Pricing and Data Specialist

Hy-Vee•Lincoln, NE

About The Position

The Retail Product & Pricing Specialist maintains department standards for customer service, employee relations, cleanliness, sanitation, professional appearance, and profitability. The role ensures products are available to customers in a timely manner and item parameters are accurately maintained in product management software. It also supports store management with gross profit analysis and reporting, inventory accuracy, pricing, replenishment, product placement, and vendor processes. The position provides friendly, efficient customer service and helps create a welcoming shopping experience. It works with store management, department managers, vendors, and customers to maintain accurate product information and inventory, minimize out-of-stocks and excess or unsaleable inventory, and ensure products are properly priced, signed, and presented.

Requirements

High school education or equivalent experience.
Strong basic math skills, including arithmetic with fractions, decimals, and percentages.
More than six months to one year of similar or related experience.
Ability to solve practical problems involving a variety of variables with limited standardization and interpret instructions.
Ability to interview to obtain basic information, guide people by providing basic direction, and follow technical manuals.
Ability to communicate and interact with customers, suppliers, vendors, and the general public.
Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally.
Visual ability to see from less than 20 inches to more than 20 feet, with or without correction, including depth perception, color vision, and field of vision.
Ability to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, reach, stand, walk, pull, lift, grasp, feel, talk, hear, and perform repetitive motions.
Successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen is required for employment.

Responsibilities

Maintain department standards for customer service, employee relations, cleanliness, sanitation, professional appearance, and profitability.
Promote a friendly atmosphere and provide prompt, courteous, efficient customer service, including assisting customers with products and carrying or loading heavy items when needed.
Assist store management with gross profit analysis and other management reporting.
Maintain accurate inventory information for monthly inventory.
Use product management software to minimize out-of-stocks and inventory, maintain correct item parameters and signage, and maximize sales and profits.
Ensure advertised, EDLP, and RDA items are correctly priced and signed and that sufficient quantities are ordered.
Maintain accurate parameters for special buys in product management applications.
Perform inventory and pricing verification according to company policy.
Work with upper management on product placement for new items and resets to ensure timely product presentation.
Reduce obsolete and discontinued inventory for quick sale and work with store management to minimize excess inventory.
Monitor and report damage and unsaleable products and implement solutions to reduce them.
Edit and transmit replenishment and ad orders.
Complete price and product-information changes for all items in a timely manner.
Assist department managers with product management questions.
Work with DSD vendors, check in deliveries, and balance vendor invoices.
Follow department and company guidelines, including personal hygiene, dress, policies, and store guidelines; report to work as scheduled and on time.
Assist in other store areas and perform other job-related duties and special projects as required.
Protect company assets, including equipment and merchandise, and maintain the confidentiality of store inventory information, item costs, and margins.