Pricing Analyst

As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you’re provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. The Analyst-I position is an experienced position on the Pricing team. This role is responsible for applying corporate price strategies and analytics for a specific group of categories in order to optimize Meijer’s price position, sales, margin, and share. The analyst I position will incorporate various data sources and analytical techniques to execute price changes, assess the effectiveness of current price strategies, and drive business results.

Benefits

• Meijer Rewards
• Weekly pay
• Scheduling flexibility
• Paid parental leave
• Paid education assistance
• Team member discount
• Development programs for advancement and career growth

Responsibilities

• Ensure that Meijer pricing strategies are executed consistently and in alignment with product and promotional strategies as well as Federal, State and Local regulations for a group of assigned categories.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of current pricing and promotional strategies looking at competitors’ pricing strategies, market/customer trends, and company performance.
• Partner with merchandising leaders to refine category pricing strategies that support individual category targets; model proposed changes to forecast the impact on sales, margin, and customer metrics.
• Ensure timely & actionable scorecards are published to all relevant internal partners to drive business growth and pricing effectiveness.
• Effectively communicate pricing and promotional trends and supporting analytics to pricing, merchandising, and marketing leadership.
• Serve as subject matter expert advising the development and implementation of pricing system enhancements and processes that will govern lifecycle pricing management.
• Apply category analytical tools that encompass pricing data, consumer trends, customer segmentation, loyalty, and competitor insights.
• Use fact based analytics and reporting that are necessary to strengthen pricing recommendations that drive bottom line results.
• Educate and influence business partners to improve understanding and reliance on advanced analytics in making pricing decisions.
• Develop pricing strategy presentations, category reviews, and communicate them to merchandising leadership.
• May perform other duties as assigned or required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Finance or relevant field of study preferred.
• 2 years of experience in retail, analysis, and/or pricing preferred.
• Proficient in a wide range of analytical, quantitative, and statistical techniques and tools to derive insights from large, complex data environments.
• Exceptional ability to extract strategic insights from large data sets.
• Advanced Excel skills required.
• Analytical and reporting skills preferred (e.g. SQL, PowerBI).
• Excellent communication skills: listening, verbal and written.
• Strong organizational, planning, and time management skills.
• Strong work ethic complemented with a positive, can-do attitude.
• Office computer skills required; preference for Microsoft application experience.
• Ability to learn company systems and tools.