Pricing and Promotions Analyst, Marketplace SOA

Job Overview:
We are seeking an analytically sharp and highly motivated individual to join our Global Marketplace team in Needham, MA. In this role, you will play a key part in analyzing and optimizing promotional spend to maximize Return on Investment (ROI) and Gross Margin improvements.

You will partner closely with cross-functional teams—including Strategic Sales, Finance, Sales, and Supply Planning—to analyze promotional data, generate actionable insights, and recommend strategies for efficient spend management. This role also focuses on maintaining excellence in pricing and promotional data governance across the EMEA region, with significant opportunity to influence meaningful change by strengthening our promotional strategy execution framework.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze promotional spend data to identify low-margin events and provide recommendations to Strategic Sales on optimizing SOA for their categories.
• Collaborate with Sales, Strategic Sales, and Finance teams to design and implement strategies for more efficient use of promotional funding.
• Conduct post-promotion analysis to evaluate ROI and provide insights for improving future promotions.
• Audit actualized promotional funding and enhance the accuracy of spend reporting in the internal planning tool (SFO).
• Partner with Supply Planning to review promotional spending for low inventory level items and reduce inefficiencies.
• Drive standardization of pricing and promotional governance processes across all regions, ensuring alignment with global frameworks.
• Own and manage the governance of promotional strategy versus execution within internal planning tool (SFO).
• Develop and automate tools and processes for continuous monitoring and analysis of promotional spend across categories and retailers.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business Analytics, Finance, Economics, or a related field (Master’s degree or relevant certification a plus).
• 3+ years of experience in the retail industry, preferably in promotional optimization, business strategy, or sales analytics.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Office tools.
• Proven experience with BI and data visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, QlikView, or DOMO.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable business insights.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills; capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed global environment.
• Strong organizational and communication skills with the ability to juggle multiple priorities
• Ability to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced, matrixed global environments.