Price & Promotions Analyst

Job description

Job Description:

In this role you will be supporting the Pricing & Promotions Manager to undertake commercial analysis and decision support for the business to implement an effective Price and Promotions strategy.

Key accountabilities and measures

·  Working closely with trading teams and external suppliers to maximise and improve the accuracy of our data and product matches to better reflect our true price position in the market
·  Forming close working relationships with commercial teams to influence the development of a strategic approach to pricing and promotions in order to identify opportunities which improve our value position
·  Providing input and analysis to aid trading teams to make the most effective pricing and promotions decisions
·  Successfully carry out weekly data and reporting requirements whilst ensuring these are robust and built as efficiently as possible
·  Monthly delivery of information to support other Food categories understand their price position and promotional effectiveness
·  Providing ad hoc analysis for commercial departments and other areas of the business

Key skills

·  Desirable - analytical experience in a retail environment
·  Experience of managing a variety of stakeholders, developing robust data processes, eye for detail and ability to articulate findings
·  Excellent Excel skills
·  Excellent understanding and usage of relevant desktop packages
·  Desirable - knowledge of SQL, Python, R, SAS and Data visualisation software