Senior Manager, Pet Sales Planning - Walmart & Sam's Club
Company: Post Consumer Brands
Location: Lakeville
Posted on: May 18, 2024
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Job Description:
Business Unit OverviewHeadquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post
Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is
dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food
choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio
includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats--, PEBBLES--,
Grape-Nuts-- and Malt-O-Meal-- cereal, and Peter Pan-- peanut
butter, as well as Rachael Ray-- Nutrish--, Kibbles 'n Bits-- and
9Lives-- dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards
of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make
lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more
information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and
follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news.BrandPost Consumer Brands
recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a
new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious
and accessible food that our consumers love. We're always searching
the center store for the next exciting product to add to our
portfolio, and right now, we're growing and need passionate, driven
individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater
heights. That's where you come in. Join a team where your voice is
not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by
millions of people and their pets.Location DescriptionPost Consumer
Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is about 20 miles
south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits
of smaller town living with access to everything a large
metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members
collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on
the tables of millions of consumers in North
America.ResponsibilitiesJ OB OVERVIEW: The Pet Sales Planning Team
serves as a critical conduit between Brand Marketing, Brand
Commercialization, and the Pet Field Sales Team. This position owns
the Joint Business Planning (JBP) for our Walmart and Sam's Club
customers to enable category and customer growth and represents
customer strategies to key internal constituents. You will also
translate National Go to Market Strategies (GTMS) into
customer-specific activation and incorporate SBA targets into
customer-level plans.JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: Run Joint Customer
Business Planning --Develop and communicate customer roles and
strategies within the Pet divisionCoordinate with internal
functions to drive the customer planning process with key
customersLead key customer planning activities internally - line
reviews, innovation meetings, JBP, and Top-to-Top meetingsAssist
customer teams with Customer Strategic Plan build, roll-up, and
reviewExecute against plan and monitor results against objectives
(volume, spending, profit)Tailor business drivers to meet customer
key initiatives and growth drivers--Identify demand-creating
solutions for customer-specific execution with the goal of
achieving Pet division plans ----Validate assumptions against key
metrics (ROI, strategy, etc.)Coordinate with necessary internal
functions (RGM, Customer Finance, etc.)--Develop internal customer
plans, budgets, and profit goals tied to JBP ----Drive
cross-functional alignment for final approval of customer-specific
planWork internally to validate inputs and assumptions and track
progress against planQualificationsEducation ----Bachelor's degree
requiredExperience ----7+ years of experience in Consumer-Packaged
Goods industry; Pet Category experience
preferredCustomer/sales-facing experience is required; Walmart
experience is idealPrevious experience with the JBP process is
requiredPrevious experience and demonstrated understanding of an
accrual-based trade systemExperience in Spotfire, Tableau, CAS, or
similar platforms is preferredSkills ----Strong storytelling skills
utilizing syndicated data (IRI or Nielsen) or customer-specific
data are requiredAbility to work with cross-functional partners to
drive business resultsProficiency in Microsoft Office is
requiredDemonstrated understanding of customer strategies and
retail environmentExcellent organization and written / verbal
communication skillsSelf-motivated with the ability to manage
multiple/diverse projectsOther: ----Ability to travel up to 25%Work
Location: ----This position is in-office (Lakeville, MN or
Bentonville, AR) with a hybrid schedule--
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