Senior Pricing Analyst

What You Need To Know

Open your future to incredible career potential. Work for an industry-leader who invests in their people. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is North America’s preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with roots that go back to 1933. We were named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity.

Southern Glazer’s offers a competitive compensation package with expected first year total earnings of $55800 - $73950 / year including bonus. This salary range is an average range for this position. In determining a final offer, the company will evaluate a specific candidate's education, skills and experience and will make an offer appropriately.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a full menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition assistance, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

At Southern Glazer’s, you’ll enjoy an environment where continuous learning and growth are supported and experience a culture where you are respected, and your voice is heard. If you’re looking to fill your glass with opportunity, come join our FAMILY.

Overview

The Senior Pricing Analyst serves as the primary source for collection, analysis, and interpretation of retailer POS data to enable the creation of effective practices that reduce the cost to serve for a specific retailer. These practices are designed to maximize sales while controlling costs via the reduction and control of unnecessary costs due to the returned product, as well as developing advanced invoice and receiving techniques to streamline the receiving process for cost reduction and compliance.

Primary Responsibilities

• Evaluate and investigate customer trends and market/product opportunities specific to the account assigned and the efficient flow of goods from the company to the assigned account in all states of operation
• Conduct classic market research using various tools available for trend analysis in specific geographic markets, distribution channels, accounts, brands, and suppliers to advance the assigned National Account s business and control costs
• Develop retailer program-specific selling fact sheets to enable field level, fact-based selling using various combinations of retailer-specific POS data, syndicated information and shipment facts
• Structure and interpret data (i.e., scan, census, the point of sale information) for targeted use by chain sales, trade development, branch management, and executive leadership
• Assess economic and market conditions, estimate sales potential, and identify retailer/brand opportunity levers
• Develop and deploy compliance trackers to enable and support the compliance teams assigned for a specific National Account
• Train users on software and data analysis techniques
• Guide fact-based decision making and selling support at the corporate level and in the field
• Work with the Trade Development Team to maximize efficiency efforts regarding pricing accuracy, returned case reductions, sales maximization, replenishment efficiency, compliance evaluation, and void closure
• Utilize tools specifically developed (Authorization Grid) to control these costs and participate in the development of additional approaches to minimize these costs, including monthly system pricing validations (Retailer Receiving to SGWS Billing System)
• Design user-friendly tools to assist in the dissemination of syndicated and POS data and increase the utilization/application of such data by all levels of sales and marketing management as allowable by contract and Retailer agreement to assist in the development of effective practices
• Perform trend analyses in the development of account specific supplier volume forecasts; to include forecast development, gathering/interpreting market intelligence, reporting, and tracking
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Additional Primary Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor s Degree plus five years of experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Three years of experience in market research with strong analytical skills
• Previous background in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of syndicated and POS data

Physical Demands

• Physical demands include a considerable amount of time sitting and typing/keyboarding, using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor), or adding machine
• Physical demands with activity or condition may occasionally include walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping
• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. SGWS complies with all federal, state and local laws concerning consideration of a qualified applicant's arrest and/or criminal conviction records. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.

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