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Giant Food is hiring: Administrator I Promotion Entry in Hyattsville

Giant Food · Hyattsville, MD, USA ·

Job type:
Full Time

Category/Area of Expertise:

Merchandising

Job Requisition:

557993

Address:

USA-MD-Hyattsville-8301 Professional Place Ste115

Store Code:

Merchandising Planning - Brands (5148815)

Who is Giant & Why Join Us?
Born in the DMV, Giant Food has proudly served our communities for over 90 years. From our first store on Georgia Avenue to becoming the #1 grocer in the Baltimore-Washington area, we've stayed rooted in what matters most-our people and our neighborhoods. Today, we operate more than 160 stores across D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and Delaware, continuing our mission to be the most trusted and loved local food retailer.

At Giant, our purpose goes beyond the aisles. We actively partner with community organizations to enrich the lives of our neighbors and create meaningful impact where we live and work.

When you join Giant, you become part of a culture built on three core commitments: Grow, Care, and Belong.

We support your growth through tuition reimbursement, scholarships and grants, leadership development, career advancement opportunities, continuous learning, and access to financial resources like Market USA Credit Union.

We care for our associates with comprehensive healthcare, life insurance, paid parental leave, wellness programs, a 401(k) plan with up to a 5% company match (eligible positions), paid time off, employee assistance programs, and wellbeing resources that support you both on and off the job.

You'll belong in an inclusive environment supported by Business Resource Groups, recognition programs, community outreach initiatives, and volunteer opportunities that connect you to the communities we serve.

Join our team and be part of a 90+ year legacy-because food makes us a grocery store, but our people make us GIANT.

POSITION SUMMARY
Do you enjoy bringing order to busy workdays and helping your teammates stay on track? As a Corporate associate, you keep work organized and moving. You'll partner closely with others, solve everyday challenges and provide the support teams need to stay organized and get results.

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.

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, prioritize 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 for 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, 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

Salary range is between $20.49 - $27.31 Hrly

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