Category Analyst

CATEGORY / PRICING ANALYST - RETAIL

Russell Tobin & Associates is currently seeking a Category / Pricing Analyst to work for one of our well-recognized retail greeting and paper goods providers. Prior experience working within retail with SKU's, pricing, and inventory is needed.

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Contract: through until February 01. 2027

Location: Carlisle / Harrisburg, PA - 3 days per week in office - 2 days remote

Pay Rate: $26 - 30 per hour on W2

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the maintenance and execution of all UPC add, deletes and price changes from ensuring input into Client system and launched to the stores.

• Apply appropriate attributes as part of this process

• Run regular file matches of what is in Client's systems compared to client’s Master UPC list. Address any differences.

• Manage item maintenance and upload for all promotions

• Manage and execute UPC/SKU set up for post season markdowns

Candidate requirements

• Must be familiar with and have access key Client systems to execute this work. In house and remotely. Client to provide PC and ensure regular access in office and remote.

• Expectation to be in a client office - 3 days a week. Harrisburgh, PA

• Be available to work at home or be available the other 2 days should any urgent need arises.

Duties include:

• Discovering the underlying business need to be addressed and information related to the product and project requirements, often through conversations with stakeholders; Organizing, specifying and modeling the requirements to ensure they are complete and unambiguous
• Documenting the requirements by creating Acceptance Criteria, User Stories or FSD that can be shared with stakeholders; Ensuring the requirements map to the real business need, are approved by all relevant stakeholders, and meet essential quality standards (including signoff on test case and test approach) and driving issue resolution related to requirements conflicts.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in related field
• The pricing analyst should have a minimum of 3-5 years of practical experience in the role and works independently in complex situations and tasks
• Effective interpersonal and communications skills, customer service focus, leadership abilities, ownership, urgency and follow-through, organizational and planning skills, facilitation skills, and avid learner
• This person is experienced with selecting appropriate techniques to accomplish business analysis tasks in different situations
• Education Requirement: At Minimum completion of High School Diploma or G.E.D., unless specified that a higher level of education is required for the position or stated otherwise in the job description.

Must be authorized to work in the United States

Why Join?

This role offers the chance to impact financial performance, gain exposure to strong leadership principles, and grow professionally—all with competitive pay and potential for long-term engagement.

Russell Tobin and it's affiliates offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Russell Tobin and it's affiliates are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Fair Chance Employment

Russell Tobin and it's affiliates are a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.

Accommodations

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us.

Only applicable for San Francisco Candidates: Under the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, we will provide written notice of lactation accommodation rights, and this notice will automatically be given upon hiring, any inquiry of parental leave or lactation accommodation.