Pricing Manager

Houchens-Food-Group-Inc; Bowling Green (KY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Houchens-Food-Group-Inc is seeking a pricing analyst to join our store operations team in Kentucky. You will develop pricing strategies, analyse data from costs and competitor prices, and report insights to decision makers.

You will collaborate with product, sales, and finance teams, monitor pricing performance, and contribute to promotional campaigns and cost-benefit analyses. Strong communication and leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Strong communication, analytical, and reporting skills.
• Experience creating pricing strategies and analysing price changes.
• Ability to mentor and lead teams.
• Proficiency with MS Office and reporting tools.
• Ability to collaborate with product, sales and finance teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement pricing strategies to improve profitability.
• Collaborate with internal and external business partners.
• Monitor pricing performance and competitiveness.
• Analyse price changes and report margin impact.
• Create pricing proposals for new products.
• Track market trends and competitor pricing.
• Support promotional campaigns and pricing optimization.
• Work with Price Optimization programs.
• Participate in after-hours events.

Skills

Excellent communication

Attention to detail

Pricing analysis

Team mentoring

Pricing strategy

Data reporting

Marketing strategy

Time management

Analytical skills

Leadership

Lead by example

Education

Bachelor’s Degree and 5+ years of appropriate industry related experience

Tools

MS Office

Power BI

Job description

QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Have strong attention to detail.
• Ability to create, analyse, interpret, and report analysis results.
• Exceptional team mentoring skills.
• Possess a strong understanding of pricing strategies and concepts.
• Analyse pricing data from industry standards, previous sales trends and competitors and report data to decision makers.
• Identify marketing strategies to increase profits.
• Exceptional time management, prioritization, and organizational skills
• Strong analytical and statistical skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• High level of creativity and leadership qualities.
• Lead by example

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s Degree and 5+ years of appropriate industry related experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve our store operations teams by providing merchandising plans which are clearly communicated and executable.
• Professionally collaborate and communicate with both internal and external business partners.
• Developing and implementing pricing strategies that enhance profitability.
• Working closely with other teams to closely track movements in costs.
• Monitoring and reporting on pricing performance and competitiveness.
• Analysing price change requests from the sales team by evaluating margin impact, potential incremental volume, and competitor price levels
• Assist in creating promotional campaigns and conducting pricing optimization and cost-benefit analysis.
• Developing pricing proposals for new products and services
• Tracking market trends and keeping up to date on prices set by competitors.
• Collaborating with product, sales, and finance teams on pricing decisions
• Staying updated with pricing best practices and market dynamics
• Work with various Price Optimization programs.
• All employees are expected to actively participate and contribute to after‑hours events throughout the year. This includes company parties, store visits, and other relevant activities scheduled outside of regular working hours. Employee attendance at these events is fundamental to promoting a positive company culture. Your participation is valued and contributes to a cohesive work environment.
• Other tasks and duties as need for the organization.

KNOWLEDGE / ADDITIONAL SKILLS / APTITUDE

Possess excellent oral and written communication, organizational, analytical, and multi‑tasking skills. Able to lead a team and motivate its members to perform at the best of their abilities. Able to collaborate with other support groups and form strong partnerships.

Demonstrate flexibility, initiative, good judgment, a sense of urgency and a strong attention to detail. Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint) and other Power Bi type software or web‑based reporting applications. Must be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously and be able to manage constant organizational changes.