Merchandising Planning Analyst

Company: Giant Eagle
Location: Pittsburgh
Posted on: October 17, 2020

Job Description:

Position Summary :

As a Merchandising Planning Analyst, you will provide quality analytical support to the Merchandising Pricing and Planning Team by utilizing analytics tools to identify and surface relevant insights and opportunities in support of the overall planning process. Leveraging both internal and third-party data sources, you will collaborate with the Merchandising Pricing Team on the development and continued refinement of Pricing and Planning strategies. You will model, measure, and create recurring reporting framework for current and future pricing and planning initiatives.

About Us :

Experience Required: 1 to 3 years.

Experience Desired: Experience in forecasting, planning, or information technology. Familiarity with one or more analytical environments. Experience with third part data providers (Nielsen/IRI), category management, or retail operations experience is a plus.

Education Required: Bachelor's Degree in Business, Analytics, Finance, Math, Computer Science, or related field

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?Job Responsibilities

Support the Merchandising Pricing/Planning Manager(s) by utilizing analytics tools to identify and surface relevant insights and opportunities in support of the overall planning process.  Support special projects and large-scale pricing rollouts as needed

Develop expertise within analytical tools, including those built internally and those provided by third party vendors (Nielsen, Radian, EYC, Numerator, Pristine, etc.)

Build and maintain in-depth knowledge of customer behavior, market trends, and price and promotions for assigned categories, including both Giant Eagle and the competitive market.  Track and analyze competitive pricing and promotional strategies to learn and react accordingly

Identify enhancement requests and help define business requirements to guide the ongoing development of the supporting analytics technology.  Work cooperatively within a team sharing best practices and identifying opportunities for improvement

Estimate impacts, track, measure, and report against key changes to merchandising plans.  Ensure timely and accurate maintenance of the item information required for price/promo modeling and scenario planning, ensuring all pertinent information is well maintained

Partner with internal analytics teams, IT, and third-party vendors to ensure various analytics tools are complementary and meet the business needs.  Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local pricing regulations

Keywords: Giant Eagle, Pittsburgh , Merchandising Planning Analyst, Other , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania