About the role:
Your Coop are looking for a Pricing and Promotions Analyst to join our society. We’re a unique multi-sector group operating in Food, Childcare, Travel, Post Office, Healthcare and Utilities, meaning you will get a breadth of experience in a collaborative and fast-moving organisation. No two days will ever be the same!
At Your Coop, you will be part of business that puts people at the heart of everything they do. What makes us different?
The money you help us make is returned to our members and communities. We are a cooperative which means we share a third of our profits to our members and invest a third in our community support initiatives. In a profit-driven world, we are the difference.
We’re proud to be owned by our members, and we’d love to be owned by you.
As a Pricing and Promotions Analyst, you will:
•Propose prices and implementation plans that allow Midcounties to achieve its long-term pricing strategy by analysing internal and external data remembering to consider margin mix by category to assist in achieving budgeted input margin.
•Support with price and promotions manager on creating member deals, projects or adhoc work price optimisation, round pound, price investment or category deep dives .
•Using Brandview and Data Warehouses, provide an overview of the Midcounties pricing position versus the marketplace. Using the insight to provide recommendations to the business.
•Complete the Promotional Claim Form to claim back credit from FRTS for running supplier funded promotions accounting for upwards of £20m per year.
•Manage price and margin in Midcounties Fuel sites on a daily basis using competitor data and monitoring global oil prices to make decisions to help achieve the budgeted margin.
•Run and provide commentary on the actual performance against the Food forecast on a weekly basis to include in senior management report and support MI. Interrogate the data looking for trends and opportunities.
•Use Brandview to monitor price changes within the marketplace, looking for trends and opportunities.
•Use Retail Express to forecast the impact that any proposed changes will have on profitability and / or sales growth before price changes are implemented.
Who are we looking for?
To be a successful candidate for this role you will need:
•Previous experience in a Pricing position ad have experience of finance modelling, and analysis at a high level of accuracy.
•You must also have the ability to distil complex analysis into clear findings and recommendations that can be understood an acted on by the business.
•Food retail experience and knowledge is essential
•Excellent customer service skills, which consistently and accurately talk about food providence and its point of difference.
•Can deliver consistent high standards, making decisions based on insight and feedback to address performance
What can we offer you?
• Employee Discounts – Save up to 60% off Childcare, 20% off your Food Shop and 15% off your next Holiday
• 30 Days Annual Leave - Rising with service up to a maximum of 37 days
• Health and Wellbeing Programmes – Benefit from our Stream App and our partnership with Grocery Aid for financial and mental health support
• Full Training and Accredited Development Plans
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Family leave and more!