Trade Finance & Commercial Pricing Manager

Manager Trade Finance & Commercial Pricing

Location: Remote

Travel: Up to 25 percent

Department: FP&A / Commercial

Reports To: Senior Manager of FP&A

Position Overview:

The Manager Trade Finance & Commercial Pricing will lead the development of the team and the integration of trade finance and commercial pricing into a unified enterprise-wide function. With over $35M in annual trade spend expected to grow this role will ensure disciplined ROI analysis accurate trade accrual management consistent pricing methodology and strong cross-functional alignment across Sales Finance and Supply Chain.

This position is accountable for standardizing pricing processes embedding trade best practices managing accruals and building post-event analytics to strengthen decision-making. By leveraging trade strategy expertise the Manager will position the business for scalable and profitable growth balancing promotional effectiveness with sustainable margin expansion.

Importantly this role will complement Business/Product Managers by providing financial guardrails ROI discipline and standardized pricing and trade processes. Business Managers/Product Managers retain ownership of product/category strategy innovation and customer execution while this role ensures profitability compliance accrual accuracy and alignment to corporate financial goals.

Key Responsibilities

Trade Finance & Pricing Leadership

• Lead the integration of trade finance and commercial pricing into a single disciplined function.
• Manage $35M in trade spend with a focus on ROI transparency accrual accuracy and continuous improvement.
• Standardize pricing methodologies guardrails and approval workflows across channels.
• Build and maintain pricing models that align with corporate strategy and profit goals.

Analytics & Reporting

• Manage trade accruals to ensure accuracy timeliness and alignment between Finance and Sales.
• Develop and deliver post-event analytics pricing dashboards and ROI scorecards.
• Partner with Finance to ensure trade spend and accrual impacts are accurately reflected in P&L reporting and forecasting.
• Provide leadership with insights into promotional effectiveness pricing trends and profitability drivers.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Business Managers/Product Managers to align pricing and trade decisions with category strategies and product-level objectives.
• Provide ROI analytics and financial guidance to ensure customer- and product-level strategies are executed profitably.
• Collaborate with Sales Marketing Demand Planning and Operations to ensure alignment across functions.
• Ensure clear role boundaries by owning process discipline ROI pricing guardrails and trade accruals while partnering with Business/Product Managers who drive strategy positioning and customer execution.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities for trade spend optimization accrual accuracy and pricing effectiveness.
• Benchmark industry best practices in Revenue Growth Management and apply them to the organization.
• Support organizational transformation initiatives including new tools reporting and ways of working.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Business Administration Economics or related field.
• 7 years of progressive experience in trade finance pricing revenue growth management or financial planning within CPG or related industries.
• Proven success managing large trade budgets and accrual processes with measurable ROI improvements.
• Strong knowledge of trade systems (TPM/TPO) ERP (SAP preferred) and advanced analytics tools (Excel Power BI).
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional leaders and present to executive management.
• Strong leadership collaboration and organizational skills; ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designated to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions on the site including exposure to fumes or airborne particles moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment can be loud and hearing protection is required. The position regularly works near moving mechanical parts and in cold hot and outdoor conditions that include inclement weather heat and humidity and exposure to dust.

Physical Demand:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Work is primarily performed in an office setting in a manufacturing environment requiring the ability to sit talk hear frequent walking standing and sitting; use hands to finger handle or feel; reach with hands and arms and stoop kneel crouch or crawl. Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision. Ability to use standard office equipment such as telephone computer and copier.

Background Screening/Checks:

This position is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. This may include verification of employment education criminal background driving history and other relevant information conducted in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws and regulations.

EOE including Disability/Veteran

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Required Experience:

Manager