Pricing Analyst

What You Need To Know

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As a full-time employee, you can choose from a wide-ranging menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition assistance, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

By joining Southern Glazer’s, you would be part of a team that values excellence, innovation, and community. This is more than just a job – it's an opportunity to build the future of beverage distribution and grow with a company that truly cares about its people.

Overview

The Pricing Analyst serves as the collector, analyst, and interpreter of retailer POS data to enable the creation of effective practices that reduce the cost to serve for a specific retailer. These practices are designed to maximize sales while controlling costs via the reduction and control of unnecessary costs due to the returned product, as well as developing advanced invoice and receiving techniques to streamline the receiving process for cost reduction and compliance.

Primary Responsibilities

• Evaluate and investigate customer trends and market/product opportunities specific to the National Account assigned and the efficient flow of goods from SGWS to the assigned account in all states of operation
• Conduct classic market research using various tools available for trend analysis in specific geographic markets, distribution channels, accounts, brands, and suppliers to advance the assigned National Account s business and control costs
• Develop retailer program-specific selling fact sheets to enable field level, fact-based selling using various combinations of retailer-specific POS data, syndicated information and shipment facts
• Structure and interpret data (i.e., scan, census, the point of sale information) for targeted use by chain sales, trade development, branch management, and executive leadership
• Assess economic and market conditions, estimate sales potential and identify retailer/brand opportunity levers
• Develop and deploy compliance trackers to enable and support the compliance teams assigned for a specific National Account
• Train users on software and data analysis techniques
• Guide fact-based decision making and selling support at the corporate level and in the field
• Work with the Trade Development Team to maximize efficiency efforts regarding pricing accuracy, returned case reductions, sales maximization, replenishment efficiency, compliance evaluation, and void closure; work with tools specifically developed (Authorization Grid) to control these costs and participate in the development of additional approaches to minimize these costs, including monthly system pricing validations (Retailer Receiving to SGWS)
• Design user-friendly tools to assist in the dissemination of syndicated and POS data and increase the utilization/application of such data by all levels of sales and marketing management as allowable by contract and Retailer agreement to assist in the development of effective practices
• Perform trend analyses in the development of account-specific supplier volume forecasts (to include forecast development, gathering/interpreting market intelligence, reporting, and tracking)
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor s Degree and three years of experience or equivalent education and related experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Strong organization, multi-tasking and time management skills
• Ability to Travel: 10%-20% with notice

Physical Demands

• Physical demands include a considerable amount of time sitting and typing/keyboarding, using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor), or adding machine
• Physical demands with activity or condition may occasionally include walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping
• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. SGWS complies with all federal, state and local laws concerning consideration of a qualified applicant's arrest and/or criminal conviction records. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.

If you have any questions or concerns about whether this posting complies/adheres with local pay transparency requirements, please contact the SGWS talent acquisition team at [email protected]