Price Analyst

Halperns Steak and Seafood•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

The Price Analyst supports and executes pricing strategies, projects, and systems that promote business growth and positive customer experiences across the Commercial segment. The role drives adoption of price optimization tools with Commercial Sales and works with Sales, Merchandising, Marketing, IS, and vendors on training and reporting to maximize business results. The analyst helps Sales, Marketing, and Digital teams use pricing strategically across product lines, channels, and customer types. The role responds to questions about pricing system outputs, processes, business rules, and strategies; contributes to strategy development and adjustments; and identifies opportunities to improve performance based on market conditions. It also monitors use of pricing tools, communicates results and insights to division leadership, and tracks how pricing affects related systems and processes.

Requirements

Understand how pricing strategies affect related systems and processes, including sales compensation, cost, vendor agreements, margin, special orders, and bids.
Demonstrate influencing and peer leadership skills.
Have knowledge of pricing science and theories and the ability to assess their applicability.
Demonstrate attention to detail and follow-through.
Know applications that support pricing initiatives.
Be able to train teams on the value and use of new processes and tools.
Have effective organizational and time-management skills.
Have compelling presentation and communication skills.
Have strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, including the ability to analyze data, translate findings for other departments, and use data to influence decisions and action.
Have comprehensive knowledge of the food service industry, including products, costs, customers, and competition.
Be able to prepare and deliver presentations and speak at functions and to leadership as a department or company representative.
Represent the company culture with tact, diplomacy, and integrity.
Know spreadsheet, database, word-processing, presentation, and email applications.
Have intermediate to advanced proficiency in Excel and Google Sheets.
Be able to quickly learn proprietary business and reporting systems.
Provide the most recent employment experience for the application to be considered complete.

Responsibilities

Support and execute pricing strategies, analytical tools, and processes for Sales, Marketing, and Digital teams.
Resolve questions from Sales Leadership and CDSs/DSRs about price system outputs, processes, business rules, and strategies.
Support pricing strategy development and adjustments in response to business practices, industry conditions, competitors, technology, regulations, and customer needs.
Develop and deliver skills training for Sales and Marketing Leadership, CDSs/DSRs, Sales Support, and Marketing teams.
Collaborate with appropriate teams to identify performance opportunities and influence pricing strategies based on market conditions.
Advise on best practices for implementing pricing strategies.
Monitor appropriate use of pricing tools and measure and communicate performance results and insights to Division Leadership teams.
Communicate the effects of pricing strategies on related systems and processes, including digital experience, sales compensation, cost, vendor agreements, margin, special orders, and bids.
Monitor and alert Division Marketing, Region Merchandising, MMSC, and Store Marketing/Pricing about product- or segment-specific cost anomalies.
Perform other duties as assigned.