Retail Operations & Pricing Planner

JD GROUP; Bury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Retail Operations & Pricing Planner. This role involves managing price changes and promotional processes, ensuring accuracy, and supporting the Central Commercial Operations Manager. Candidates should have strong analytical skills, project management expertise, and be proficient in Microsoft Excel. The position is office-based with some travel required, and offers a collaborative environment working with various teams to enhance operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Expert proficiency in Microsoft Excel is required.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with senior colleagues.
• Core Project Management skills are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Manage critical path for Pricing and promotions.
• Maintain system price file with teams.
• Monitor and resolve pricing issues quickly.
• Support Central Commercial Operations Manager in retail projects.

Skills

Fully literate in Word

Expert-level proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Strong interpersonal/communication skills

Commercially astute

Logical Thinker

Project Management skills

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Retail Operations & Pricing Planner

Responsible to: Central Commercial Operations Manager

Department: Retail Central Operations

Location: Office based with some travel required

Hours: 40

Purpose of the Role

The purpose of this role is to manage the price change and promotion process systematically and provide critical support to the Commercial Operations Manager in delivering retail projects. Responsible for planning and pricing & promotions, you will ensure pricing accuracy and the smooth execution of promotional activity across JD Outdoors. This involves working closely with Buying, Merchandising, Marketing, and Retail Operations teams to maintain system integrity, manage critical paths, and deliver operationally feasible price changes. Acting as a key link between central commercial operations and the wider business, the role also contributes to reducing loss, improving stock accuracy, and driving process enhancements. The ideal candidate will combine strong analytical skills with commercial awareness and project management expertise to deliver results in a fast‑paced retail environment.

Key Duties/Responsibilities

• Manage critical path for Pricing and promotions
• Maintain system price file, working with buying, merchandising and marketing teams
• Monitor pricing and promotions issues and act quickly to resolve
• Work with Retail Ops to ensure price change volume is deliverable from an operational perspective
• Manage and maintain the label pricing system, and work on any necessary enhancements with relevant stakeholders.
• Supporting the Central Commercial Operations Manager to deliver key retail projects on time and to budget
• Liaise with the wider business and represent the Outdoor division in group projects
• Work with Retail team to reduce loss and improve stock accuracy

Skills/Experience/Knowledge needed

• Fully literate in Word, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Expert‑level proficiency in Microsoft Excel is required
• Comfortable with presenting to or working with senior colleagues
• Strong interpersonal/communication skills required
• Good knowledge of store process and procedure
• Commercially astute
• Logical Thinker
• Ability to establish and maintain trust and support of management and colleagues
• Ability to plan, organise and execute workloads efficiently, whilst working to strict deadlines and budgets
• Demonstrate skill in the decision‑making process
• Able to evidence core Project Management skills