Food Service Equipment and Refrigeration Merchandising Analyst

Clark Associates; Lancaster (Lancaster County); On-site; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Clark Associates, Inc. is seeking an entry-level Food Service Equipment and Refrigeration Merchandising Analyst to support the merchandising team. You will build and maintain product assortment, pricing, and evaluate performance, developing foundational knowledge of category economics and reporting.

You'll assist with item setup, data integrity, and collaborate on pricing strategies. This role emphasizes accuracy, timeliness, and learning across sourcing, vendor relations, and category

Responsibilities

• Evaluates quotes, supports sourcing decisions, and completes accurate new item setup with strong documentation and data integrity
• Conducts industry, category, brand, item, and customer trend research to identify early insights and support merchant decision-making
• Pulls and summarizes performance data to support negotiations, including category, brand, item-level, margin, freight, allowance, and rebate analysis
• Prepares negotiation materials, summary insights, and recommendations for merchant review
• Supports vendor initiatives by managing timelines, trackers, status updates, follow-ups, RFQ development, basic product testing, and vendor/product trainings
• Executes Cost to Serve and pricing strategy support by pulling standard reporting, evaluating financial target metrics, and flagging low-margin, low-velocity, or pricing misalignment opportunities
• Creates initial shopping documents and annotations for Operations to support accurate execution
• Executes web enhancements and coordinates with Web Content to optimize category experience while following brand guidelines for launches and product improvements

Job description

Job Summary

Food Service Equipment and Refrigeration Merchandising Analyst is an entry-level role that supports the merchandising team through building and maintaining product assortment, pricing, and evaluating performance. This role is focused on developing strong foundational knowledge of category economics, item setup, and reporting while executing assigned tasks accurately and on time.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates quotes, supports sourcing decisions, and completes accurate new item setup with strong documentation and data integrity
• Conducts industry, category, brand, item, and customer trend research to identify early insights and support merchant decision-making
• Pulls and summarizes performance data to support negotiations, including category, brand, item-level, margin, freight, allowance, and rebate analysis
• Prepares negotiation materials, summary insights, and recommendations for merchant review
• Supports vendor initiatives by managing timelines, trackers, status updates, follow-ups, RFQ development, basic product testing, and vendor/product trainings
• Executes Cost to Serve and pricing strategy support by pulling standard reporting, evaluating financial target metrics, and flagging low-margin, low-velocity, or pricing misalignment opportunities
• Creates initial shopping documents and annotations for Operations to support accurate execution
• Executes web enhancements and coordinates with Web Content to optimize category experience while following brand guidelines for launches and product improvements