Price & Cost Analytics Manager

**Welcome Home**

We’re more than Canada’s largest independent hardware and building supplies retailer—we’re part of communities across the nation.

**Your Insights. Smarter Pricing. Stronger Results.**

As the Price & Cost Analytics Manager, you will lead the development of data-driven insights that shape pricing and cost strategies across our business. From optimizing cost and commodities analytics to supporting effective negotiations and managing pricing tools and service provider relationships, your work will directly impact how we deliver value. Reporting to the Director, Price & Cost Management, this role suits a collaborative leader with sharp analytical acumen and a passion for coaching high-performing teams.

**Ready to make an impact in a new role? Here’s how**:

- Lead and mentor a team of Pricing Analysts, providing clear performance expectations, identifying training and career development opportunities, creating progression plans, and effectively managing performance.
- Support the Merchandising team with cost increase mitigation and cost reduction assessments, including development of facts/data and recommendations for vendor negotiations. Must be able to synthesize complex sets of data into insights and recommendations.
- Support the category management team to complete category diagnostic, ensure data integrity, provide thorough analysis multiple sources.
- Lead and direct pricing strategy formulation and cost analysis/commodity analysis, undertaking necessary pricing actions to enhance profitability, ensuring integrity and accuracy in all pricing matters.
- Deliver engaging oral presentations, conduct thorough research, and review and revise Price/Cost/Commodity data, while considering comparable data within the industry or assortment.
- Perform financial evaluations to assess the effectiveness of pricing actions and Cost Commodity reviews.
- Develop new business procedures, assess resource requirements, and drive the implementation or maintenance of an efficient pricing system.
- Oversee the entire pricing and commodity review procedure, optimize processes to maximize efficiency, and ensure prompt response to market conditions, facilitating effective management of pricing cost strategies.
- Perform partnering with stakeholders through the category management or dealer review process to ensure optimized market delivery.

**We’re looking for**:

- Bachelors in Business, Finance or Economics with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in the retail industry, optimizing cost and commodity analytics.
- At minimum of 3 years of experience in leading and motivating teams to ensure successful delivery and execution of initiatives. Experience managing hybrid teams (onsite & remote) is a plus.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to gather and interpret data effectively.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated customer service skills, providing exceptional support to clients or customers.
- Proficient in sales and marketing techniques to drive business growth.
- In-depth understanding of financial and business models.
- Strong knowledge of management operations and accounting principles.
- The ability to be onsite three days a week at our corporate office in St. Jacobs, to accommodate our hybrid working model.

**How we’ll make you feel at Home**

Our Team Members enjoy life at Home with our strong culture of support and inclusion, excellent benefits, and a team that always has your back. You will receive:

- Competitive earnings opportunity.
- Annual Incentive/Bonus Program.
- Comprehensive Benefits Program including:

- Health, Dental, Vision, Paramedical, Disability coverage, Out of Country Travel Insurance, Life Insurance, Employee Family Assistance Program.
- Defined Contribution Pension Plan with Company Match, and choice of contribution level.
- Group RRSP.
- Discounts from our corporate retail stores.
- Home & Auto Insurance discounts.
- Competitive vacation time.
- Personal and sick time.
- Employee Discount Program through Venngo WorkPerks.

**Canadians call us Home Hardware. We call it Home.**

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