Pricing Analyst

Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, LLC•Farmers Branch, TX

About The Position

Shape a remarkable future with us. Build a career working for an industry leader that truly invests in their people – and equips them with leading technology, continuous learning, and the ability to bring their best selves to work. As the preeminent wine and spirits distributor, Southern Glazer’s isn't just one of Forbes’ Top Private Companies; it's a family-owned business with deep roots dating back to 1933. Southern Glazer’s is proud of its well-earned positive reputation, continually achieving accolades for our outstanding workplace culture. We take pride in creating a culture where our people are valued, supported, and provided opportunities for growth and belonging. As a full-time employee, you can choose from a wide-ranging menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition assistance, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more. By joining Southern Glazer’s, you would be part of a team that values excellence, innovation, and community. This is more than just a job – it's an opportunity to build the future of beverage distribution and grow with a company that truly cares about its people.OverviewThe Pricing Analyst serves as the collector, analyst, and interpreter of retailer POS data to enable the creation of effective practices that reduce the cost to serve for a specific retailer. These practices are designed to maximize sales while controlling costs via the reduction and control of unnecessary costs due to the returned product, as well as developing advanced invoice and receiving techniques to streamline the receiving process for cost reduction and compliance.

Requirements

Bachelor s Degree and three years of experience or equivalent education and related experience
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
Strong organization, multi-tasking and time management skills
Ability to Travel: 10%-20% with notice

Responsibilities

Evaluate and investigate customer trends and market/product opportunities specific to the National Account assigned and the efficient flow of goods from SGWS to the assigned account in all states of operation
Conduct classic market research using various tools available for trend analysis in specific geographic markets, distribution channels, accounts, brands, and suppliers to advance the assigned National Account s business and control costs
Develop retailer program-specific selling fact sheets to enable field level, fact-based selling using various combinations of retailer-specific POS data, syndicated information and shipment facts
Structure and interpret data (i.e., scan, census, the point of sale information) for targeted use by chain sales, trade development, branch management, and executive leadership
Assess economic and market conditions, estimate sales potential and identify retailer/brand opportunity levers
Develop and deploy compliance trackers to enable and support the compliance teams assigned for a specific National Account
Train users on software and data analysis techniques
Guide fact-based decision making and selling support at the corporate level and in the field
Work with the Trade Development Team to maximize efficiency efforts regarding pricing accuracy, returned case reductions, sales maximization, replenishment efficiency, compliance evaluation, and void closure; work with tools specifically developed (Authorization Grid) to control these costs and participate in the development of additional approaches to minimize these costs, including monthly system pricing validations (Retailer Receiving to SGWS)
Design user-friendly tools to assist in the dissemination of syndicated and POS data and increase the utilization/application of such data by all levels of sales and marketing management as allowable by contract and Retailer agreement to assist in the development of effective practices
Perform trend analyses in the development of account-specific supplier volume forecasts (to include forecast development, gathering/interpreting market intelligence, reporting, and tracking)
Perform other job-related duties as assigned