Associate Manager, Business Planning

Conagra Brands • Chicago, IL

71d • $81,000 - $118,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As Associate Manager, reporting to a Senior Director, you will lead business planning for the Limited Assortment and E-Commerce class of trade providing visibility, transparency and analytical rigor to support customer funding and sales planning decisions. You will manage the planning, execution and delivery of well thought out sales plans within scope and goals, and in partnership with key stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 3+ years of consumer-packaged goods (CPG) experience.
• Strong business, financial and analytical acumen to develop both short and long-term strategies that deliver top and bottom-line results, and any trade efficiency targets.
• Experience building relationships and influencing individuals at higher levels within the organization to affect behaviors and outcomes.
• Experience building or evaluating customer trade events within a trade management system, driving an understanding of event-specific and plan-level cost structures.
• Technical skills in creating and manipulating Excel workbooks with complex formulas and data mapping.

Responsibilities

• Lead and enhance sales planning processes intended to guide trade return on investment improvement through predictive analytics.
• Review promotional programs to understand and evaluate event profitability and offer recommendations to deliver greater balanced return on investment, driving incremental volume while optimizing trade spend.
• Manage and influence key stakeholders around possible effects of modifying trade plans.
• Provide guidance and leadership to the team.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
• Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
• Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
• Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules and volunteer opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Food Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees