[Hiring] Brand Analyst @tires-easy.com

Role Description

The Brand Analyst will be responsible for the day-to-day management of our brand and manufacturer partnerships, and for owning the recurring pricing, cost, and pricing-policy compliance work that sits underneath them. You will support the SVP of Strategic Partnerships across our largest manufacturer relationships by:

• Preparing materials
• Handling day-to-day communication
• Driving negotiated commitments to closure

This role involves:

• Owning the monthly pricing and cost update cycles for our secondary supply program
• Managing the monthly minimum advertised price (MAP) update process
• Overseeing the end-to-end MAP violation and enforcement process

This work is highly cross-functional, partnering closely with our Data, Finance, and Marketing teams, and acting as the primary point of contact for brand partners on pricing policy matters.

This role requires skill sets spanning relationship management, pricing operations, and data analysis in an entrepreneurial environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree is preferred
• At least 3 years of working experience in partnerships, category or vendor management, pricing operations, or merchandising operations
• Demonstrated experience owning a recurring operational cycle with external dependencies
• Proficient with Excel and PowerPoint, as well as Microsoft Power BI (or the ability to become proficient with guidance)
• Must be able to work with large spreadsheets to analyze data, reconcile pricing and cost files, and derive actionable insights
• Comfortable defining requirements for and working alongside a data team
• Must be fluent (written and verbal) in English
• Must be able to work EST, CST, or PST US-based hours
• High-speed Wifi internet connection
• Must not have had any disciplinary actions regarding attendance, conduct and/or performance in the past 90 days

Responsibilities Will Include

• Support our major brand and manufacturer relationships by:
  • Drafting communications, proposals, and briefing materials for the SVP of Partnerships
  • Handling day-to-day calls and email with manufacturer and brand partners
  • Tracking all open commitments and action items
  • Maintaining current commercial, marketing, and compliance contacts
• Own online marketplace brand representation by:
  • Owning the relationship and performance-monitoring side
  • Coordinating with Marketing Operations
• Administer co-op marketing programs by:
  • Managing day-to-day co-op relationship management
  • Coordinating with Marketing Operations and Finance on execution and fund acquisition
• Own minimum advertised price (MAP) compliance tracking by:
  • Managing the MAP violation process end-to-end
  • Serving as the primary operational owner of our MAP violation workflow
  • Partnering with the Data Team on detection logic and reporting outputs
  • Preparing recurring violation reporting for internal leadership and brand partners
  • Maintaining MAP process documentation and training materials
• Own the monthly MAP price update cycle by:
  • Managing intake of brand MAP files
  • Working with the Data Team to load approved pricing changes
  • Tracking brand-specific effective dates and promotional windows
  • Surfacing pricing conflicts with recommendations
  • Maintaining a clean audit trail of changes
• Own monthly secondary supply pricing and cost updates by:
  • Collecting and validating updated manufacturer cost files
  • Processing approved changes with the Data Team
  • Investigating and explaining cost variances
  • Maintaining the monthly pricing and cost calendar
  • Producing a monthly cost movement summary
  • Following up on missing, late, or malformed cost files

Attributes to Success

• Tenacity and follow up
• Organization and extreme attention to detail
• Data-based decision making capabilities
• Comfort operating as the operational owner behind a senior relationship holder
• Willingness to hold external partners accountable to pricing policy
• The ability to adjust your tone and approach to different people
• The ability to break down and articulate complex information in simple terms
• Proven success in building relationships and trust
• Escalates early rather than late
• Thrive in fast-paced, startup culture with a high bar for performance
• Adaptability; processes and workflows may change