Pricing Analyst

Pricing AnalystRestaurant Depot is the leading wholesale distributor of food, equipment and supplies to independent grocery retailers and foodservice operators across the United States. The company operates two different warehouse formats, Restaurant Depot and Jetro Cash & Carry. We operate 143 locations in 34 states.We seek a highly motivated, technically proficient and business savvy Pricing Analyst for our Purchasing team. You will have the opportunity to work on a variety of interesting projects that have far reaching implications for all stakeholders across our organization.We'll trust you to:Create processes and methods to gather, analyze, monitor and report on purchasing dataAnalyze product and vendor data to identify opportunities for cost savings in our supply chain and suggest cost effective and practical improvementsMeasure performance against targets / benchmarks for various activities & servicesHelp in identifying alternative products and cost savings opportunities – recommend solutions and present results in meaningful terms by telling stories with dataCoordinate and work with across functions to investigate and analyze optimum procurement strategies for our organizationDemonstrate cost saving initiatives to improve the operational and cost performance of our transportation modelsGather and identify opportunities for process optimizationStandardize inputs and outputs to frequent reports to increase overall efficiency of the departmentsPrepare, present and analyze daily, weekly and monthly reports around key metricsConceive of new ideas and projects to improve the performance of the departmentYou'll need to have:Experience as a Financial, Business, Data or Supply Chain Analyst or a similar roleAdvanced knowledge of Microsoft ExcelBA/BS Degree required; Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Accounting or equivalent preferredExperience building SOPs, coordinating and communicating across different functions in the organizationExperience in financial (or other quantitative) reporting including development and maintenance of reportsExcellent written and verbal communication skillsWe'd love to see:Working knowledge of VBA and/or Python is a plusData cleaning experience will be helpfulBasic knowledge of relational databasesExposure to basic accounting functions and terminology