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Director of Pricing & Inventory Optimization
Shutterfly
San Carlos, CA, United States
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Director of Pricing and Inventory Optimization
Shutterfly is seeking a highly motivated, strategic and action-oriented Director of Pricing and Inventory Optimization to drive optimization of the pricing, and inventory optimization, of the BorrowLenses business in San Carlos, CA. BorrowLenses is the Shutterfly brand where professional photographers and videographers come to rent premium gear online. You will report to the General Manager and join the Insight Analtics team and work closely with Engineering, Marketing, Operations, Product Management, Customer Service.
This is a new role for BorrowLenses, and will support building sophistication and analytics into pricing, and into inventory planning for our equipment rental business. You will be responsible for testing new pricing strategies, and building the infrastructure to support analysis, automation and responsiveness at scale. You will also be leading the analysis and optimization of our of rental fleet, analyzing utilization, demand curves, and payback.
*Responsibilities:*
• Lead the design, testing and recommation for innovative pricing and promotional strategies that meet financial requirements and business objectives, for both individual products and bundle purchasing
• Lead the rollout and ongoing operations for the pricing strategy, including developing and implementing new tools to support the pricing function. Develop and implement economic models to project financial impact.
• Develop best practices and benchmarking for pricing
• Lead the analysis of inventory optimization, including understanding market dynamics of seasonality, new product release demand cycles, competitive activity, trends, bundled orders and other drivers
• Refine existing tools and build new tools to optimize inventory, including recommending when we need to buy or sell gear to meet future demand.
• Work with Sr Buyer to adjust planning for opportunities, contrainsts
• Apply strong financial, analytical and communication skills to influence decisions that impact the bottom line
• Apply business acumen and analytical skills to conduct financial analysis and improve profitability
*Qualifications:*
• 10+ years of related analytics experience. Experience with either pricing or demand planning is required, and experience implementing dynamic pricing is strongly desired.
• Intellectual agility. Great thinker on both a strategic and tactical level, who also has a strong bias to action.
• Always seeking to improve, and agile at leading improvements through both: step changes and innovation, or through refinement and iteration.
• Passionately quantitative / analytical and detail oriented.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rapid growth environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well in a team environment. Ability to collaborate actively & effectively oncross-functional teams.
• MBA and/or degree in analytics/quantitative analysis required
• 7-10 years of related analytical and/or strategic experience.
• SQL/database query skills important
*Working at Shutterfly*
Our employees at Shutterfly are passionate and possess the deeply held belief that a team working for a cause will reach and benefit millions of people. We are looking for those rare individuals who share our passion about building a great company while delighting our customers, partners and fellow employees.
We keep a fun and casual environment at Shutterfly. Free drinks and snacks are always available, and free gear rental is a unique perk. We have the excitement of the dotcom era and the stability of an established, profitable company.
We are easy to find off 101 in San Carlos.
Shutterfly is an equal opportunity employer.