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7-Eleven is an iconic family of brands with over 86,000 locations, surpassing every retailer in the world.We revolutionize convenience, restaurants and fuel through cutting edge innovation - working hard to be the customer's first choice. 7-Eleven empowers our employees to 'activate awesome' and make a meaningful impact in their stores and communities every day.If you're ready to grow, lead and make a difference, come join our team and help shape the future of convenience.

The Merchandising Support Analyst / Promotions Analyst will be responsible for planning and accurately executing the last mile of pricing and promotions in a complex category totaling over $1.5B in sales annually. The Promotions Analyst will specialize in cigarette and tobacco promotions, programs and retail architecture, and facilitate information across multiple cross-functional and manufacturer teams to advance all aspects of and accurately execute retail pricing and promos as needed by the category team.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES:

• On a cyclical (Monthly) and ad hoc (sales plan or category driven) basis, responsible for working closely with Category Managers to deeply understand the category intent of all pricing/promo activity and complexities of each state to price and promote within the business unit.
• Use, maintain, and subsequently seek to augment the pricing tools currently used to determine pricing at both a macro, and granular level to maximize sales & profitability. Provide timely feedback and intel to Category team on discrepancies and/or risk with pricing/promotions submitted.
• Routinely maintain pricing assignments for each store are maintained, accounting for monthly changes due to adjustments in price zones, elections, contract, and tax/regulatory changes.
• Responsible and accountable for the creation of and maintenance of all cost support agreements to support current and planned activity that comply with Enterprise requirements.
• Conducts post-execution validation and troubleshooting, inclusive of AAR (after action reviews) for any issues encountered during the pricing/promo execution process.
• Participates in post-audit, and works cross-functionally with manufacturers, accounting, etc. to ensure accuracy of all pricing and promotional reconciliation.
• Routinely generate and distribute standard pricing reports and contract store lists
• Create ad hoc reports and participate in special projects as needed by Pricing/Promo Manager, Category Team, and/or Sr. Product Director.
• Responsible for executing promotional setups and maintenance, to ensure monthly rebate funding for all eligible items accurately and timely flow down to store level.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

EDUCATION: Bachelors/4 Yr Degree

YEARS OF RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE: 4+ years

YEARS OF MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE: NA

CERTIFICATIONS / LICENSES: NA

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal. Position requires high degree of collaboration.
• Strong analytical skill/acumen. Role requires a high degree of excel reporting usage and interaction.
• Competency with both standard and custom Business Intelligence systems, such as Power BI, Circana.
• Position requires high school diploma plus 3 to 4 years experience with heavy PC usage.
• Previous Category Analyst experience / College education is also strongly preferred.

If an hourly or salary range is included in this ad it represents the range 7-Eleven in good faith believes is the range of compensation for this role at the time of this posting. The Company may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in this state. This range may be modified in the future. No amount is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, long-term incentive compensation, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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