Strategic Pricing Analyst

Are you friendly, dependable, and passionate about working with people? At Coborn's, Inc., we love serving our guests, supporting our communities, and helping our team members grow their careers. If you're looking for a place where you can build a future while making a positive impact every day, we'd love to talk to you about joining our team!

Coborn's, Inc. is a fast-growing, employee-owned grocery retailer proudly serving communities across the Midwest. Our family of grocery stores includes Coborn's, Cash Wise Foods, Marketplace Foods, Hornbacher's, Tadych's Marketplace Foods, Sullivan's Foods, and Kessler's. We offer our guests an elevated shopping experience-both in-store and online-focused on freshness, value, and convenience. Guided by our company vision to inspire happiness, healthy living, and simplicity, this principle has fueled our growth for more than 100 years and is at the heart of everything we do.

Coborn's, Inc. also owns and operates liquor stores under the Coborn's Liquor, Cash Wise Liquor, Andy's Liquor, and Captain Jack's brands. In addition, we operate fuel kiosks and convenience store locations under the Little Dukes and Coborn's Express names. Many of our grocery stores also feature full-service pharmacies to support the health and wellness of our guests. We manage a variety of other retail businesses in markets where the fit is right, including Ace Hardware, Country Floral Gifts & Greenhouse, Caribou Coffee, Dunn Brothers Coffee, Erbert and Gerbert's, Godfather's Pizza, and Pet Supplies Plus. To support our diverse retail operations, we operate our own central bakery, fresh foods commissary, and grocery warehouse and distribution center.

Do you enjoy analyzing consumer behaviors and market trends while building pricing strategies?

If so, the Coborn's Inc. Strategic Pricing Analyst career opportunity will allow you to use your analytical mindset to dive into the data that continues to enable our company to grow and stay competitive. Pricing is a key area of our grocery retail business, and you and our team of Pricing professionals will use tools and analytics to support the development, analysis, and implementation of both promotional and pricing strategies. Using these tools and analytics, you will be a key partner in driving sales and profitability while shifting consumer and competitive dynamics.

If you are looking to join the competitive yet exciting world of grocery retail, apply to our position today!

Additional Duties Include:

• Develop and maintain promotional pricing strategies in alignment with organizational goals, margin targets, and category objectives.
• Analyze consumer behavior, competitor pricing, market trends, and promotional performance to formulate data-driven pricing decisions.
• Exercise discretion and independent judgment in evaluating data and recommending pricing actions to leadership and category teams.
• Collaborate with Category Management and Marketing to plan and execute promotional campaigns (e.g., BOGO, loyalty offers, seasonal pricing) and evaluate their effectiveness.
• Lead analysis and implementation of vendor cost changes, ensuring alignment between retail price adjustments and financial objectives.
• Monitor and report on key pricing KPIs, including margin impact, unit lift, promotional effectiveness, and regional competitive changes.
• Manage and maintain price zones and tier structures across markets to ensure strategic consistency and competitive positioning.
• Prepare reports, dashboards, and presentation materials to support pricing reviews, executive decision-making, and cross-functional alignment.
• Partner with Merchandising, Finance, IT, and Store Operations to support pricing system enhancements, testing, and execution.
• Contribute to a high-performance pricing culture by sharing insights, identifying improvement opportunities, and applying learnings from data analysis.

We believe that building a team of people with different backgrounds, beliefs, experiences and perspectives inspires fresh thinking and opens us up to new possibilities. We are an EEO/AA Employer - All qualified individuals, including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Our remarkable employees are at the heart of everything we do. At Coborn's, we're committed to creating a supportive and rewarding workplace-one that offers a vibrant, team-oriented environment, ongoing career growth, and meaningful benefits. As an employee-owned company, we believe in investing in our people and their futures.

We're proud to offer a variety of benefits to both our full-time and part-time employees, including:

• 10% employee discount on grocery items, with additional franchise-specific discounts available at Ace Hardware, Caribou Coffee, Erbert and Gerbert's, and Pet Supplies Plus
• Get Paid Daily with DailyPay - for employees who would like access to their pay before payday, we offer this great benefit!
• Paid Time Off (PTO/Vacation)
• Paid Floating Holidays & time and a half (1 ) paid for hours worked on a company-recognized holiday!
• Sunday Premium Pay - an extra $1 per hour for hours worked on Sundays (some exclusions apply)
• Paid Military Leave
• Employee recognition programs with monetary rewards including in-store vouchers, years of service, and employee of the month
• Employee Health & Wellness Programs, Challenges and Resources - to assist our team members in living a life of wellbeing!
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - unlimited phone access to legal, financial, and work-life services and up to five free in-person counseling sessions, per situation/issue, per year
• Access to a national discount marketplace for travel, electronics, auto/home insurance , entertainment and more!
• Tools, resources and opportunities for career growth and development
• 401(k) plan options - we also match up to 20% of the first 5% contributed
• Participation in our Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) - yes, we're employee-owned! Our team members benefit from the success of the company through this company-sponsored benefit!
• Education benefits including tuition discount and scholarship programs
• Additional Voluntary Benefits - such as vision, accident and critical illness insurances

If you're hired or promoted into a full-time position with our company, you will also be eligible for: Medical & Dental Insurance, Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Tuition Reimbursement, Adoption Reimbursement, Paid Family Caregiver Leave, as well as company-sponsored Term Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance, and Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance!