Pricing Analyst

ARE YOU A CURRENT US FOODS EMPLOYEE? PLEASE APPLY DIRECTLY THROUGH OUR INTERNAL WORKDAY CAREER SITE Join Our Community of Food People! BASIC PURPOSE Execute pricing strategy at the Area level to support company margin goals and local "Go to Market" strategy. Identify margin improvement opportunities by managing area-wide processes. This role is 100% Onsite 5 days a week ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Review and manage price deviations and exceptions for Territory Managers (TMs) aligned to the area. This includes evaluating requests for self-funded deviations, and price approvals. Answer pricing queries escalated from Sales and other USF employees as required for the designated markets. Analyze and develop pricing recommendations to support bids for local customers (e.g., excluding schools) and conduct special pricing reviews for new customer acquisition for the designated markets, in partnership with Area Director of Pricing. Manage area reporting processes to improve area margins. Identify costing errors and work with relevant stakeholders to resolve. Monitor and identify opportunities by analyzing and reporting on margin and market pricing. Work closely with District Sales Managers (DSMs) on auditing ongoing local self-funded deviations. Utilize Sigma, Tableau and other data warehouse programs to identify product and category opportunities for pricing strategies. Complete ad-hoc pricing analysis as required by the Area Director of Pricing. Maintain customer pricing rationale (CPR) process for the area. Participate in monthly margin meetings and Key Volume Items (KVI) process. SUPERVISION None RELATIONSHIPS Internal: Area Director of Pricing; Region Pricing Director; Area President; AVP of Merchandising and Marketing and area sales team (VP Sales, Sales Manager, DSMs, CSC, and TMs) External: Customers, vendors QUALIFICATIONS Education/Training: Bachelor’s Degree, or minimum 3 years of pricing experience required. Related Experience: Pricing experience within foodservice or food manufacturing companies highly desired. Strong quantitative and analytical skills required. Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: • Proven experience working with and supporting sales teams; strong business acumen and interpersonal skills a must. • Proficiency required in Microsoft Office, especially Microsoft Word, Excel, and Microsoft Outlook. • Able to access information within established pricing databases and/or analyze data made available from analysts. Knowledge of the PRIME pricing system highly desired. This role may also receive annual incentive plan bonus. ​Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html . #LI-BR1 Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law (for example: state or local minimum wage thresholds).  The expected base rate for this role is between $60,000 - $100,000 ***EOE – Race/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/ Age/Genetic Information /Protected Veteran/Disability Status***