Pricing Manager

Pricing Manager We have an exciting opportunity for a Pricing Manager to support the development of Divisional and Category Pricing Strategy. Your role will also be to develop insightful market, customer and consumer intelligence in relation to Pricing and Promotions and provide actionable recommendations that support strategic decision making and influences divisional sales and profit growth. Pricing Manager Responsibilities: - Manage and implement Retail Pricing and Promotion strategy using the insight to drive sales and cash profit improvement - Become leading knowledge of pricing tools implemented within the business and utilise efficiently their optimisation capabilities - Deliver information reporting and tools to support pricing and promotional recommendations - Provide weekly business performance tracking indices in relation to Pricing and Promotional competitiveness - Analysis of competitor activity - Develop strong knowledge and understanding of consumers, shoppers and customers to drive consumer led thinking and decision making within the business - Proactively engage with internal and external stakeholders to become a trusted advisor, and identify issues, risks and opportunities against which action can be initiated Pricing Manager Requirements: - Previous experience of managing pricing team and price strategy. - Strong analysing and decision making experience in pricing ideally in a FMCG business - Project management (including stakeholder engagement and influencing) - Working cross functionally and influencing at a high level across a business - Confident communicator, able to make recommendations and challenge commercial decisions at all levels - Demonstrated ability to deliver individual projects alongside team goals - Good knowledge of Microsoft packages For more information regarding the role, please download the job description. About A F Blakemore & Son Ltd: A.F. Blakemore & Son Ltd is the 44th largest privately owned company in the UK. This forward thinking family-owned business began life in 1917 as a counter-service grocery store, and has grown from these humble beginnings into a company that now owns 280 SPAR Convenience Stores and employs more than 7,800 people with a turnover of £1.2 billion. As one of the largest convenience retailers in the UK, we are always looking for innovative ways to create a point of difference. Location: Willenhall or Talbot Green Job type: Full Time, Permanent, 40 hours per week, 09:00 to 17:00 Mon -Fri Salary: £Competitive Benefits: Company Sick Pay Scheme, Additional Holidays, Company Pension Scheme, Staff Discount, Long Service Awards, Life Cover, Cycle to Work Scheme, Employee Volunteering Opportunities, Company Vehicle commensurate with job role. Closing date for applications: 9th April, 2020 You may have experience of the following: Pricing Manager, Pricing Coordinator, Pricing Analyst, Pricing Assistant, Pricing Administrator, Data Analyst, Data Analysis, Pricing Analysis, Administrator, Admin Assistant, etc. Ref: 92592 This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89820052