Hybrid Category & Pricing Specialist

Sysco; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sysco is seeking a Category Support Specialist to directly support Sysco Merchandising Services and operating companies through category support activities, pricing and analytics that impact sales and financial objectives.

The role involves setting up suppliers/SKUs, deactivating SKUs, data-driven pricing analyses, and cross-functional collaboration. This hybrid role requires on-site presence 3–4 days per week and may adjust with business needs.

Qualifications

• Associates or bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent experience in merchandising, pricing or customer service.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort with data manipulation.
• Proficiency in mid-level Excel (VLOOKUPs, pivots, filters).

Responsibilities

• Lead setup of new suppliers, ship points and SKUs per category leadership guidance.
• Deactivate SKUs and ship points as directed by category leadership.
• Follow up with suppliers on monthly delinquent earned income.
• Communicate updates and escalate issues to Senior Director and category leadership.
• Run reports for product cuttings, ordering samples, and coordinating logistics for evaluation.
• Support CMU customer presentations through sample ordering and setup.
• Serve as first line of support for OpCos and supplier questions or issues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive actions as needed.
• Act as SME during continuous improvement and escalate issues to leadership.
• Process pricing changes and route reports for approvals to ensure pricing accuracy.
• Handle non-CatMan cost/TP changes and assist pricing execution.
• Collect MRC baseline price points and communicate to leadership.
• Support pricing adjustments and monitor execution accuracy.
• Assist with commodity pricing and data collection for pricing decisions.
• Perform queries and manipulate margin reports to support category activities.
• Coordinate variance reports and collect pricing data to ensure accuracy.
• Drive category and supplier reviews using BI tools.
• Publish targeted selling results to Opcos and suppliers as directed.

Skills

Excel VLOOKUPs

Pivot tables

Data analysis

Education

Associate or Bachelor's degree

Tools

AS240

RME

Sysco Intranet

Business Objects

Job description

Sysco is seeking a Category Support Specialist to directly support Sysco Merchandising Services and operating companies through category support activities, pricing and analytics that impact sales and financial objectives.

The role involves setting up suppliers/SKUs, deactivating SKUs, data-driven pricing analyses, and cross-functional collaboration. This hybrid role requires on-site presence 3–4 days per week and may adjust with business needs.