MECCA’s Merchandise Governance team plays an important role in driving commercial performance across our brands, and we’re looking for a Pricing Analyst to own retail pricing strategy and execution across the business.
As MECCA’s dedicated pricing subject matter expert, you’ll combine commercial thinking with strong analytical capability and operational discipline to ensure our pricing is accurate, competitive and aligned with our brand positioning, margin expectations and broader commercial objectives.
The Role You Could Play:
As our Pricing Analyst, you will own pricing strategy, governance and execution across MECCA’s brands, partnering closely with Brands & Buying, Commercial Finance, Planning and Master Data Management. You will:
- Own retail pricing strategy across all brands, using competitor insights, market dynamics and scenario modelling to inform commercial pricing decisions
- Analyse and optimise pricing-driven margin performance, identifying opportunities across realised margin, FX and cost movements, NPD, value sets and bundles
- Lead the implementation and governance of brand-led and FX-driven price changes, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and alignment with brand DTC and global positioning
- Maintain robust pricing frameworks, documentation and audit processes, while developing tools and reporting that improve pricing accuracy, consistency and scalability
- Act as MECCA’s pricing subject matter expert, partnering with and educating cross-functional teams to drive understanding and consistent adoption of pricing processes
What You Will Bring:
You are a commercially curious and highly analytical thinker who can move confidently between strategic recommendations and detailed execution. Ideally, you will bring:
- Experience in pricing, commercial analysis, pricing strategy, analytics, planning or consulting within Retail/FMCG
- A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Advanced Analytics or a related field, and/or at least two years of relevant experience
- Strong quantitative and analytical capability, with advanced Excel and SQL skills and experience using BI analytics tools, particularly Tableau
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex pricing insights into clear commercial recommendations and confidently engage senior stakeholders
- Exceptional attention to detail, organisation and execution discipline, with a proactive, resilient mindset and the ability to manage competing priorities
Your Life At MECCA
Whilst we are focused on our #CustomerFirst mantra, we know that wouldn’t be possible without an incredible team that is guided by our MECCA values and motivated each and every day to be solutions focused, innovative, collaborative and adaptable, and have a bit of fun along the way!
Some of our other team member benefits include:
- Professional development programs and first-class digitised learning offering
- Health and well-being initiatives
- Reward and recognition programs
- Access to bonus and incentive programs
- Access to quarterly product allowance
- Generous discount to spoil yourselves and your immediate family, as well as a generous product allowance, subject to company policy
There are also so many other ways in which you’ll be made to feel part of the MECCA story as we love to celebrate, surprise and delight our team along the way.
To learn more about life at MECCA Brands, follow us on LinkedIn at MECCA Brands or @lifeatmecca and for all current opportunities, visit mecca.com.au/careers.
Skills Required
- Experience in pricing, commercial analysis, pricing strategy, analytics, planning or consulting within Retail/FMCG
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Advanced Analytics or related field, and/or at least two years of relevant experience
- Advanced Excel skills
- SQL skills
- Experience using BI analytics tools, particularly Tableau
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with ability to present commercial recommendations to senior stakeholders
- Exceptional attention to detail, organisation and execution discipline; ability to manage competing priorities
What We Do
Since our very first day in 1997, our purpose has been to enable our customers to feel and look their best by offering them the world’s best line-up of beauty and skin-care brands (+ more), coupled with exceptional service. Fast forward to today, and we have over 5,000 MECCA team members across 100+ retail stores throughout Australia and New Zealand, a rapidly growing online business, two Distribution Centres, and a bustling Support Centre in the heart of Melbourne working to deliver on our purpose every single day. Our ongoing growth is fuelled by opening new stores and reaching new customers, launching new products, and harnessing the latest technology to constantly innovate and evolve our concepts, experiences, and service offerings. Whether you join MECCA in one of our Retail stores, our Support Centre or our Distribution Centre (DC), you will be an integral part of the MECCA family. Our Retail Store teams are known for their energy, passion and expertise; bringing MECCA to life and helping us deliver on our purpose across four unique concepts – MECCA Cosmetica, MECCA Maxima, MECCA and our online stores (mecca.com.au and meccabeauty.co.nz). Working in our Support Centre will give you the opportunity to be part of high-impact, cross-functional projects, where you will get to immerse yourself in cutting-edge technologies and market-leading innovations. Not only do we work with over 150 of the best global beauty brands, we also develop, produce and distribute MECCA’s very own signature line of products. From supply chain to digital design, from software development to strategy, and everything in between, we are looking for diverse people from all backgrounds to continually challenge our way of thinking. Last but certainly not least, our rapidly expanding DC teams are the backbone of our operations and are key to the delivery of a seamless customer experience through online fulfillment and ensuring our stores have the right products at the right time.
