Pricing & Category Data Analyst

Casey's • Ankeny, IA

1d • $72,000 - $94,500

About The Position

At Casey's, we work hard to be the best and have a good time doing it. We stay
true to our roots and put service first, building a better future for ourselves
and our business. We strive to treat people the way they want to be treated, and
we take pride in caring for our guests, our communities and each other. Looking
for a culture like this? Join Casey's Merchandising Analytics team as a Pricing
and Category Data Analyst!

As a Pricing and Category Data Analyst, you'll support the category management
teams by leveraging analytical capabilities to evaluate pricing performance,
identify opportunities, and deliver actionable insights. In this role, you'll
partner closely with Category Managers to develop data-driven recommendations
that enhance profitability, optimize pricing strategies, and support key
business initiatives.

This role could be filled at multiple levels depending on background and
experience (Associate, Analyst, Senior).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience required.
• At least three years of related work experience.
• Problem-solving, analytical, and statistical skills to tackle complex challenges around data analysis and business intelligence delivery.
• Data modeling, extraction, transformation, statistical and business calculation languages (SQL, Python/PySpark, and Power BI DAX/M).
• No/Low code data wrangling platforms (Power BI M Query/Dataflows or Databricks Workflows).
• Business Intelligence platforms (PowerBI or Tableau).
• Knowledge of data analytic cloud platforms, databases, and surrounding ecosystems (Azure or Databricks Preferred).

Responsibilities

• Provide both strategic and detailed analysis by tracking performance and delivering actionable insights to support pricing and category strategies, initiatives, and goals.
• Influence and manage pricing segmentation rules and constraints within the price optimization system to drive sales and profitability.
• Develop and maintain segmentation strategies across guest behavior, competitive landscape, store traffic, and product categories.
• Create and evaluate pricing scenarios, assess their effectiveness, and present findings and recommendations for approval by the appropriate Category Manager.
• Analyze pricing data, sales trends, and market conditions to stay informed on the current business environment and economic factors.
• Lead and contribute to special projects that impact both pricing and category management, delivering measurable business improvements.
• Proactively prepare and present analysis to support vendor-submitted deals, cost negotiations, promotions, space allocation decisions, and product and program development.
• Collaborate with internal technology and analytics teams to enhance tools and processes that inform and improve pricing and category decisions.

Benefits

• A transformative culture putting service first and taking pride in caring for our guests, our communities, and each other.
• Opportunities to use cutting edge technologies and enterprise-wide collaboration to enable our strategy and drive world class service.
• We're here for families! Great benefits [https://www.caseys.com/careers/benefits] including choices in medical plans, dental, vision, life insurance, employee stock purchase program, charitable giving programs, parental leave and an onsite Child Development Center.
• Competitive pay, 401k company match up to 6%, vacation & sick time, paid holidays, volunteer time, and an onsite cafeteria.
• Dress for your day dress code, jeans are welcomed!
• The opportunity to work for a big company that has not lost our small company feel. Our senior leadership team is engaged, involved and accessible!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level