Promotions Analyst - Phoenix, United States - PetSmart

PetSmart

Verified Company

Phoenix, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

About the Team

It's no surprise people are passionate about the health and happiness of their pet and our
Merchandising (buying) team is no different.

When it comes to the products and solutions in our stores, our incredible teams of merchandising associates have everything covered - from head to tail From keeping up with the top trends to developing new, innovative solutions, our buyers help ensure every pet parent can find exactly what their pet needs at PetSmart.

Join our team and show your love for pets by creating products as special as pets themselves

The Promotions Team is responsible for the reviewing, entering, auditing, and testing promotional offers. The team owns Coupon Central and works to identify valid and fraudulent coupon and discounting activities.

The team serves as a liaison between the Phoenix Home Office and stores ensuring that promotions operate as intended, pricing activities are optimized, and all pricing is effectively communicated to our pet parents through various price labels and signage.

The team works cross functionally with multiple teams within Store Operations, Merchandising and Marketing to ensure all processes that impact pricing in our stores are streamlined and work efficiently.

The team supports merchant and marketing functions to enable process-driven decisions and execute corporate strategies leading to greater company profitability throughout stores in the US, PR and CA.

About the Location

Hybrid Position:

This position may be considered Hybrid based on PetSmart's FlexSmart policy and business needs. A Hybrid work arrangement is considered to be a blend of onsite and remote work activity.

Associates with a Hybrid work arrangement have a work space at Phoenix Home Office and can be required to come onsite between 1-5 days a week as determined by leadership and based on business needs.

About the Job

The Promotions Analyst is responsible for supporting several pricing-specific processes that support all stores by working with key business partners in Buying & Sourcing, Merch Planning & Allocation, Store Operations, Services, IS, Real Estate, Loss Prevention and Finance.

Partners with the Marketing and Merchandising teams to ensure all promotional offers are reflected accurately in the appropriate pricing systems and on customer facing pricing labels and signage.

Manages the communication of pricing and promotional activity to the stores and provides store feedback to the business to drive process improvements.

This position shares responsibility for planning, auditing, and implementing promotional and base price changes.

Essential Functions:
include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Provides promotional system and offer guidance to the business ensuring pricing and promotional systems can accurately support offer intent, maximize impact and minimize risk.
Collaborates with key business partners to improve processes and communication which include monitoring offers, identify areas of opportunity and resolving any AMS promotional related issues.
Partners with Buying & Sourcing, Merch Planning & Allocation, Store Operations, Services, IS, Real Estate and Supply Chain to ensure seamless communication and execution of all pricing activity for daytoday pricing activity, promotions and special projects.
Provides feedback to PHO business partners to drive continuous improvement. Ensures information housed in various promotional systems are aligned and accurate. Create, contribute enhance new or existing training documentation.
Ensures accuracy of all information housed in various promotional systems.
Supports the Sr. Promotions Analyst with Coupon Central projects, site maintenance and communications.
Supports store level pricing integrity by researching and resolving store issues and communicating resolutions to the field.
Creates auditing tools and processes to ensure the accuracy of base and promotional pricing as well as customer facing label and signage verbiage.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience:

Bachelor's degree in Retailing or Business and a minimum of two years of related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Two years of experience in retail or business preferred.

Knowledge and Skills:

Expert understanding of offer interactions within the Advanced Marketing System (AMS)
Ability to synthesize multiple data sets into a coherent story
Ability to remain organized with a strong attention to detail and deliver to critical deadlines
Analytical, with strong problemsolving abilities and creative resolution skills
Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities
Selfdirected independent thinker

Certifications/Licenses/Registrations:
None

Preferred Requirements:
Two years retail experience in retail or business preferred. Knowledge of corporate promotional pricing processes.

About the Culture
At PetSmart, we work hard to c