Director of Pricing and Analytics

Houchens-Food-Group-Inc; Bowling Green (KY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Houchens-Food-Group-Inc is seeking a Pricing Director/Analyst to lead strategic and operational pricing initiatives for a growing grocery business in Bowling Green, KY. The role collaborates with product, sales, and finance to drive revenue and profitability.

The position emphasizes developing best-practice pricing, discounts, and promotions, while ensuring profitability against market dynamics. Leadership and cross-functional collaboration are key in this dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required with 5+ years of pricing or related experience.
• A strong communication and leadership ability is essential.
• Proficiency in Excel and BI reporting tools is required.
• Ability to analyze pricing data and report to decision-makers.
• Experience with pricing strategies for grocery/retail is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide pricing plans and strategies for store operations.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to execute pricing.
• Develop and implement pricing strategies to enhance profitability.
• Track cost movements and monitor pricing performance and competitiveness.
• Analyze price change requests, margin impact, and competitor pricing.
• Assist in creating promotional campaigns and pricing optimization.
• Develop pricing proposals for new products and services.
• Monitor market trends and competitor prices.

Skills

Pricing strategy

Communication

Analytical skills

Leadership

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree and 5+ years of industry-related experience

Tools

MS Office

Power BI

Job description

Description

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve our store operations teams by providing merchandising plans which are clearly communicated and executable.
• Professionally collaborate and communicate with both internal and external business partners.
• Developing and implementing pricing strategies that enhance profitability.
• Working closely with other teams to closely track movements in costs.
• Monitoring and reporting on pricing performance and competitiveness.
• Analysing price change requests from the sales team by evaluating margin impact, potential incremental volume, and competitor price levels
• Assist in creating promotional campaigns and conducting pricing optimization and cost-benefit analysis.
• Developing pricing proposals for new products and services
• Tracking market trends and keeping up to date on prices set by competitors.
• Collaborating with product, sales, and finance teams on pricing decisions
• Staying updated with pricing best practices and market dynamics
• Work with various Price Optimization programs.
• All employees are expected to actively participate and contribute to after-hours events throughout the year. This includes company parties, store visits, and other relevant activities scheduled outside of regular working hours. Employee attendance at these events is fundamental to promoting a positive company culture. Your participation is valued and contributes to a cohesive work environment.
• Other tasks and duties as need for the organization.

KNOWLEDGE / ADDITIONAL SKILLS / APTITUDE

Possess excellent oral and written communication, organizational, analytical, and multi-tasking skills. Able to lead a team and motivate its members to perform at the best of their abilities. Able to collaborate with other support groups and form strong partnerships. Demonstrate flexibility, initiative, good judgment, a sense of urgency and a strong attention to detail. Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint) and other Power Bi type software or web-based reporting applications. Must be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously and be able to manage constant organizational changes.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Have strong attention to detail.
• Ability to create, analyse, interpret, and report analysis results.
• Exceptional team mentoring skills.
• Possess a strong understanding of pricing strategies and concepts.
• Analyze pricing data from industry standards, previous sales trends and competitors and report data to decision makers.
• Identify marketing strategies to increase profits.
• Exceptional time management, prioritization, and organizational skills
• Strong analytical and statistical skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• High level of creativity and leadership qualities.
• Lead by example

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s Degree and 5+ years of appropriate industry related experience.

Pricing Director and Analyst

OBJECTIVE

To hire an energetic individual to be responsible for the implementation of strategic, tactical, and operational pricing initiative, and promotions to grow our rapidly expanding grocery business. Pricing Manager develops best practice pricing strategies that align with the market dynamics and business objectives, driving revenue growth and profitability. Pricing Manager plays a vital role in setting product pricing, discounts, and promotions to attract customers while maintaining profitability.

Bowling Green, KY

Reports to CMO

HFG Merchandising Department

Salary

5 RULES

1. Do Your Job
2. Be Kind
3. No Surprises
4. No Drama
5. Protect The Brand

5 Values

1. Listening and reacting to customers
2. Fair and Honest dealings with all.
3. Operating profitably to enhance our future.
4. Innovation and action without fear of failure
5. Open communication with all employee-owners

Proudly empowering employee-owners, serving customers, and supporting communities!