Trade Planning Analyst - Remote at Eagle Foods in US-IL-Buffalo Grove

Job description

• At Eagle Foods we are builders. We are builders of brands, categories, and people. Eagle Foods enjoys a rich heritage with brands that have proven category leadership for more than 150 years. Eagle is a diversified food company producing and marketing sweetened condensed and evaporated milk, snacks and convenient meal solutions products.
• As a company, Eagle Foods is passionate about fostering an entrepreneurial spirit that boldly builds better people and better brands while focusing on the positive impact our company, our products and our people have on the world.
• Eagle Foods has a bold family of brands that consumers have come to rely on for decades, including Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk and Evaporated Milk, Magnolia® Sweetened Condensed Milk, PET® Milk, Popcorn Indiana, Cretors Popcorn, Helper and Suddenly Salad.
• Eagle Foods products are marketed and distributed across all U.S. retail channels, including grocery stores, club stores and mass-merchandisers, as well as foodservice and export, U.S. military, and private label business.

Responsibilities

• The Trade Planning Analyst will play an integral role in supporting our trade planning, governance, and reporting for the organization. This position heavily supports field sales and agency partners with administration of the TPM tool and to achieve trade targets and financial objectives.
• Essential Functions
• Financial Management
• Partner with field sales and broker team to align spending withing budgeted trade rates and comply with GTM guidelines
• Provide support in ways of regular reporting and strategic direction to manage trade targets
• Support Monthly Trade Reporting process with field sales and finance team
• Lead and manage the TPM tool, ensuring accuracy and proactively actioning against risks to budget
• Work cross functionally with Pricing-Promotions Manager to identify opportunities to optimize ROIs within our customer, channel and brands strategies.
• Strategic Planning
• Support strategic planning process for Eagle’s trade investment for both Top Down and Bottoms Up Planning
• Develop Annual budgets for trade spending in collaboration with Trade Marketing, Sales, Marketing, and Finance Department
• Partner with field sales and cross-functional teams (Trade Marketing, Pricing-Promotion Manager, Marketing, and Finance) to uphold trade strategy that maximizes ROI and eliminates unproductive spending.
• Manage the monthly quarterly trade forecasts in collaboration with sales and finance

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• 5+ years experience within a CPG organization, experience in Finance is preferred but not required
• Strong knowledge of Financial and Trade data
• Best in class analytical skills
• Strong knowledge of data sources that include trade spend reporting
• Project management skills and ability to prioritize and multitask against several complex projects at a time
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Travel Requirement: 10% Travel
• Strong analytics mindset, ability to work in details, while also turning data into insights
• Clear, consistent communication skills
• Self-starter with the ability to understand business fundamentals from an opportunity or challenge perspective, then convert that insight to sustainable strategies and action plans for growth

Skills

Required

• Best in class analytical skills

Preferred

• Experience in Finance