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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

About this job

This individual will be responsible for directing and developing the long and short term customer-centric strategic pricing plans for Giant Eagle and other business formats.
This highly dynamic and fast-paced role will ensure that Giant Eagle maximizes profit through pricing while maintaining customer standing as a primary shopping destination. The Pricing Director will lead efforts to keep the Company ahead of the curve regarding pricing methods, customer intelligence, and the external competitive environment.

Requirements

  • Competitive Intelligence: Conduct competitive research in the form of price comparison, high-level assortment strategies and general retail trends. Oversee the core pricing reporting and dashboards (metrics, analytics, insights) for communication of price competitiveness throughout the organization
  • Corporate Pricing Strategy and Strategic Plan: Develop, present and implement pricing strategies, business rules and strategic pricing plan for all lines of business and banners, working collaboratively across the Merchandising organization. Lead all pricing components of the strategic plan. Monitor details and analyze results to suggest changes to individual prices, price strategies and the pricing plan. Document and update key pricing strategies and rules. Analyze and track progress on strategic pricing decisions and the strategic pricing plan. Manage and coordinate pricing initiatives across the organization (finance, marketing, merchandising, retail, shrink). Proactively communicate and collaborate relevant information as necessary to all levels in the organization, including senior management, formally and informally, in both written and oral forms.
  • Price Optimization: Direct team to analyze price changes, competitive pricing and performance across categories and make recommendations to support category business plans and the Company's pricing strategy and plan. Provide financial analysis and analytical support to the Merchant community to assist group in making better decisions. Understand and take into account vendor deals and negotiations. Implement and direct team to utilize pricing tools and methods, ensuring pricing integrity, streamlined processes and quality execution.
  • Team Management: Lead and develop analytic teams to effectively manage market competitiveness, pricing integrity and pricing strategy support. Provide supervision to the pricing team, maintaining a productive, positive work environment that improves the everyday lives and well being of our team members. Provide strong project management and leadership, including change management.
  • Responsible for budget development, expense control and/or revenue generation for a department. Amount of Budgetary Responsibility: $300k - $500k
  • Supervision of team members in one department