Department Specialist Grocery (Pricing) [DNV]

Albertsons • Centennial, CO

280d • $25 - $38

About The Position

The Albertsons Companies is one of the most successful food and drug retailers in North America and is proud to serve neighborhoods across the country with the freshest groceries at a great value. We offer innovative products and programs that seek to improve consumers' health and quality of life. The employees that make this possible are the heart of our company, and they are an essential part of our strong heritage and clear vision for the future. We currently own over 1800 stores, in addition to operating warehouse distribution centers, manufacturing plants and regional supermarkets. From our first store in 1915, the success of our company is built on the supportive leadership and collaborative employees who work on our teams that have come to make us a Fortune 100 company. The Denver Division Marketing/Merchandising team has an opening for a Department Specialist (Pricing) located in Centennial, CO. This is an hourly, Division Office based position.

Requirements

• High School graduate with Associate's degree or higher desirable.
• Knowledge of Albertsons and/or Vons/Safeway merchandising, point of sale or marketing systems is desired.
• Familiarity with retail pricing systems is desirable.
• Reading, writing, math and written and verbal communication skills at a proficient level.
• Excellent keyboarding skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
• Math skills at a specific level (i.e. one step: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division or two step percent calculations or more advanced).
• Knowledge of retail math (gross margin, retail pricing, cost, mark-down, etc.) desired.
• Prior experience on mainframe systems desired.
• Extremely detail oriented, ability to organize, and strong analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist with total store Customer Service for the Division.
• Responds to inquiries in area of responsibility.
• Collects data/information for department use in special projects or reports.
• Updates information and reports typically on the computer.
• Checks information for accuracy.
• Prepares and balances data.
• Reviews information/data and makes decisions within very defined guidelines, parameters and instruction.
• Examines and prioritizes documents to determine work to be completed or best course of action.
• Collects information for specific department reports.
• Creates and maintains complex reports.
• Sorts, files and maintains invoices, receipts, contracts or other special department documents.
• Compiles minor statistical data.
• Makes and checks routine one and two step math calculations.
• Completes keyboarding projects such as preparing correspondence and mailings.
• Checks own work for accuracy.
• Coordinates special programs and/or events.
• Reviews and/or compares information/data and makes determination within defined guidelines, parameters, and instruction.
• Maintains complex records and files, and search and investigate information found in files.
• Compiles information and data from various sources for specific departmental reports and creates reports, graphs and data comparisons.
• Posts records and process departmental documents requiring specific knowledge of functional area.
• Completes detailed keyboarding projects such as preparing correspondence from rough drafts and completing specialized departmental forms.
• Responds to inquiries that require specialized knowledge of the function to respond.
• Analyzes and develops major projects and carries projects through to completion.
• Research and interpret a variety of levels of information.
• Maintains unit documents such as ledgers, financial records, service information, etc.
• Coordinates and implements approved changes in policies and procedures affecting unit.
• Provides advice and assistance to other employees in unit and acts as liaison to other units.
• Monitors daily work of a group of lower-level specialists and make adjustments in division of work to ensure timely, accurate completion of work.
• Trains new employees on job tasks.
• Acts as a resource to staff in work group.
• Provides input to management on performance reviews of staff in work group.
• May participate in interviews and provide input to management during selection process of new members to work group.

Benefits

• The pay range is $25.38 to $38.02 per hour, starting rate will vary based on circumstances, location, experience, and qualifications.
• Dependent on length of service and hours worked, benefits include healthcare, sick pay, PTO/Vacation pay and retirement benefits (401k eligibility).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Food and Beverage Retailers
• Education Level: High school or GED