Senior Analyst, Pricing & Trade Investment

CDC Foods is a national importer and redistributor supporting manufacturers entering and growing within the Canadian market. The Senior Analyst, Pricing & Trade Investment supports the end-to-end pricing lifecycle and trade investment analysis for brands distributed by CDC Foods across Canada.

This role is accountable for delivering accurate, timely, and actionable financial analysis to support pricing decisions, promotional investments, and margin performance across Food service and Retail channels. Working closely with Client Managers, Sales, Finance, Operations, and Supply Chain, the Senior Analyst provides analytical insight that supports disciplined commercial decision-making while protecting CDC’s financial performance and operational efficiency.

• Build, maintain, and update national pricing models across Food service and Retail channels.
• Incorporate full landed cost components including freight, duties, currency, customs, storage, and distribution into pricing analysis.
• Analyze pricing impacts resulting from supplier cost changes, foreign exchange movement, freight variability, and regulatory updates.
• Support pricing consistency across CDC’s warehouse network in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, and British Columbia.
• Support onboarding of new manufacturers through Canadian market pricing analysis and financial modeling.

• Support trade investment planning through detailed financial analysis across Food service and Retail channels.
• Analyze promotional allowances, rebates, listing fees, and growth investments in partnership with Client Managers.
• Track brand-level trade spend versus budget and identify risks, variances, and opportunities.
• Support evaluation of trade investments related to product launches and market entry initiatives.

• Prepare pre-approval ROI analysis for promotions, pricing deviations, and customer investment requests.
• Conduct post-event analysis to assess volume lift, margin impact, and overall program effectiveness.
• Develop recurring reports and dashboards to track pricing and trade investment performance by brand, customer, channel, and region.
• Provide clear insights and recommendations to Sales and Brand teams to improve future pricing and promotional outcomes.

• Support Client Managers with financial analysis for supplier business reviews and planning discussions.
• Prepare pricing, margin, and trade investment materials for internal and external reviews.
• Provide analytical insight into Canadian market pricing dynamics, distribution structures, and competitive positioning.

• Partner with Operations and Supply Chain to analyze cost-to-serve impacts by channel and region.
• Work closely with Finance on margin reporting, accrual analysis, and trade investment tracking.
• Support Sales teams with data-driven pricing analysis and promotional recommendations.

• Maintain pricing and trade investment data within financial and reporting systems.
• Support the development and maintenance of dashboards tracking margin performance, pricing accuracy, and promotional ROI.
• Adhere to established pricing and trade investment governance and approval processes.
• Support accurate accruals, reconciliation, and financial controls related to trade programs.

• Accuracy and timeliness of pricing and trade investment analysis
• Quality of margin and performance reporting
• Trade investment ROI insight and budget tracking
• Forecast versus actual promotional performance
• Strength and effectiveness of analytical support to Sales, Finance, and Supplier teams

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Supply Chain
• 3–6 years of experience in Pricing, Commercial Finance, Revenue Management, or Trade Spend Analysis within CPG, Food Distribution, Import/Wholesale, or Manufacturing
• Strong understanding of landed cost structures, margin analysis, and trade investment ROI
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; ERP and BI/reporting experience considered an asset
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to…