategy. - Develop a deep understanding of category financial levers including sales, promotions, funding, and profitability as input to pricing strategy. - Continuously evaluate competitors and marketplace dynamics to assess the impact on CVS business and develop pricing strategy recommendations that support evolving business objectives in collaboration with the Pricing Manager and Category Manager. - Track key business metrics (e.g. sales, share,value perception, margin, competitive position, etc., to continually evaluate,refine and implement price changes as necessary to maintain category pricing strategies. - Test pricing hypotheses, measure results, and develop strategy insights and implications. - Independently design and execute ad-hoc analytical exercises for components of pricing plans; identifying the appropriate sources of data, manipulating the data and synthesize facts and insights into concrete, actionable recommendations. - Contribute to internal pricing department and/or cross-functional projects that may include process improvement,technoly development, marketing communications, store execution,etc. Required Qualifications 5+ years of experience in project leadership, business analysis, and strategy development in a retail, consulting, or consumer-packaged goods environment. 5+ years of experience in an analytical role providing strong quantitative, mathematical, interpersonal and communication skills. 2+ years using MS Word, Excel and Access, with experience in creating advanced Excel spreadsheets.Preferred Qualifications Strong problem-solving skills, with an abilityto influence and negotiate with peers and cross functionalpartner. Ability to manage multiple priorities and drivetasks to completion within deadlines with a high degree of accuracy in afast-paced environment. Project leadership skills, with the ability to prioritizeand deliver on multiple concurrent initiatives that have significant financialimpact. Knowledge of SQL. EducationBachelor's degree in Business, Management, Science, Mathematics or Economics required; Master's degree a plus.

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