Pricing & Business Intelligence Analyst - job 1 of 2

As a Pricing & Business Intelligence Analyst with Buyer’s Edge Platform Fresh Division, your primary responsibilities will include managing relationships with multiple distributors, overseeing contract rollouts, verifying prices, and compiling reports on client pricing and produce analysis. You'll closely interact with various internal departments and be a vital part of the decision-making process regarding produce pricing and market strategies.

To qualify for the Pricing & Business Intelligence Analyst role at Buyer’s Edge Platform Fresh Division, you should hold a Bachelor’s degree and possess strong communication skills. Proficiency in Excel is essential, with intermediate knowledge of formulas, PivotTables, and logic. A keen attention to detail and a desire to learn about the produce industry are also key qualities that will make you successful in this role.

As a Pricing & Business Intelligence Analyst at Buyer’s Edge Platform Fresh Division, you'll receive an attractive benefits package including comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as ancillary plans like flexible spending accounts. You’ll also enjoy a company-funded retirement plan with matching contributions and a unique personal responsibility paid time off policy that allows you to take time off as needed without long accruals.

Absolutely! The Pricing & Business Intelligence Analyst position at Buyer’s Edge Platform Fresh Division is designed to be remote, allowing you to work from the comfort of your home while connecting with a dynamic team and extensive distributor network across North America and beyond!

Buyer’s Edge Platform Fresh Division is committed to your professional growth. As a Pricing & Business Intelligence Analyst, you'll undergo a thorough training and development program, equipping you with the knowledge and skills needed to excel in the produce management sector. The company encourages continuous learning and offers various resources to help you advance in your career.

In answering this question, highlight any relevant experience you have with pricing strategies in the produce sector. Discuss specific tools and methodologies you've utilized, while emphasizing your analytical skills and any projects where you successfully contributed to pricing decisions.

Demonstrate your ability to maintain professional relationships while being assertive. Be sure to provide examples of how you've approached sensitive conversations in the past, focusing on your problem-solving skills and commitment to finding mutually beneficial solutions.

Mention specific Excel functions like VLOOKUP, PivotTables, and advanced formulas. Explain your proficiency with these tools, potentially citing an example of how you used them to analyze data, derive conclusions, and make recommendations based on your findings.

Explain your approach to time management and prioritization. Discuss how you assess deadlines, the size of tasks, and communication with your team to keep the workflow efficient, ensuring that critical tasks are addressed in a timely manner.

Share an example that highlights your analytical skills and detail-oriented nature. Discuss your method of breaking down the data, use of relevant tools, and how you interpreted the results to draw actionable insights that benefitted your team or project.

Detail the checks and balances you use, such as cross-referencing data, peer reviews, and conducting refreshers on the protocols for data entry. Explain how these practices contribute to the overall reliability of your reports.

Demonstrate your initiative in professional development by detailing the resources you use—industry news, webinars, and networking. Discuss how your awareness of current trends influences your pricing analysis.

Your answer should reflect the key qualities necessary for success in the role. Whether it's adaptability, analytical capability, or strong communication skills, explain why you think this quality is essential and how you embody it in your work.

Talk about the importance of active listening, clear communication, and consistent follow-up in relationship building. Provide an example of how you've successfully established rapport with partners in the past, leading to fruitful collaborations.

This is your chance to showcase your problem-solving abilities. Detail the challenge, the steps you took to address it, the solution, and the positive outcome that resulted from your efforts, ensuring it ties back to the skills relevant to the Pricing & Business Intelligence Analyst position.