Pricing Analyst, 100% Onsite, Raleigh

Smart Foodservice Stores; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Pre-tax spending accounts

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Short-term and long-term disability

Employee stock purchase plan

Life insurance

Job summary

Smart Foodservice Stores in Raleigh, NC is seeking a Pricing Analyst to execute the pricing strategy at the distribution center level and identify margin opportunities through DSBC processes.

You will review price deviations, respond to pricing queries, develop recommendations for local bids, and manage DSBC reporting with the Strategic Pricing Manager. A Bachelor's degree or 3+ years pricing experience is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 3+ years pricing experience.
• Pricing experience in foodservice or food manufacturing preferred.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills required.

Responsibilities

• Review and manage price deviations and exceptions for Territory Managers aligned to designated DC.
• Answer pricing queries escalated from Sales and other USF employees as required for the designated DC.
• Analyze and develop pricing recommendations to support bids for local customers and conduct special pricing reviews for new customer acquisition.
• Manage area DSBC reporting process to improve area margins and resolve costing errors.
• Execute weekly promotional pricing in designated DC.
• Monitor margins and market pricing; audit local self-funded deviations with DSMs.
• Utilize Merlin to identify pricing opportunities and perform ad-hoc pricing analysis.
• Manage and upload exceptions for vendor price lists and maintain CPR backups.

Skills

Pricing analytics

Quantitative skills

MS Office

Sales collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

PRIME pricing system

Job description

Join Our Community of Food People!

BASIC PURPOSE

Execute pricing strategy at the distribution center (DC) level to support company margin goals and local "Go to Market" strategy. Identify margin improvement opportunities by managing area-wide Daily Sales Below Cost (DSBC) process.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Review and manage price deviations and exceptions for Territory Managers (TMs) aligned to designated DC. This includes evaluating requests for commission-based adjustments (CBAs), self-funded deviations, and price approvals.
• Answer pricing queries escalated from Sales and other USF employees as required for the designated DC.
• Analyze and develop pricing recommendations to support bids for local customers (e.g., excluding schools) and conduct special pricing reviews for new customer acquisition for the designated DC, in partnership with Strategic Pricing Manager.
• Manage area DSBC reporting process to improve area margins. Identify costing errors and work with relevant stakeholders to resolve.
• Execute weekly promotional pricing in designated DC.
• Monitor and identify opportunities by analyzing and reporting on margin and market pricing. Work closely with District Sales Managers (DSMs) on auditing ongoing local self-funded deviations.
• Utilize Merlin to identify product and category opportunities for pricing strategies. Complete ad-hoc pricing analysis as required by the Strategic Pricing Manager, Area President or Region Pricing Manager.
• Manage and upload exceptions for vendor price list from local/regional suppliers.
• Maintain customer pricing rationale (CPR) back-up for area.

SUPERVISION

None

RELATIONSHIPS

• Internal: Pricing Manager; Region Pricing Manager; Area President; AVP of Merchandising and Marketing and area sales team (VP Sales, Sales Manager, DSMs, CSC, and TMs)
• External: Customers, vendors

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education/Training: Bachelor's Degree, or minimum 3 years of pricing experience required.
• Related Experience: Pricing experience within foodservice or food manufacturing companies highly desired. Strong quantitative and analytical skills required.
• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
  • Proven experience working with and supporting sales teams; strong business acumen and interpersonal skills a must.
  • Proficiency required in Microsoft Office, especially Microsoft Word, Excel, and Microsoft Outlook.
  • Able to access information within established pricing databases and/or analyze data made available from analysts. Knowledge of the PRIME pricing system highly desired.

This role may also receive incentive compensation. Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html

The expected base rate for this role is between $60,000 - $100,000

EOE - Race/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/ Age/Genetic Information /Protected Veteran/Disability Status

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