Sr. Manager, Pro Pricing Strategy

The Home Depot • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

The Sr. Manager, Pro Pricing Strategy leads a team of managers and a Sr. Analyst, providing subject matter expertise, project management, and analytical support for the development and execution of pricing strategies. The role understands the needs of merchants, the Pro team, and subsidiaries; develops and tests hypotheses; and works with development teams to prioritize IT development. It partners with marketing, operations, strategy, IT, and other cross-functional teams to ensure end-to-end thinking in strategy and execution.

The position develops relationships with cross-functional partners to establish company goals and objectives, conducts standard and ad hoc analysis, identifies performance drivers, recommends pricing decisions and strategies, and develops financial plans reflecting pricing changes. Analysis may cover marketplace and macroeconomic trends, competitive assessments, customer segmentation and responsiveness, line structure engineering, localization and pricing zones, promotional effectiveness, transaction and basket penetration, and consumer psychology.

The Sr. Manager develops and oversees executive-level presentations summarizing historical performance, strategic rationale, and expected financial impact; reports findings to all levels of management; and is accountable for the accuracy, thoroughness, timeliness, and viability of recommendations. The role manages processes and project milestones, proactively identifies and communicates issues, conducts postmortem analyses, incorporates new data sources, leads strategy reviews and analysis design, and communicates with leadership to gain alignment. It partners with IT and other teams to prioritize efforts supporting strategy execution. The position reports to the Director Pricing and has five direct reports.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of work experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a field of study related to the job.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• Ability to partner with cross-functional teams at all levels in a complex organization.
• Ability to deliver results amid a large workload, competing demands, and a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to prioritize multiple demands, adapt quickly to change, and work constructively under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Ability to structure ambiguous projects and influence peers and business partners without authority.
• Ability to manage multiple direct reports.

Nice To Haves

• MBA.
• Prior experience in retail pricing.
• Prior experience in merchandising, planning, and analysis.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong analytical skills, including financial analysis and deriving insights from large and complex data sets.
• Strong communication skills, including articulating viewpoints to executive leadership and creating compelling executive-level presentations.
• Strong project management skills and ability to handle multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong financial acumen, including experience with retail and cost methods of accounting.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of managers and a Sr. Analyst delivering pricing strategy expertise, project management, and analytical support.
• Build relationships with cross-functional partners to establish company goals and objectives.
• Conduct standard and ad hoc analyses to identify performance drivers and recommend pricing decisions and strategies.
• Develop financial plans that reflect pricing changes.
• Analyze marketplace and macroeconomic trends, competition, customer segmentation and responsiveness, line structure, pricing zones and localization, promotional effectiveness, transaction and basket penetration, and consumer psychology.
• Develop and oversee executive-level presentations describing historical performance, strategic rationale, and expected financial impact.
• Report analyses and recommendations to all levels of management and ensure their accuracy, thoroughness, timeliness, and viability.
• Manage processes and project milestones, proactively identify and communicate issues, conduct postmortem analyses, and integrate new data sources.
• Lead the team in structuring strategy reviews, assessing requirements, and designing analyses; provide thought leadership for reviews.
• Communicate with leadership to gain alignment and partner with IT and other cross-functional teams to prioritize strategy-execution efforts.

What This Job Offers

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