Your Opportunity as the Sales Coordinator-West Region- US Retail Sweet Baked Snacks & Pet Sales Team

Be the key support within the sales organization for the West Region-US Retail Sweet Baked Snacks & Pet Sales Team. You will collaborate and work cross functionally with teams across the commercial organization by providing support with daily, weekly, and monthly ad-hoc reporting while also analyzing key opportunities to help deliver sales targets.

Location: Hybrid Work in Orrville, OH Corporate Offices (30% in office/6 days a month)

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 needsCreate and maintain merchandising planners for commercial organizationAssist 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 SystemPartner with sales team to develop new item presentations, evaluate business trends, and create presentations supporting sales priorities and initiativesSupports 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 improvementManage customer system reporting to support team needs and analysis with recommendations to improve; collaborate with Analytics organizationSupport ad-hoc requests for customer system data as neededUnderstand customer KPI’s, and collaborate with cross functional and sales teams to deliver against retailer expectationsCollaborate 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 reviewsSupport invoicing/payment processing for the team as neededAssist in the preparations of market visits & key internal and customer meetingsSupport 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 degree2 years of business experienceProficiency in Microsoft Office SuiteStrong desire to learn & succeedSelf-motivated, organized and has ability to manage and prioritize multiple/diverse prioritiesExcellent oral & written communication skillsReside with 1 hour of the markets listed (Minneapolis, MN or Orrville, OH Corporate Offices)

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

Consumer Packaged Goods industry experienceAdvanced Excel skillsetDemonstrated PowerPoint experience putting data and graphs into presentation ready formats

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