Wholefoods Jobs – Pricing Analyst

Job Description:

Responsible for deriving data-driven, actionable insights that contribute to the overall productivity of Whole Foods stores. Supports Merchandising strategic planning and direction setting by ensuring the best analytical practices and techniques are used to provide recommendations that improve promotional performance at WFM. Drives sales and operational efficiencies through effective evaluation of promotion and merchandising performance. Contributes to analysis and development of improvement recommendations for space and assortment planning, space management, and related processes in support of various Merchandising and Marketing initiatives.

Job Responsibilities:

• Plays a key role in developing standardized promotion, space planning, assortment, and other analytics through ad hoc tools and methodologies.
• Engages with analytical Team Members in the development of category, merchandising, promotional, assortment, store space and pricing strategy, analysis, and execution.
• Uses customer behavior and other data related to space and assortment performance to analyze product performance and make assortment recommendations.
• Engages with key internal stakeholders to ensure understanding of data-derived insights and adoption of recommended changes and enhancements.
• Integrates robust data analysis and variables as an input to merchandising strategies for product, price, placement, and promotions to reflect category strategic vision and performance metrics.
• Develops analytical tools to better utilize promotion and other merchandising levers that drive top and bottom line, traffic, conversion, and loyalty.
• Performs routine data analyses, integrating and evaluating data to derive merchandising-related insights.
• Supports cross-functional project teams, providing analytical insight and recommendations to inform discussion and decision-making around promotional / merchandising / assortment analyses and processes.

Job Requirements:

• Demonstrates strong interpersonal communication skills and high levels of tact, diplomacy and confidentiality.
• Able to draw conclusions from imperfect and incomplete data, apply various analytical techniques and develop overarching promotional and related merchandising strategies.
• Creates spreadsheets, charts and reports that contain relevant projections and performance data that can be clearly understood by diverse audiences.
• Ability to translate complex analyses into actionable business insights.
• Knowledge of retail business, including all aspects of pricing, merchandising, retail operations, space / assortment planning, and reporting.
• Solid change management skills, demonstrates flexibility to perform in a dynamic environment.
• Well-versed in the implementation and use of various retail software solutions: POS, pricing, assortment, etc.
• Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications.
• Tailors communication approach to specific situations and audiences.

Qualification & Experience:

• BA/BS degree and 2-4 years’ relevant experience OR equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Works effectively with others, in groups, in cross-functional settings and with diverse stakeholders internally and externally.
• Displays strong levels of customer service.
• Possesses clear understanding of WFM’s and supported region / stores business objectives.
• Adheres to the WFM principles and core values.
• Team-player with a positive attitude and comfortable with ambiguity.
• Applies a customer-focused sensibility when analyzing business prospects and / or performing ongoing work activities.
• Understands the WFM product mix, supply base, and retail operations.
• Has passion for Organics, Fair Trade, and the Natural Foods industry.

Job Details:

Company: Whole Foods Market

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Functions: Management Manufacturing

Job Location: Austin, TX, US

Application Deadline: N/A

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