Category Merchandising Specialist - Pricing & Growth

Food Lion; Milford Terrace (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Food Lion seeks a Category Merchandising Analyst to manage category portfolios through assortment, pricing, promotions and shelf presentation. You will support the Category Manager with vendor negotiations and price optimization using pricing scenarios to reach financial targets.

You will collaborate with Shelf, Banner Merchandising, Pricing, and cross-functional partners such as Retail Operations, Marketing, MGP, RBS, Supply Chain and Finance to drive profitability and market share.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years combined experience in retail, merchandising, pricing and distribution.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and related work experience.
• Experience with SEGA, DSS, WMS, Relex, Inforem, Revionics, MSP, IRI/Nielsen, Market Track.
• Knowledge of Fresh or Center Store categories (Produce, Meat/Seafood, HMS/Deli/Bakery).
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Relationship management with vendors, brokers and third party consultants.
• Negotiation experience.
• Retail experience.

Responsibilities

• Analyze a portfolio of categories via assortment, pricing, negotiations, and shelf presentation.
• Assist CM with vendor negotiations and price optimization scenarios.
• Collaborate across departments to meet budgeted KPIs (sales, margin, market share).
• Review planograms and ensure on-shelf category presentation aligns with strategy.
• Support pricing decisions and process base and promotional pricing to hit targets.
• Coordinate with Merchandising Governance & Planning and other teams.

Skills

Vendor negotiations

Vendor relationship mgmt

Office suite

Pricing analysis

Retail merchandising

Negotiation

Retail experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Tools

SEGA

DSS

WMS

Relex

Inforem

Revionics

MSP

IRI/Nielsen

Market Track

Job description

Food Lion seeks a Category Merchandising Analyst to manage category portfolios through assortment, pricing, promotions and shelf presentation. You will support the Category Manager with vendor negotiations and price optimization using pricing scenarios to reach financial targets.

You will collaborate with Shelf, Banner Merchandising, Pricing, and cross-functional partners such as Retail Operations, Marketing, MGP, RBS, Supply Chain and Finance to drive profitability and market share.