Responsibilities

• Help support an organizational capability in customer centricity, enable the sales team for selling and executional success, and represent the voice of customer/sales internally.
• Bring company and category strategies to life in the marketplace via strong working relationships with sales teams and critical customers.
• Influence future innovation pipeline & programs based on channel insights.
• Provide key analysis in facilitating new item distribution forecasts by channel / customer.
• Drive sales plans around assortment, merchandising, pricing and shelving for our brands, monitoring and assisting in the delivery of top-line and bottom line commitments from sales perspective.
• Assist in planning, development and presentation of sales & brand materials at all key Trade Shows and Customer Collaboration Planning sessions , ensuring our sales strategies and brand initiatives are well represented.
• Lead the development of high quality and fact-based Selling Stories and Ready to Sell (RTS) materials

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Supply Chain, or a closely related field.
• Experience: 5+ years of progressive professional experience in Customer Marketing, Trade Marketing, Category Management, Brand Management, or Sales Operations within the CPG or FMCG industry.
• Cross-Functional Experience: Proven track record of working collaboratively across diverse, matrixed functions (e.g., Sales, Brand Marketing, Supply Chain, R&D, and third-party vendors).
• Project Management: Demonstrated experience leading large-scale, cross-portfolio initiatives end-to-end, from strategic concept development to successful in-store retail execution.

Preferred

• Advanced Degree: MBA or advanced degree in a related business field
• Snacking/Confectionery Retail Experience
• Broker/Vendor Management

Benefits

• industry competitive salary and benefits package
• company bonus
• medical and dental benefits
• participation in 401k plan
• paid time off benefits
• learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University