Analyst, Price Change

Job Duties

Major Responsibilities include:

• Facilitate and audit all processes for preplanned and ad hoc price changes efficiently and accurately, meeting all deadlines on the Sale Event Timeline.

• Partner with Store Operations, Web Promotion teams, and Marketing to ensure all sale event and pricing needs are met, and information is provided in a timely manner.

• Support any new pricing initiatives, including refinements to current processes and programs, and partnerships with outside providers.

• Develop, refine, and execute price reporting to merchants and upper management and ensure accuracy in all reports.

• Communicate with the merchant organization both formally and informally to develop understanding of price change processes.

• Facilitate merchant training related to price change and promotion execution

• Assist all merchants up to the DMM level in solving issues and answering questions surrounding pricing activity.

• Research unexpected markdown results, item price history, and pricing anomalies

• Proactively support seasonal and ad hoc residue management processes.

Reports to

• Manager, Central Price Management Team

Job Requirements

Requirements include:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• Attention to detail

• Proactive approach to tasks and to preventing or resolving issues

• Ability to work well under pressure and with strict time constraints

• Ability to learn systems and processes quickly

• Flexible to change

• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables and formulas

• Proven analytical skills

• Strong interpersonal skills; both written and oral communication skills

• Excellent organizational skills

• Prefer 2-3 years in a merchandising or retail environment