What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Sales Planning Manager position at Upfield?
Do you want the opportunity to support one of the fastest-growing and innovative brands in the category?
Location: Hackensack, NJ - 2-3 days a week in our office
About The Position
In this role, you will develop and deliver the tools necessary to support the Violife cheese category by developing category and brand plans for profitable growth with existing customers while also creating a plan to expand distribution in the US, collaborating with the business team to develop a pricing and promotional strategy that compliments the overall growth plan, and liaising with field teams around volume and spend goals. In detail, you'll lead field team communication with customer-centric and actionable information, provide customer insight to the headquarter cross-functional business team, coordinate category volume/merchandising plan development across customers and channels, provide a deep understanding of customer plans, issues, and opportunities, manage and track everyday pricing, promotional activity, and competition, drive trade investment effectiveness and efficiency, create strategies and plans that enhance brand plans with customers, and develop and deliver materials needed for customer annual planning, innovations, and brand restage.
So what does it take to be successful in this role?
Ideally, you will have experience working in an HQ environment, field sales office, or both, trade marketing and analytical skills, a strong verbal and written communicator, be able to liaise with multiple levels of management, internally and externally, results-oriented on business development, strong experience with Microsoft Office, and working knowledge of POS Reporting systems (Nielsen, IRI, and Customer-Specific) and Sales Planning Systems.
What's Next?
If this position sounds interesting, please hit the apply button now!
We understand your resume might not be up to date, we recommend that you apply with what you have or your LinkedIn Profile. Upfield is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, we understand that you might not hit all the requirements stated in the description, but we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this role or other roles.
The deadline to apply for this position is July 18, 2023. The first stage of the process will be a video interview with a recruiter, followed by a virtual and on-site interview process.
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Salary : $77,600 - $98,200
