Pricing Strategy Manager - Mississauga, Canada - CONAGRA

CONAGRA

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Mississauga, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Conagra Brands is one of North America's leading branded food companies. We have a rich heritage of making great food, and a team that's passionate about innovation and growth.

Conagra offers choices for every occasion through iconic brands, such as Hunts, Aylmer, Marie Callender's, Healthy Choice, Slim Jim, VH Sauces, Pogo and Vlasic, and emerging brands, including Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP, Duke's, Earth Balance, Gardein, and Frontera.

Conagra Brands est une des principales entreprises d'aliments de marque en Amérique du Nord.

Son histoire est jalonnée de grands succès alimentaires qui sont le fruit du travail d'une équipe passionnée par l'innovation et la croissance.

Conagra offre des choix pour toute occasion grâce à des marques réputées comme Hunt's, Aylmer, Marie Callender's, Healthy Choice, Slim Jim, les sauces VH, Pogo, Vlasic et des marques émergentes, dont Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP, Duke's, Earth Balance, Gardein et Frontera.

Position summary:

Reporting to the Team Lead of Revenue Growth Management, the position's principal objective is to provide pricing leadership and analysis to enable strategic price recommendations and develop best-in-class pricing capabilities with the goal of driving Gross Margin and Net Sales.

The role is also the central resource for pricing analysis across the Market Development Team.

This position offers a unique experience not found within other Sales functions because of the high degree of interaction with the different departments within the organization

Core Responsibilities:

Provide holistic perspective and insightful analytics that lead to strategic pricing recommendations across all Channels
Provide pricing thought leadership and leverage best practice intelligence, processes, technology and research to further develop pricing intelligence and capability
Develops tools to enhance and integrate descriptive and predictive demand and financial analytics to optimize and streamline pricing scenario development and decisionmaking process. Owns software, spreadsheets, models, and other programs used to assist in price decisions
Lead the strategy and execution of pricing actions rooted in commodities, including development of "selling stories" for sales team
Lead cross functional development and refinement of channel strategy pricing guardrails for all pricing KPIs to feed into Perfect Store playbook
Propose short term pricing moves and longterm pricing strategy recommendations in order to drive appropriate financial KPI across all brands (ie. Gross Margin, Net Sales)
Collaborate with Brand Marketing to establish innovation pricing strategy rooted in analytics and consumer/customer/category/competitive insights
Partner with Brand and MS&P teams to define the role of pricing in categories, ensure alignment to brand objectives and consideration of competitive pricing and promo strategies
Responsible for analysis, execution and scorecarding of strategic pricing recommendations (base, incremental, EDLP etc.) in addition to pricing strategy for innovation for select brands within our portfolio

Supervision:

No Direct Reports

Potential Career Progression:

Lateral moves into Sales and Finance

Qualifications:

University degree in Business or like discipline, MBA is an asset
3+ years of CPG experience in roles within Revenue Management, Customer or Sales strategy, Sales or Trade finance preferred
Strategic thinker who is willing to work outside of their comfort zone and has the courage to challenge status quo in the spirit of efficiency
Excellent analytical skills and a high level of competency with modeling, complex analytics, consumer research, and customer databases
Ability to articulate complex concepts in clear, simple & logical terms, and build compelling and persuasive presentations that aligns and facilitates discussion
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience working with Nielsen
Familiarity with the Canadian market place and the dynamic that exists between brands, retailers and consumers
Thrives in a cross functional, team environment with the ability to lead teams through projects

Our Modern Workplace:

Conagra's culture of collaboration enhances our ability to meet critical business goals, deliver value to customers and consumers and provide you with the flexibility you need to achieve a better work-life balance.

We carefully consider each role and how often each team member needs to collaborate in person. This position requires you to work from our Mississauga office 3 days a week.

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