Category Management & Pricing Analyst
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Job Location:
Cape Town - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
9 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
MOO set out to shake up the world of print back in 2006. And weve come a long way since. Today were a 400 strong team (were thinking of getting matching jackets) who create print and digital products for companies of all sizes from Google and AirBnB to the guy who makes those amazing prints you found at a craft fair.
Our global HQ is in London UK while we also have premises in the US youll find us in Boston MA as well as Lincoln RI and Denver CO. More recently youll find our brand new office in the heart of Capetown SA.
Were making new and exciting things and we could really do with your help.
Please note - this role will be based in Cape Town South Africa
The Team
The Pricing & Commercial Performance team exists to support all commercial areas of the businessincluding customer acquisition CRM brand marketing and pricing. We help teams make the best use of available data to uncover growth opportunities and unlock efficiencies that help MOO thrive.
Were a small collaborative team working at the intersection of data insight and commercial decision-making. Our remit stretches across the entire customer journeyand were now looking to bolster our impact on the digital experience.
The Role
This role sits at the intersection of category management pricing strategy and operational insight. Youll become the data engine behind how we price our products understand our manufacturing performance and support category leaders with the forecasting they rely on to make strong commercial decisions.
You will work across a large multi-currency pricing environment dozens of product variants multiple regions and shipping models that blend production lead times with delivery promises. At the same time you will support the Category Management team by providing the analysis needed to understand trends in product performance quality outcomes demand patterns and margin drivers.
If you enjoy roles where the data is complex the impact is large and the work spans both strategic thinking and hands-on analysis then we would love to hear from you.
The Person We Want
- You are someone who can bring structure to messy data spot patterns others miss and communicate insights with clarity.
- You are equally comfortable maintaining highly detailed pricing structures as you are modelling demand visualising product performance or helping teams understand the why behind a trend.
- You combine analytical discipline with commercial instinct.
- You can dive deep into the weeds when accuracy matters then resurface to summarise whats important for senior stakeholders.
- You can pick up new tools quickly and arent intimidated by imperfect data ecosystems in fact you see them as an opportunity to build something better.
Responsibilities
- Own and maintain multi-currency price sheets across product families and variants
- Analyse pricing coherence identify anomalies and propose optimisation opportunitiesBuild and operationalise a competitor-pricing monitoring process (tools scraping analysis)
- Support the development of pricing strategies for new products promotions and markets
- Model shipping pricing and delivery logic incorporating production lead times and fulfilment differences
- Develop forecasting models to support Category Managers on demand planning and product performance
- Track and analyse manufacturing quality data to identify trends risks and improvement opportunities
- Build dashboards reports and insights that help teams make evidence-based decisions
- Partner cross-functionally (Operations Finance Product Engineering) to improve data flows and pricing governance
- Contribute to process improvement across pricing and category management
About You
- Strong analytical foundation (Stats Economics Engineering Applied Maths Finance etc.)
- Advanced Excel/Sheets skills; comfortable navigating large data matrices and multi-file structures
- Experience working with structured datasets (CSV SQL Python/R or similar)
- Strong business acumen you think beyond the numbers
- Comfortable owning complex systems and improving them over time
- Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical teams
- Curious proactive and energised by solving ambiguous problems
- Able to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality work quickly
- Detail-oriented when accuracy is critical and pragmatic when speed matters
- Enjoy working in cross-functional collaborative environments.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in competitor price-scraping or marketplace pricing intelligence
- Category management or product lifecycle analysis experience
- Exposure to manufacturing quality metrics or operational performance reporting
- Knowledge of e-commerce pricing strategies
- Familiarity with BI tools (Tableau Snowflake)
- Experience with forecasting methodologies or statistical modelling
- Understanding of multi-currency pricing or international markets
- Exposure to shipping/logistics cost modelling
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Inventory Control
- Microsoft Access
- Math
- Pivot tables
- Pricing
- Analysis Skills
- Computer Literacy
- Cost Accounting Standards
- Microsoft Excel
- Financial Analysis
- Contracts
- Analytics
About Company
Online printing services to create high-quality business cards, stickers, postcards, and more. Professional custom printing by MOO, the best online print shop.
