Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Campbell's Company is a leader in the food industry, known for its iconic brands. They are seeking an Associate Customer Sales Lead to manage and implement growth plans for their snack portfolio, focusing on increasing sales, profit, and market share through strategic customer relationships and category management.
Responsibilities
- Lead the integrated growth planning process and annual strategic plan with Schnucks & Festival Foods
- Manage supplier relationships on assigned categories
- Utilize the sales planning tool and customer investment system to create optimal customer plans
- Develop and implement trade promotion strategies and tactical plans with the customer
- Works closely with our DSD Field Sales Organization and Independent Operators to win with our customer in the marketplace
- Conduct post event analysis to evaluate promotional volume, consumption, profit and spending results versus plan and leverage findings to maximize future promotional opportunities
- Monitor and manage deduction balances and conduct post audits
- Leverage shelf solutions to drive retail availability and additional product placements in store
- Conduct category business reviews, leveraging loyalty and syndicated data, to discuss the state of the business, consumer trends, key business drivers, incremental opportunities, etc
- Leverage Category Management resources and loyalty data appropriately
- Knowledgeable of Campbell brand strategies and tactics and implements by working closely with the customer's key decision makers which include buyers, category managers, and merchandising leaders
- Utilize sound category management practices to proactively link consumer and shopper trends and opportunities
- Lead the customer in the execution of category assessments
- Develop and lead accurate monthly forecasts in order to maximize supply chain efficiencies by tracking shipments, consumption data and inventory changes for the entire team. Proactively identify potential risks or threats to monthly forecasts
- Sell in new items to the customer and work with key customer personnel to achieve optimal distribution
- Leverage Customer Marketing resources to develop and implement collaborative marketing programs in alignment with brand and customer strategies and track and monitor progress of new item and initiative development
- Identify profitable opportunities to grow incremental volume
- Assess customer's competitive position, behaviors and strategies and understand how they align with company strategic goals and determine appropriate investment strategy (use of trade, customer marketing, and integrated marketing equities) that will best support a customer's revenue, profit and share growth
- Develop productive working relationship with key decision makers within the customer's organizational structure
- Manage numerous key customer touch points
- Manage trade funding in accordance with company standards
- May be responsible for managing all categories or select categories, depending on the specific customer
- Requires varying degrees of cross-functional interaction within the customer team (e.g., Finance, Category Management, Customer Marketing, Customer Business Managers, etc.) as well as with World Headquarter personnel (e.g., Integrated Marketing, Customer Development, Brand Management, etc.) based upon the size, complexity and strategic importance of the customer
- Working knowledge of the Syndicated database & technical skill to leverage the data
- Strong understanding of and experience with P&L management
Skills
- Minimum education required: Bachelor's degree
- Years of relevant experience: 4+ years' experience in the CPG industry
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Must possess excellent problem-solving skills
- Strong analytical thinking and analysis capability
- Ability to pull/use syndicated data (IRI/Nielsen)
- Ability to negotiate
- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills
- Ability to penetrate and conduct meetings at high levels
- Category & Brand knowledge preferred
- Knowledge of Supply Chain operations preferred
- P&L management experience preferred
- Experience managing a DSD business in the past preferred
- Ability to travel as needed
Benefits
- Benefits begin on day one and include medical, dental, short and long-term disability, AD&D, and life insurance (for individual, families, and domestic partners).
- Employees are eligible for our matching 401(k) plan and can enroll on the first day of employment with immediate vesting.
- Campbell’s offers unlimited sick time along with paid time off and holiday pay.
- If in WHQ – free access to the fitness center.
- Access to on-site day care (operated by Bright Horizons) and company store.
- Our “Campbell’s Cares” program matches employee donations and/or volunteer activity up to $1,500 annually.
- Campbell’s has a variety of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support employees.
- In addition, we offer competitive health, dental, 401k and wellness benefits beginning on the first day of employment.
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