Pricing & Promotions Analyst

Maurices Incorporated; Duluth (MN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Dental & Vision

401(k) with match

Tuition assistance

PTO & holidays

Onsite fitness facility

Job summary

maurices is seeking a Pricing & Promotions Analyst in Duluth, MN to analyze how promotions perform, manage the promotional calendar, and build reporting tools for cross-functional teams. You will translate data into actionable recommendations that drive pricing and promotional decisions across channels.

The role requires 3–5 years of analytics experience, a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, and proficiency with Excel and MicroStrategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
• 3–5 years of professional work experience; 2+ years in analytics.
• Experience in Pricing/Promotions, Planning or retail preferred.
• Strong Excel and data-driven decision making.
• Experience with reporting tools (MicroStrategy or similar).
• Experience building reporting or planning tools preferred.
• Experience using AI or automation tools to improve analysis or workflow efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Analyze past promotions and advise on future ones.
• Own omni-channel promotional calendar and coordinate updates.
• Build reporting and planning tools to measure promotion effectiveness.
• Support promotional execution and product hierarchy understanding.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Excel proficient

Data-driven decisions

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Retail math knowledge

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

MicroStrategy

AI tools (Claude)

Copilot

Job description

Brand Overview:

At maurices, we’re all about feel-good fashion for real life. We’re committed to our service with style promise and to offering affordable fashion that takes women from workday to weekend—and all of life’s adventures in between. With inclusive sizing from 0–24, maurices is known for versatile styles across key categories like denim, dresses, tops, and more. We’ve been doing this since 1931, and today you’ll find us in over 800 communities across North America and online at maurices.com. At maurices, it’s more than clothes - it’s where fun, friendship and fashion come together! We believe in putting People First — and that starts with you. We’re a collaborative team that leads with kindness, values authenticity, stays curious, and moves with agility. We work smart, have fun, and support one another in a generously flexible environment that empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally. We’re headquartered in the heart of Duluth, Minnesota overlooking the beautiful shores of Lake Superior. Our original hometown offers the perfect blend of natural beauty, four-season adventure, and a vibrant college town atmosphere.

Position Overview:

The Pricing & Promotions Analyst is the connective tissue for maurices’ omni-channel promotions. The role analyzes how promotions perform, maintains and communicates the promotional calendar, and builds the reporting and planning tools teams use to plan, execute and evaluate promotions. It combines analysis with collaboration, working with Planning, Merchandising, Marketing, Visual, Store Operations and Field teams to turn data into clear recommendations they can act on.

Key Responsibilities:

• Promotional analysis and strategy support:
  • Analyzes how past promotions performed and makes recommendations for future ones
  • Uses multiple tools and reports (Strategy, Excel promotional recap files, etc.) to evaluate performance, inventory levels and historical trends
  • Partners in strategic promotional discussions with Planning, Merchandising, Marketing, Visual, Store Operations and Field, bringing a data-backed point of view
  • Helps create pricing and promotion recaps, including requests for regular price and/or clearance price changes
  • Asks the right questions, digs into the data and finds insights that lead to better decisions
• Promotional calendar ownership:
  • Maintains the omni-channel promotional calendar and communicates updates to all channels
  • Gathers all needed information from cross-functional partners so the calendar is complete and accurate
  • Attends key in-season promotional meetings and follows communication updates so the calendar runs as intended
  • Identifies promotional issues, escalates them, and works with partners to resolve them
• Tools and process improvement:
  • Builds reporting and planning tools that help teams judge promotional effectiveness, inventory position and historical trends
  • Develops simple input tools that make it easier for planning and execution teams to work together and move quickly
  • Identifies process pain points, escalates them, and recommends improvements
  • Uses AI tools (e.g., Claude, Copilot) to automate recurring reporting, speed up analysis and simplify promotional workflows, and validates AI-generated output against source data
• Promotional execution support:
  • Understands the merchandise product hierarchy and the inclusion/exclusion needs of promotional offers
  • Supports key promotional processes (for example, store sale direction and inclusion/exclusion files) as business needs require
  • May be cross-trained to help with promotional setup and testing as needed

Education/Skills and Experience Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience required
• Experience: Minimum of 3-5 years of professional work experience, with 2+ years in an analytical role required
• Experience in Pricing/Promotions, Planning or retail preferred
• Proven experience using data to drive decisions
• Strong experience with Excel
• Experience with reporting tools (MicroStrategy or similar)
• Experience building reporting or planning tools preferred
• Prior experience in a fast paced, dynamic environment preferred
• Experience using AI or automation tools to improve analysis or workflow efficiency preferred

Skills/Traits:

• Curious mindset and enjoys solving complex problems
• Self-starter who takes initiative and follows through with minimal oversight, and knows when to bring others in
• Strong organizational and analytical skills
• Highly detail-oriented
• Solid understanding of retail math, calculations and formulas
• Excellent communication skills; comfortable leading conversations across diverse teams
• Ability to synthesize data in an easily digestible way
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing business priorities
• Ability to collaborate with others to maximize business process and drive financial results

Location: Corporate Office-maurices-Duluth, MN 55802

Position Type: Regular/Full time

Pay Range: Annual Salary: $60,000.00 - $75,000.00. This position is eligible for an annual incentive compensation based on company performance.

How We Work:

Our Smart Work program pairs the best of in‑person collaboration with the flexibility to work remotely, guided by business needs and the nature of each role. Corporate associates work at least three days a week in our offices, with teams setting core days to brainstorm, build relationships, and move work forward. The goal is simple: help you do your best work, stay connected to your team, and maintain healthy work‑life balance.

What We Offer:

• Choice of three medical plans, including a PPO plan or High-Deductible plans.
• High-Deductible plans offer the option of a Health Savings Account, with employer contribution.
• Dental, and Vision coverage, Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare and Dependent Care), Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity coverage, Voluntary Life, Spouse, and Child Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability coverage.
• Basic Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability coverage, access to our Wellbeing platform with Personify Health, and an Employee Assistance Program available for associates and their families.
• After 6 months of employment, you may be eligible for our 401(k), which offers an immediately vested Safe Harbor matching contribution.
• maurices supports continued education with our Tuition Assistance program, available after 1 year of employment.
• Associates also have access to PTO benefits, including vacation (with accrual or flexible options based on role), annual sick time awards, holiday pay, and two weeks of New Parent Leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement.
• Continuous opportunities for learning, connection building through Associate Resource Groups and for our Duluth based associates, free access to a state‑of‑the‑art onsite Fitness Facility.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Company is committed to hiring and developing the most qualified people at all levels. It is our policy in all personnel actions to ensure that all associates and potential associates are evaluated on the basis of qualifications and ability without regard to sex (including pregnancy), race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability that can reasonably be accommodated without undue hardship, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected classification under federal, state, or local law. We do not discriminate in any of our employment policies and practices. All associates are expected to follow these principles in all relationships with other associates, applicants, or others with whom we do business.

maurices is a women's apparel retailer that celebrates feel good fashion for real life. Established in 1931, maurices is known for its friendly service, trusted stylists, and for being guided by its greater purpose of making a positive difference in the lives of women who are the heart of its hometowns. In 2022, maurices introduced evsie, an apparel brand for tween girls, with an invitation to style with all their heart. maurices currently operates more than 900 stores in communities across North America with an evsie style shop available in 150 maurices stores and counting! Discover even more fashion at maurices.com.