Career Opportunities: Promotion Entry Administrator (469002)

Who is Giant:

Born in the DMV, we’ve been here for over 88 years and counting. From our first store on Georgia Ave to becoming the #1 grocer in the Baltimore-Washington area, we’re proud of our local roots. Today we span across over 160 stores in D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware!

Our vision goes beyond the aisles. We’re a proud partner to community organizations with a shared goal of enriching the lives of our neighbors and being the most trusted and loved local food retailer in our community.

Position Summary:

This position plays a crucial role in the implementation and maintenance of advertised promotions across the Fresh & Non-Perishable Departments. This includes handling the versioning, image attachment, and accurate entry of description and price points into systems such as Demandtec, Adplex, 3 Com, and OMI/Biceps. The role ensures timely and precise execution of divisional ad and pricing specifications, while identifying any issues, errors, or discrepancies and providing recommendations to Category Teams for resolution.

Additionally, the position is responsible for validating advertised retail prices, applying business rules to determine pricing based on available funding, and ensuring compliance with the promotion process and internal controls to protect margins. The Promotion Entry Admin also resolves coupon conflicts and promptly responds to store queries, making necessary corrections as required.

What You Will Do:

Grow Our People

• We care deeply about people, enjoy diversity and develop talent to get the best out of all of us

Obsess Over Customers

• We delight our customers with innovative products and experiences that support a healthier future for people and planet

Win Together

• We collaborate across boundaries to deliver on our strategy and purpose

Planning and Execution

• Manage and execute the ad version differences, changes and requirements in the ad accurately on time.
• Provide inputs and extracts to all Merchandising Systems (i.e. DemandTec, MIC, PLUM, OMI, BICEPS, etc.) to ensure accurate billing, pricing, and promotions.
• Ability to multi-task, as needed, prioritizing workload.
• Coordinate information flow between Category Teams, Sales Team, Supply Chain, Item Life Cycle, Advertising and Pricing.

Teamwork

• Work collaboratively with peers to produce the required work on a weekly basis to ensure the ad is completed accurately and on time. Report issues with systems validate performance and participate in any User Acceptance Testing UAT) on upgrades as needed
• Collaborate with Advertising to ensure timely and accurate communication of all ad related promotional information (including accurate ad versioning) for assigned categories.
• Validate ad retails versus system retails to ensure data integrity for the ad and to prevent issues at store level.

Operational Excellence

• Process information (electronic or paper) required from suppliers, category teams and advertising to enable promotions to be executed in the requisite systems as require
• Enter promotional retails into DemandTec Promo, and/or any other required systems (Legacy, etc.)
• Validate that Category Teams do not implement promotional pricing tactics that are inconsistent with banner strategy.
• Implement promotional retails required by Price Analysts pricing to respond to competitive situations when appropriate.
• Ensure 100% accuracy in all promoted prices implemented. Research and resolve any billing issues as required.
• Accountable for end-to-end promotional validation and quality control.
• Responsible for connection with marketing/Customer Relationship Management (CRM) execution (define ownership).
• Responsible for verifying content and accuracy of Promotions.
• Responsible for 100% accuracy of the ad — the pictures match the promotions and the deals match the system.

What You Will Bring:

• Proficient in MS Office Suite including Excel, Access and Teams, Igor, S&S Mainframe, AIS Mainframe, Deal Management, Aces, IDW/CDW, Prompt
• Thorough understanding of Accounting Rules
• Attention to detail, ability to multi-task and prioritize
• Effective communication skills
• Must be comfortable with and capable of learning multiple software applications.
• Ability to interact with all levels of management in a fast paced, changing environment.
• Ability to meet job and schedule requirements

Skills and Abilities:

Functional Competencies — Foundational Level

• Analysis & Insights – Ability to identify, access and analyze data and information to develop actionable insights, which can serve as the basis for decision making, strategy creation & initiatives/solutions. Accesses general consumer, shopper, market, product, and financial data and uses in day-to-day work
• Collaborative Partnerships – Ability to create & foster internal & external cross-functional relationships that enable the development of beneficial solutions. Interacts with internal and external contacts using a basic understanding of them
• Financial & Business Acumen – Ability to understand & apply knowledge of Giant Food & industry’s business financial drivers, practices, concepts & economic predictions to develop ideas/solutions which produce desired sustainable results. Makes day-to-day decisions using basic business and financial concepts and principles
• Internal & External Communication & Documentation – Ability to communicate with internal partners & external suppliers across functions, brands & organizations; communication may be in a variety of formats, including formal presentations & required documentation. Presents information clearly and logically, interacting with others in a professional manner
• Pricing & Promotion – Ability to understand, develop, & implement pricing & promotion initiatives, considering the impact of competition, commodities, futures and other factors to support the Giant Food’s pricing strategy & meet our overall financial objectives. Understands pricing and promotion tactics to drive category growth
• Systems & Technology – Builds, enhances and/or embraces new technology, leverages all appropriate systems & tools to enable execution of objectives. Uses common functions of basic systems and software

The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include, but are not limited to, responsibilities of the role, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data and applicable law. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Hourly Range: $20.49 – $27.31

This position will be on-site at the Giant Food Headquarters in Hyattsville, MD.

Why Giant:

We pride ourselves on cultivating a culture of care and offering opportunities to better yourself professionally and personally. We truly value the moments that matter most to our associates. Our guiding principles are GROW, CARE, BELONG.

GROW with us through benefits like tuition reimbursement, scholarship & grant programs, leadership development, career advancement, continuous learning opportunities and access to Market USA Credit Union.

Our CARE culture is built on a legacy of prioritizing people, offering comprehensive healthcare, life insurance, paid parental leave, wellness programs, a 401k plan with up to a 5% company match, paid time off, and employee assistance programs.

BELONG through Business Resource Groups (BRGs), rewards & recognition programs, community outreach, and countless volunteer opportunities that connect us with the communities we serve.

Join us and explore the full range of benefits available and become part of our 88+ year legacy. After all, food makes us a grocery store, but our people make us GIANT.

The statements contained herein reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal functions for this job, the level of knowledge and skill typically required, and the scope of responsibility, but should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements. Individuals may perform other duties as assigned, including work in other functional areas to cover absences or relief, to equalize peak work periods, or otherwise to balance the workload.