Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Bob's Discount Furniture is an omni-channel furniture retailer with over 200 stores. The Senior Pricing Analyst owns competitive price intelligence, pricing analytics, price architecture, promotional effectiveness, and markdown strategy. The role partners with Merchants, Merchandise Finance, and Marketing while establishing pricing controls, guiding junior analysts, and delivering data-driven recommendations.
Responsibilities
- **Own competitive price intelligence**: own the competitive pricing data set and the methodology behind it; translate competitive position into actionable pricing recommendations for assigned categories
- **Lead price point analysis**: build the analysis and the recommendation behind price architecture changes, including margin impact, elasticity read, price gap position, and historical performance at comparable price points
- **Evaluate promotional effectiveness**: measure the incrementality and margin impact of promotional events; recommend which offers to repeat, reshape, or retire
- **Own markdown analytics**: model markdown depth and timing scenarios; monitor sell-through and margin recovery on clearance and aged inventory and recommend corrective action
- **Build pricing models**: develop and maintain the scenario tools that quantify the P&L impact of pricing decisions before they are made
- **Own the pricing reporting suite**: design, own, and continuously improve pricing dashboards and performance reporting, with consistent definitions and reliable data lineage
- **Own pricing data integrity**: establish and enforce the standards that keep pricing data complete, accurate, and consistently defined across reporting and systems
- **Drive automation**: lead the effort to automate recurring analysis, reduce manual effort, and move the team toward self-service reporting
- **Lead complex ad hoc analysis**: scope, structure, and deliver the ambiguous, high-stakes analysis requested by Merchants, Finance, and executive leadership, and present it with a clear recommendation
- **Govern price change execution**: own the accuracy and control of price change files; validate accurate reflection across systems and channels and resolve exceptions at the root cause
- **Own pricing governance documentation**: maintain a complete and auditable record of pricing decisions, approvals, and change history
- **Partner cross-functionally**: serve as the pricing analytics point of contact for Merchants, Merchandise Finance, and Marketing, and represent pricing in cross-functional planning forums
- **Guide junior analysts**: set methodology and QA standards for pricing analytics and review the work of less experienced analysts for accuracy and rigor
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, or a related field
- 4–7 years of analytical experience, with demonstrated depth in retail pricing, merchandising, planning, or finance
- Advanced Excel skills, including scenario modeling, large dataset handling, and building tools other people rely on
- Proficiency in SQL, including the ability to independently source, join, and validate data across systems
- Strong command of retail margin mechanics and the levers that drive gross margin performance
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting recommendations to senior leadership
- Demonstrated ability to work independently in ambiguous situations and to mentor less experienced analysts
- Proficiency in Power BI, Tableau, or comparable visualization tools, including dashboard design
- Furniture, home, or big-ticket retail experience
- Experience with pricing, promotion, or markdown optimization tools
- Exposure to elasticity modeling, or to
Benefits
- Open to REMOTE
- Exceptional opportunities for career growth
- Fun team-oriented work environment
- Nationally provided Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Paid Vacation, Personal Days, Sick Days, Holidays, work anniversary and your Birthday
- 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan with a Generous Company match
- Pet Insurance
- Employer-paid basic Life Insurance, with the option to add Voluntary Life Insurance as well
- Financial Planning, Voluntary Legal Benefits and Wellness Plans
- Generous Employee Discount starting on your 1st day
- Additional Employee Discounts through the “Hays Perks discount program” offering hundreds of online discounts from your favorite merchants
- Professional Development: In-person, virtually and an infinite library of on-demand classes in Workday Learning
- Tuition Reimbursement
- BDF Education Foundation Scholarship Program open to employees and their dependents
- Robust succession planning to ensure that team members have the opportunity to advance their careers
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