Price Book Administrator

Parker's Kitchen•Savannah, GA

12h

About The Position

The Price Book Administrator maintains the accuracy of the retail and food service price book by coordinating with departments, vendors, and other organizations that provide system information. The role ensures pricing and item data are current, accurate, and properly formatted to support product profitability and sales, while providing timely and professional support to store teams. The position manages price book data and related vendor exchanges, imports, reporting, promotions, and PDI software functions. It analyzes pricing, costs, margins, and invoice exceptions; resolves data integrity and operational issues; and recommends process improvements and pricing controls. The role also works closely with Marketing, Category Managers, Accounting, Information Technology, vendors, stores, and industry partners.

Requirements

At least 3 years of experience in the retail industry in price book, merchandising, operations, or a related field.
Computer literacy in a Windows environment, including Outlook and Word.
Strong Excel knowledge.
Judgment, initiative, and ability to handle complex relationships and ideas and make timely, informed decisions.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Attention to detail, a keen sense of urgency, and ability to refine price book procedures.
General understanding of accounting processes and procedures.
Creative problem-solving abilities in leadership roles.
Interpersonal skills to relate well to a diverse workforce.

Nice To Haves

Experience with PDI Enterprise and PDI Market-Link.
Bachelor's degree in business or retail management experience.
Management experience.

Responsibilities

Maintain the integrity and accuracy of the corporate price book by coordinating retail and cost information with the Marketing team and vendors.
Ensure data entered into the price book is accurate, complete, and properly formatted.
Assist Category Managers with analysis of pricing, margin performance, and item-level profitability.
Resolve complex pricing, cost, promotion, and data-integrity issues within established authority, escalating matters beyond that authority.
Evaluate price book trends and business impacts and recommend process improvements, pricing controls, and operational efficiencies to leadership.
Maintain items, standard retails, costs, promotional retails, and mix-match promotions in the PDI software environment.
Set up and maintain the PDI Enterprise food service price book using recipe items and recipes, and work with IT to ensure recipes function accurately on POS systems.
Coordinate with Category Managers and vendors to receive vendor information promptly and in a standard format.
Analyze invoice exceptions and make changes and notifications as needed.
Communicate data requirements to vendors.
Manage EDI and manual vendor invoice and price book imports, diagnosing and resolving data-integrity issues to ensure accurate, timely processing.
Analyze vendor pricing, product costs, and margin performance and provide recommendations to Category Managers.
Oversee naming conventions according to Marketing needs and POS attributes such as taxability and EBT eligibility.
Manage PDI Market-Link to provide weekly reports to industry partners in required formats, maintain accurate program configuration, and respond to partner clarification requests.
Support the PDI Enterprise Marketing Rebate program by maintaining accurate manufacturer, brand, and VIN cost attributes on items.
Provide reports for suppliers and industry partners.
Work with Accounting and Information Technology representatives to ensure data integrity.
Support stores with issues such as non-scanning items, incorrect retail prices, and promotion problems; make corrections or route issues to the appropriate staff and ensure prompt resolution and communication.
Maintain guidelines by writing and updating standard operating policies and procedures.
Recommend price book enhancements and identify potential improvements or changes.
Maintain productive working relationships with store operational teams and vendors.