Sr. Manager, Merchandising Analytics - Hybrid in Stillwater, MN

About the role

The Senior Manager of Merchandising Analytics is responsible for leading and advancing pricing strategy, category analytics, and margin management across the enterprise. This role operates at the intersection of Merchandising, Pricing, Finance, and eCommerce, providing analytical leadership and insights that support data-informed decision-making to enhance customer value, strengthen competitive positioning, and improve financial performance.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve Cub's pricing frameworks, competitive indexing, price zone architecture, and promotional guardrails
• Develop and refine elasticity models to quantify the impact of pricing and promotional decisions on units, sales, and margin
• Drive price execution across systems and processes, ensuring accuracy and consistency
• Partner with Merchandising to align pricing decisions to customer value and competitive dynamics
• Track and evaluate price investments, cost escalations, vendor-funded reductions, and ROI — delivering clear recommendations to leadership
• Analyze category performance across sales, margin, mix, and units to identify risks and opportunities
• Deliver actionable insights to support category strategy and execution
• Support forecasting, variance analysis, and planning with Finance and Merchandising
• Lead promotional analysis including pre- and post-event reviews
• Evaluate effectiveness using lift, elasticity, funding, and margin impact
• Identify opportunities to optimize promotional strategy and vendor investment
• Identify drivers of margin pressure, including mix shift and funding gaps
• Partner cross-functionally to improve margin rates
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of 2–3 analysts
• Establish best practices and elevate analytics quality

Requirements

• Education/ Certifications: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Data Analytics, or related field; MBA or Master's degree preferred
• Experience: 8+ years of progressive experience in retail analytics, pricing, merchandising, or finance, with a strong track record of driving business outcomes through data.
• Prior people leadership experience preferred.
• Experience working with pricing strategies such as price zones and elasticity modeling.
• Experience partnering with cross-functional teams including Merchandising, Finance, Operations, and eCommerce.

Knowledge/Skills/ Abilities

• Proven leadership experience managing teams and cross-functional initiatives
• Strong understanding of retail P&L drivers, including pricing, promotions, funding, and margin
• Demonstrated ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Track record of building scalable processes and driving continuous improvement
• Ability to translate data into clear, executive-ready insights
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau) and SQL a plus

Work Environment

This position follows a hybrid schedule working in office three (3) days per week. The acceptable split between onsite and remote work is determined by the manager. Hybrid associates may choose to work from an office on a more frequent basis than required.