Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree required., At least 2 years of relevant work experience., Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel., Strong communication and organizational skills..

Key responsibilities:

Support sales team with reporting, planning, and analysis.

Assist with administrative tasks like contracts and audits.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams on sales initiatives.

Support team meetings and special projects.

Job description

Your Opportunity as the Sales Coordinator- East Region, Coffee, Frozen Handhelds & Spreads

Be the key support within the sales organization for the Food & Beverage East Grocery Sales team. You will collaborate and work cross functionally with teams across the sales and commercial organization by providing support for our customer deliverables, while also helping to support our sales plan management, and sales reporting, while also analyzing key opportunities to help deliver sales targets.

Location: Working remotely within the United States

In this role you will:

Business Planning & Analyses

Own custom reporting needs, developing, updating and interpreting data to provide insights to sales team and support ad hoc business needs
Create and maintain merchandising planners for commercial organization
Assist managers with administrative needs of business: customer contracts, new item set up, cost changes, internal/external audit resolution, deduction and reclaim management, etc.
Support promotional planning and maintenance in the Trade Planning System
Partner with sales team to develop new item presentations, evaluate business trends, and create presentations supporting sales priorities and initiatives
Supports sales needs for annual business and joint planning processes

Strengthen Customer Planning & Forecasting

Develop strong understanding of customer business strategies, systems and resources to support sales team with focus on continual improvement
Manage customer system reporting to support team needs and analysis with recommendations to improve; collaborate with Analytics organization
Support ad-hoc requests for customer system data as needed
Understand customer KPI’s, and collaborate with cross functional and sales teams to deliver against retailer expectations
Collaborate with cross functional teams to communicate and ensure flawless execution of pricing, promotion, & merchandising plans

Accelerate Team Performance

Own & maintain SharePoint site and calendars for team, support record keeping expectations
Lead coordination for sales team business reviews
Support invoicing/payment processing for the team as needed
Assist in the preparations of market visits & key internal and customer meetings
Support ongoing special project work, product samples, office supply needs, etc.

The Right Place for You

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

What we are looking for:

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor's degree
Minimum of 2 years related work experience
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, with demonstrated proficiency in Excel
Strong desire to learn & succeed
Self-motivated, organized and has ability to manage and prioritize multiple/diverse priorities
Excellent inter-personal & written communication skills

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:

Consumer Packaged Goods industry experience
Advanced Excel skillset
Demonstrated PowerPoint experience putting data and graphs into presentation ready formats

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