Sr. Associate Manager - Sales Planning

Sr. Associate Manager – Sales Planning

Category planning and delivering growth through category leadership
Having a future-focused mindset, being curious about industry trends, digital solutions and innovation for consumers, and translating opportunities into business plans
Developing and delivering plans, measuring and monitoring results and making recommendations to achieve growth targets
Business planning and how to maximize revenue growth
Influencing stakeholders and interacting effectively with others with the courage and resilience to hold an alternative point of view
Analytical skills and business acumen

Be a liaison between the Customer Business Teams (CBTs) and Category planning, Customer Demand, and Brand teams to ensure that national strategies and tactics consider the needs of our channel/customers & vice versa (our strategies align with overall HQ strategy)
Be the voice of the Convenience channel during cross functional forums, providing key feedback on what’s working and what’s not to drive out-year strategy
Develop and manage reporting across multiple databases to arm CBTs with data they need to better manage their business
Be the Convenience channel’s SME on APEX (i.e. ensure CBTs APEX plans are aligned/accurately reflecting off-line forecasting tools)
Dive into customer’s APEX plans to identify gross revenue and trade gaps/opportunities then work closely with CBTs to refine their plans to help deliver against growth targets
Assist in the development and execution of key activations, inclusive of innovation, limited editions and PPDs

A desire to for continued growth and development to drive your future and accelerate your career
Innate curiosity
A future-focused mindset that brings new ideas and processes to the table
Ability to partner with CBTs to create robust plans to deliver against their AC
Ability to influence key stakeholders by leveraging insights/data to tell the story
Passion for analytics and KPI reporting