Pricing Analyst II

Columbia Sportswear Company; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 70.000 - 95.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Columbia Sportswear Company seeks a Pricing Analyst to support pricing operations and analyze performance across North America. The role partners with merchandising to deliver strategic price and promotion insights using pricing software and data-driven methods.

The position is hybrid, based at the Portland-area headquarters, with four days on site per week as currently required. Strong Excel and BI skills, plus experience with pricing tools, are highly desired.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field or related business degree.
• 3+ years of experience in retail pricing or related role in a large multi-unit organization.
• Advanced skills in Excel and MS Office Suite; Microsoft certifications are a plus.

Aufgaben

• Collaborate with the DTC Merchant team to develop weekly regional promotions and markdown price strategies.
• Utilize pricing analytics, price elasticity, and other tools to drive in-store promotional recommendations and track performance.
• Contribute to sales and margin improvements using data-driven insights and cross-functional influence.
• Drive pricing process improvements and price optimization using MS Excel, Power BI, and pricing software.
• Create and maintain pricing and promotion events for seasonal strategies across channels.
• Partner with CDT on system enhancements and user-acceptance testing ahead of changes.
• Execute regular pricing audits and seasonal price changes for outlets, brand, and employee stores in NA.
• Serve as SME for Microsoft D365 and price optimization activities, resolving pricing tickets from store staff.

Kenntnisse

Analytical thinking

Effective communicator

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Merchandising, Finance, other quantitative fields, or related Business degree

Tools

PowerBI

Tableau

Microsoft D365

Pricing software

Jobbeschreibung

This position is designated as a hybrid role based out of our headquarters near Portland, Oregon. The current expectation is for employees to work onsite four days per week, subject to change based on business needs. This in-office requirement may be adjusted at the discretion of the company.

ABOUT THE POSITION

The North America Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) team focuses primarily on our outlet, brand, and employee stores within the US and Canada with some support of our Ecommerce business. From merchandising to retail marketing to retail operations,there is a highly collaborative team working "behind the scenes" to ensure our consumers have a positive experience in our stores.

As a Pricing Analyst you will support existing pricing operations, analyze the performance of our pricing actions and expand the regional pricing capabilities of the merchandising team. You will provide strategic price and promotion analysis for strong consumer value propositions, leveraging pricing software and business acumen. Within this role you'll function as a strategic business partner, delivering effective insights that help shape our pricing strategies across North America.

HOWYOU'LLMAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Collaborate with the DTC Merchant team to develop weekly regional promotions and markdown price strategies
• Utilize pricing analytics, price elasticity, and other influential tools to drive in-store promotional offer recommendations and track resulting performance
• Contribute to incremental sales and profit margin improvement utilizing data driven insights, statistical software and cross-functional influence
• Drive continuous improvement and process innovation in the pricing area, leveraging data management and statistical analysis technology to drive price optimization
• Create and maintain retail coupon codes for Merchandising and Marketing departments
• Partner with Columbia Technology (CDT) partners on system enhancements and user-acceptance testing (UAT) ahead of system changes
• Execute regular Pricing Audits and twice annual Seasonal Price Changes for Outlet, Branded and Employee stores across US/Canada
• Act as team Subject Matter Expert for Microsoft D365 & Price Optimization activities and resolve Pricing Tickets from DTC store employees maintaining a high level of customer service for store teams

• Build and maintain pricing and promotion events in support of seasonal pricing strategies

YOU ARE

• Passionate about "connecting the dots" with excellent reasoning and critical thinking skills
• A skilled communicator, able to understand and translate technical concepts for different audiences
• Highly organized and meticulous about details
• Comfortable navigating complex processes with multiple steps

YOUHAVE

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Merchandising, Finance, other quantitative fields, or related Business degree
• 3+ years of experience in retail pricing or related experience in a large multi-unit organization
• Advanced skills in Excel and MS Office Suite, Microsoft certifications preferred but not required
• Experience with PowerBI and/or Tableau is a plus
• Experience with price optimization software is a plus
• Experience with Microsoft D365 is a plus

This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company.

Columbia Sportswear Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf. At Columbia Sportswear Company, we're proud to offer regular full-time employees a benefits package that includes a variety of services and products to help make your life and work more rewarding. Our benefit programs contribute to overall employee well-being by aligning those programs with the fundamental elements of well-being: physical, social/emotional, financial, career and community. Benefits that can protect your family's financial future and help you save money through our 401k plan plus a generous company match. Columbia offers medical, dental, vision, life Insurance, disability, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, and an assortment of voluntary benefit offerings (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and legal services). In addition, Columbia offers EAP + which is free and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services. We have extensive wellness benefits, employee discounts and a generous time off program available.