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Sprouts Farmers Market · 5 months ago

Senior Director, Strategic Pricing

Phoenix, Arizona

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

10+ years exp

Sprouts Farmers Market is a rapidly growing company focused on healthy living and customer service. The Senior Director, Strategic Pricing, will lead the Strategic Pricing teams to optimize pricing strategies across all merchandising departments, driving sales and profitability while fostering collaboration and innovation within the organization.

Food ProcessingMeat and Poultry

Responsibilities

Provide leadership and structure in developing consumer-focused solutions that advance pricing strategy, promotions, and associated processes

Provide the strategic direction for Sprouts’ pricing strategy to drive price perception and value

Partner with MP&A and Merch Data teams to develop a Power BI-based suite of tools that bring analysis and insights to the Merchandising team

Collaborate with cross-functional team leaders to optimize each team’s impact on the business, identify capability gaps, and drive analytical and strategic support for efficient and effective teams

Develop and lead the Strategic Pricing team, establishing them as centers of excellence

Champion the organization and advocate for solutions in the company's best interest

Foster a collaborative and supportive work environment that enables employees to perform at their highest potential

Provide recommendations, improve, and maintain clearly defined processes and procedures for positive results, identifying incremental opportunities to drive the business

Champion and measure/report on new merchandising tests, initiatives, and proof-of-concept strategies

Empower, support, and develop talent to perform to their maximum potential, strengthening the team through capability development, talent management, succession planning, and recruiting

Lead a team of direct managers and indirect analyst reports, ensuring accuracy, thought process, timeliness, and viability of recommendations

Qualification

Strategic PricingRetail ExperienceTeam LeadershipData AnalysisPricing Optimization ToolsFinancial PlanningProcess ImprovementEmployee DevelopmentCollaborationCommunication Skills

Required

10+ years' experience in retail/CPG company/consulting with progressively increasing responsibility

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, supply chain, analytics preferred

5+ years' experience building, leading, motivating teams

Expert Knowledge of retail, merchandising and end-to-end process in a multi-channel retail environment

Broad knowledge of pricing, forecasting, segmentation, cross-functional applications and systems

Merchandising experience including pricing, assortment planning, financial planning, item planning, location planning, category management

Experience with retail price optimization tools and third-party competitive data providers

Demonstrated success in communicating across various levels across organizations, aligning teams to strategic vision, and motivating teams to execute change

Analytical mindset with detail orientation and entrepreneurial work ethic – in short, a 'general athlete'

Demonstrated success in leading teams and efforts to create process efficiencies

Proven ability to translate data into insights and insights into action

Builds capacity of individuals and teams through effective employee development, involvement, communication, and supervision efforts

Ability to present and calibrate on critical challenges on the executive level