Sales Trade Planning Lead

通用磨坊股份有限公司•Scottsdale, AZ

5d•$82,400 - $123,800•Onsite

About The Position

We are hiring for a Trade Planning Lead (TPL) on our Meijer team in our Western Business Center in Scottsdale, AZ. As integrated members of our customer teams, our TPLs will provide critical analytics, trade planning, and trade systems support to advance trade marketing strategies and deliver against business objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree
2+ years of relevant industry experience in sales, account management, trade funding, category management or other relevant experience
Successful demonstration of analytical skills using various data sources (e.g., Nielsen, IRI, CPM, sales data)
Must be proficient in software packages (Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint) & internal systems (Trade Planning)
Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. General Mills will not sponsor applicants for this position for work visas.
Applicants must meet a minimum 18-year age qualification.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience working with trade planning systems
Willingness to relocate for future GMI career opportunities

Responsibilities

Take personal accountability and ownership for results, deeply understands consumers, deliver market leading innovation and prioritize what’s important
Maintain accurate planning and spending information in the trade planning system; educate others on importance of trade planner accuracy
Integrate customer data and knowledge of GMI’s trade strategy to make promotion and incentive recommendations to customer team to advance GMI’s trade marketing strategies
Implement and evaluate the trade strategies for a specific category or customer and make recommendations for improvements
Participate in the design of promotional programs and coordinate their implementation with key customers
Gather and analyze syndicated data (e.g., from Nielsen, consumers, and/or customers) in order to identify opportunities to drive sales volume through distribution, shelving, and merchandising, and pricing.
Leverage enterprise wide problem-solving tools and stakeholders to address business problems
Provide selling teams with support and guidance on trade tools provided by GMI’s central trade planning team
Assist with the development of customer presentations
Support development of joint business plans with customers by defining opportunities, providing key information and preparing presentation materials