Merchandising Support Analyst​/Promotions Analyst

Merchandising Support Analyst / Promotions Analyst

7-Eleven is an iconic family of brands with over 86,000 locations, surpassing every retailer in the world. We revolutionize convenience, restaurants and fuel through cutting edge innovation — working hard to be the customer's first choice. 7-Eleven empowers our employees to "activate awesome" and make a meaningful impact in their stores and communities every day. If you're ready to grow, lead and make a difference, come join our team and help shape the future of convenience.

The Merchandising Support Analyst / Promotions Analyst will be responsible for planning and accurately executing the last mile of pricing and promotions in a complex category totaling over $1.5B in sales annually. The Promotions Analyst will specialize in cigarette and tobacco promotions, programs and retail architecture, and facilitate information across multiple cross-functional and manufacturer teams to advance all aspects of and accurately execute retail pricing and promos as needed by the category team.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• On a cyclical (monthly) and ad hoc (sales plan or category driven) basis, responsible for working closely with Category Managers to deeply understand the category intent of all pricing/promo activity and complexities of each state to price and promote within the business unit.
• Use, maintain, and subsequently seek to augment the pricing tools currently used to determine pricing at both a macro, and granular level to maximize sales & profitability. Provide timely feedback and intel to Category team on discrepancies and/or risk with pricing/promotions submitted.
• Routinely maintain pricing assignments for each store are maintained, accounting for monthly changes due to adjustments in price zones, elections, contract, and tax/regulatory changes.
• Responsible and accountable for the creation of and maintenance of all cost support agreements to support current and planned activity that comply with Enterprise requirements.
• Conducts post-execution validation and troubleshooting, inclusive of AAR (after action reviews) for any issues encountered during the pricing/promo execution process.
• Participates in post-audit, and works cross-functionally with manufacturers, accounting, etc. to ensure accuracy of all pricing and promotional reconciliation.
• Routinely generate and distribute standard pricing reports and contract store lists
• Create ad hoc reports and participate in special projects as needed by Pricing/Promo Manager, Category Team, and/or Sr. Product Director.
• Responsible for executing promotional setups and maintenance, to ensure monthly rebate funding for all eligible items accurately and timely flow down to store level.

Education and experience:

Education:

Bachelors/4 Yr Degree

Years of relevant work experience: 4+

Years of management experience: NA

Certifications / Licenses: NA

Specific knowledge and skills:

• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal. Position requires high degree of collaboration.
• Strong analytical skill/acumen. Role requires a high degree of excel reporting usage and interaction.
• Competency with both standard and custom Business Intelligence systems, such as Power BI, Circana.
• Position requires high school diploma plus 3 to 4 years experience with heavy PC usage.
• Previous Category Analyst experience / College education is also strongly preferred.