Retail Product & Pricing Specialist
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 promptly and that item parameters are accurately maintained in product management software. It also supports store management with gross profit analysis and reporting, inventory accuracy, pricing, ordering, product placement, and replenishment. The position reports to the District Store Director, Store Manager, and Assistant Managers of HWH, Perishables, Store Operations, and eCommerce. No positions report to this role.
Requirements
- High school education or equivalent experience.
- Strong basic math skills, including arithmetic with fractions, decimals, and percentages.
- Over six months to one year of similar or related experience.
- Ability to solve practical problems involving variables with limited standardization and interpret instructions.
- Ability to interview people to obtain basic information, guide people by providing basic direction, and follow technical manuals.
- Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally.
- Ability to perform climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.
- Visual ability from less than 20 inches to more than 20 feet, with or without correction, including depth perception, color vision, and field of vision.
- Successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen.
Responsibilities
- Maintain a positive, friendly atmosphere and promote teamwork and courteous, efficient customer service.
- Maintain standards for customer service, employee relations, cleanliness, sanitation, professional appearance, and profitability.
- Assist customers by locating products, reaching out-of-reach items, loading or unloading heavy items, and relaying suggestions or requests.
- Assist store management with gross profit analysis and other management reporting.
- Ensure inventory information is accurate for monthly inventory.
- Use product management software to reduce out-of-stocks and maintain item parameters and signage to support sales and profits.
- Ensure advertised, EDLP, and RDA items are correctly priced and signed, with sufficient quantities 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.
- Reduce obsolete and discontinued inventory for quick sale and work with store management to minimize excess inventory.
- Monitor and report damaged or unsaleable products and implement solutions to reduce them.
- Edit and transmit replenishment and advertising orders.
- Complete price and product information changes for all items promptly.
- Assist department managers with product management questions.
- Work with DSD vendors, check in deliveries, and balance vendor invoices.
- Follow department and company policies, store guidelines, and personal hygiene and dress requirements.
- Report to work as scheduled and on time.
- Assist in other store areas and perform other job-related duties and special projects as required.
Benefits
- Company benefits are referenced, with details available through Hy-Vee's benefits information.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
