Sales Operations Leader

Eagle Foods, LLC•Buffalo Grove, IL

2d•Remote

About The Position

At Eagle Foods we are builders. We are builders of brands, categories, and people. Eagle Foods enjoys a rich heritage with brands that have proven category leadership for more than 150 years. Eagle is a diversified food company producing and marketing sweetened condensed and evaporated milk, snacks and convenient meal solutions products. As a company, Eagle Foods is passionate about fostering an entrepreneurial spirit that boldly builds better people and better brands while focusing on the positive impact our company, our products and our people have on the world. Eagle Foods has a bold family of brands that consumers have come to rely on for decades, including Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk and Evaporated Milk, Magnolia® Sweetened Condensed Milk, PET® Milk, Popcorn Indiana, Cretors Popcorn, Helper and Suddenly Salad. Eagle Foods products are marketed and distributed across all U.S. retail channels, including grocery stores, club stores and mass-merchandisers, as well as foodservice and export, U.S. military, and private label business. Job Description Summary The Sales Operations Leader – Private Label is responsible for turning our private label strategy into on-time, profitable execution. This individual contributor will partner closely with the Director of Private Label Sales, Commercialization, Finance, Supply Chain, and key customers to deliver sales and profit targets. This role owns the daily operational cadence of the business, from RFPs and forecasts to trade expenditure, reporting, and communication with customers, external and internal stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree, preferably with an emphasis in business, economics, finance or accounting
2-3 years of Procurement Finance experience required
5-7 years of financial analysis, P&L management, or related CPG food experience in a finance management level role is strongly preferred
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office suite (spreadsheets, database management, and presentations)
Ability to work within ERP systems and leverage data mining to support proper pricing and invoicing
Must be able to travel based on the needs of the business (10-20%)
Strong quantitative and analytical skills
Must be able to structure the problems, collect data and present results

Nice To Haves

Preferred experience in business intelligence software such as Microsoft’s Power BI

Responsibilities

Support the budget, forecast, and multi-year strategic planning process
Provide financial analysis to management to measure progress and achievement versus plan and prior year
Coordinate and support the monthly close process by preparing month end reporting data and variance analyses
Build, consolidate and analyze all financial reporting documents in both Power BI and Excel
Prepare, maintain, and improve financial models and reporting tools
Work to optimize reporting tools and profit analysis for senior management by customer and product
Validate data from multiple sources and ensure the integrity and accuracy of the data being provided
Partner with Marketing, Operations, and commercial finance teams to focus on driving overall COGS performance
Collaborate with Plant Operation teams related to raw material, packaging, labor, overhead and production cost of Milk
Develop deep understanding of dairy commodity market base product costs in partnership with Procurement
Annual review of contract pricing and vendor relationships for external manufacturing arrangements
Organize, assist with presentations for senior management and the Board of Directors
Identify and drive process improvement through standard and ad hoc reporting