Sales Coordinator, Target & Meijer - Food & Beverage at The J.M. Smucker Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Job Description:

TITLE

Sales Coordinator - Target & Meijer(Food & Beverage)

LOCATION

Minneapolis, MN

REPORTS TO

Director, Sales - Target & Meijer

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

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.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Education

• Bachelors degree required

Experience

• 2 years of business experience is required; Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Target experience strongly preferred




• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Advanced Excel skillset strongly preferred




• PowerPoint experience putting data and graphs into presentation ready formats

Other

• Strong desire to learn & succeed




• Self-motivated, organized and has ability to manage and prioritize multiple/diverse priorities




• Excellent oral & written communication skills

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