Pricing Analyst - Onsite in Clifton Park

US Foods; Town of Clifton Park (NY); Sur place; USD 65 000 - 105 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health insurance

Pre-tax spending accounts

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

Life insurance

Résumé du poste

US Foods, Inc. is seeking a pricing professional to execute local pricing actions at the Albany (Clifton Park) or Watertown, NY distribution centers. You will review deviations, support bids, and drive DSBC margin improvements, collaborating with the sales and pricing teams.

The role emphasizes strong analytical skills, data-driven pricing decisions, and proficiency with PRIME, Merlin, and MS Excel in a dynamic foodservice environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or minimum 3 years of pricing experience required.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills are essential.
• Experience supporting sales teams is highly desirable.

Responsabilités

• Review and manage price deviations and exceptions for Territory Managers.
• Analyze pricing requests and develop recommendations for bids and new customers.
• Manage area DSBC reporting to improve margins and identify costing errors.
• Execute weekly promotional pricing in the designated DC.
• Collaborate with DSMs and regional pricing leaders on margin optimization.
• Maintain CPR backups and vendor price lists; respond to pricing queries.

Connaissances

Pricing analysis

Analytical thinking

MS Excel

Sales support

Formation

Bachelor’s Degree

Pricing experience (3+ years)

Outils

PRIME pricing system

Merlin

Description du poste

ARE YOU A CURRENT US FOODS EMPLOYEE? PLEASE APPLY DIRECTLY THROUGH OUR INTERNAL WORKDAY CAREER SITEJoin Our Community of Food People!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.This position is required to work on-site daily either out of our Albany (Clifton Park) OR our Watertown, NY location.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.SUPERVISIONNoneRELATIONSHIPSInternal: 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, vendorsQUALIFICATIONSEducation/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 an annual incentive plan bonus.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.Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law (for example: state or local minimum wage thresholds). The expected base rate for this role is between$65,000 - $105,000***EOE – Race/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Age/Genetic Information/Protected Veteran/Disability Status***