Pricing Analyst

The Duckhorn Portfolio is North America's premier luxury wine company. We were established in 1976 by Dan and Margaret Duckhorn. Today, our portfolio features some of North America's most revered wineries, including Decoy, Paraduxx, Goldeneye, Migration, Canvasback, Calera, Kosta Browne, Greenwing and Postmark.

The Pricing Analyst is responsible for ensuring seamless price execution across commercial business units. Success in this position demands a robust expertise in pricing strategies, financial analysis, and a deep understanding of the wine industry. They exhibit exceptional problem-solving abilities, adept at transforming complex data sets into clear summaries and actionable insights. Strong teamwork, initiative, proactive communication, approachability, and meticulous attention to detail are key traits for this role. Building effective relationships and collaborating across various functions and hierarchies, both internally and externally, is essential for driving success. Ultimately, the goal is to deliver high-quality outputs that facilitate informed decision-making, establishing the analyst as a trusted resource for processes, analysis, recommendations, and effective issue resolution.

What we will ask you to do:

• Provides sales and sales management with strategic pricing analysis: profitability, ROI, elasticity, discount effectiveness, distributor margin strategy, strategic analysis, pricing calculators, trends, and reporting
• Acts as the subject matter expert in wholesale pricing strategy and associated VIP 2.0 Pricing Tool
• Awareness of market complexities, distributor contracts, and pricing programs
• Manages monthly processes, communications, price tool maintenance, reviews, strategy compliance, trainings, supporting documentation
• Support Sales team with strategic ideation to help achieve annual plan
• Financial Analysis: profitability, variance analysis, trends, ROI, R&O, trade spend analysis, mix analysis (price, vol, cost, mix), competitive analysis, and various complex models
• Supports business reviews and provides insights/recommendations
• Responsible for ad-hoc reporting, analysis, and projects
• Problem solves and continuous improvement of processes, reporting, and analysis
• Proficiency in presenting reports, insights, and strategic recommendations to a diverse range of stakeholders is crucial.

What you will need:

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance or accounting
• 5-years' experience in a pricing/sales/business/accounting/financial analysis role
• 2-years' experience using a multi-dimensional data tool
• Ability to deliver high-quality outputs that facilitate informed decision-making.
• Expertise in pricing, financial analysis, commercial strategy, and the wine industry
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office Suite: Excel, PowerPoint, Word.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, consulting, and relationship management
• Adaptable and resourceful to meet new demands and challenges

What we will provide:

• Health benefits for you and your family, including medical/dental/vision (with a competitively priced employee contribution to premium), and disability, life, & pet insurance.
• Paid time off and 11 paid holidays.
• A 401(k) plan where we invest an amount equal to 10% of your wages in your retirement account, at no cost to you, subject to management discretion and vesting.
• A diverse team of coworkers that care about each other in a fun, exciting work environment.
• A company that promotes from within, provides great training and a generous tuition reimbursement program.