Associate Trade Planning & Execution Manager

Smithfield Foods • Smithfield, VA

10d

About The Position

The Associate Trade Planning & Execution Manager is responsible for the coordination of the Smithfield planning process to include pricing and promotion plans by our Sales Managers and Brokers . This role serves as a liaison between our Sales and Business Management teams and will help facilitate the collaborative review process to secure approval of account plans and individual agreements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year college or university and 3+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience, required.
• Experience acting as a lead by providing training, coaching or mentoring to less experienced staff or through managing a process or project.
• Must exhibit solid understanding of product management and customer trade planning processes.
• Solid understanding of product management and customer trade planning processes.
• Strong presentation skills to facilitate communication of key insights and best practices that help enhance organizational effectiveness.
• Advanced knowledge and experience with the Microsoft Suite: including, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Ability to work well with others in fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Ability to be respectful, approachable and team oriented while building strong working relationships and a positive work environment.

Nice To Haves

• Relevant Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) experience in sales, marketing, category management, or trade marketing, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates the trade planning process by working with the assigned Sales team to create sound customer pricing & trade plans key customers.
• Understands the dynamics between pricing & trade spending for all key customers within the assigned territory.
• Learns how to apply syndicated data and analytic tools to create insights & build smarter plans.
• Working with your Sales Development Manager, serve as a primary liaison between your assigned Sales team and internal teams such as Business Management, Demand Planning, and Marketing.
• Coordinates the creation of plans that achieve company objectives and ensures those agreements are understood when they are reviewed for approval.
• In conjunction with business management, creates & communicates company policies/objectives/goals to field sales regarding price & trade planning.
• Helps communicate & adhere to an effective planning process/schedule.
• Coordinates reports that track all trade spending including summarizing actual versus planned performance on a monthly/YTD basis.
• Facilitates plan roll-up & fund close-out processes to help insure plan implications and that P&L reports are completed accurately and timely.
• Identifies and develops support for end user training needs to ensure that all sales team members are using the system effectively and efficiently.
• Facilitate plan roll-up and fund close-out processes to help insure plan implications and that P&L reports are completed accurately and timely.
• Performs special projects as assigned.

Benefits

• Smithfield is proud to offer robust, flexible and affordable benefit plans and programs to support our team members and their loved ones, and with out-of-pocket costs, on average, 20 percent less than plans offered by other employers.
• Beyond our medical plans, our Be Well programs offer tools and resources to enhance your quality of life, at no additional cost.
• These programs are uniquely tailored to our Smithfield team and provide support for elective surgeries, weight loss, mental health, cancer, kidney disease, diabetes, smoking cessation, asthma, maternity management and more.
• Our company invests in your future.
• We offer comprehensive training and professional development programs designed to help you reach your full potential.
• Our partnership with GUILD supports your continuing education with tuition assistance covering English language learning and various certificate programs, while our leadership development initiatives nurture high-potential talent.
• For those looking to build specialized skills, we offer apprenticeship programs that combine hands-on experience with focused learning.
• We also offer unique benefits like our Smithfield Scholarship Program for employees’ children.
• Smithfield’s Education Reimbursement Program provides financial reimbursement to team members who want to further their formal education by obtaining a GED/High School Equivalency (HSE) Diploma or by pursuing an academic degree at an accredited college or university that is not a Guild learning partner.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees