Food Service Equipment Merchandising Analyst (Remote)

Clark Associates; Lancaster (Lancaster County); Remote; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

Dental

PTO

Paid Maternity Leave

Paid Parental Leave

Life Insurance

Disability

Dependent Care FSA

401(k) matching

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness Incentives

Company Discounts

AT&T & Verizon Discount

Bonus Opportunities

Accident Insurance

Critical Illness Insurance

Adoption Assistance

Job summary

Clark Associates is seeking an entry-level Food Service Equipment and Refrigeration Merchandising Analyst to support the merchandising team with product assortment, pricing, and performance evaluation.

You will develop foundational knowledge of category economics, item setup, and reporting while executing tasks accurately and on time, collaborating with sourcing and operations to drive value.

Qualifications

• Strong Excel skills including pivot tables and lookups.
• Excellent attention to detail and organization.
• Basic understanding of eCommerce platforms and product lifecycle.
• Clear and professional communication within teams.
• Timely status updates to analyst lead.
• Limited supplier communication, typically tactical and supervised.
• Reliable with consistent, on-time deliverables.

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

Skills

Excel (pivot tables)

Attention to detail

eCommerce basics

Clear communication

Status updates

Supplier communication

Reliability

Job description

Clark Associates is seeking an entry-level Food Service Equipment and Refrigeration Merchandising Analyst to support the merchandising team with product assortment, pricing, and performance evaluation.

You will develop foundational knowledge of category economics, item setup, and reporting while executing tasks accurately and on time, collaborating with sourcing and operations to drive value.