Mgr Cust Planning Growth Channels
Job Location:
Minneapolis, MN - USA
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Job Summary
Why Hershey:
At The Hershey Company our culture is rooted in purpose and inspired by Milton Hersheys enduring vision that business should create opportunity for others. Through our commitment to corporate philanthropy we create positive impact by supporting communities helping children thrive and operating as a business for good. This includes our deep and long standing partnership with Milton Hershey School where we invest in education workforce readiness and hands on engagement to help students succeed beyond the classroom. Supported by strategic grantmaking product donations cross brand collaboration and strong employee volunteerism Hershey offers a place to work where making a differencelocally and globallyis part of how we do business every day.
Minneapolis MN
Demand & Commercial Forecast Ownership
- Own the development maintenance and delivery of demand and commercial forecasts for assigned portfolios and customers.
- Integrate historical performance market trends customer strategies and commercial inputs into actionable forecasts.
- Monitor forecast accuracy and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
Customer Planning & Annual Business Planning
- Lead the development and execution of customer plans aligned with Growth Channel and enterprise objectives.
- Partner with Sales teams and customers to identify merchandising assortment promotional and item expansion opportunities.
- Develop strategic linkages between company goals and customer growth strategies.
- Scenario Planning & Trade-Off Analysis
- Evaluate risks opportunities pricing changes promotional investments and portfolio impacts through scenario modeling.
- Translate findings into clear recommendations that support business decisions and growth objectives.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with Sales Finance Supply Chain and Customer teams to align demand plans with business objectives.
- Coordinate internal and external resources to support customer planning meetings and business reviews.
- Communicate insights and recommendations to stakeholders across the organization.
Performance Analysis & Capability Development
- Analyze forecast accuracy demand variability customer performance and key business drivers.
- Identify root causes of variances and implement corrective actions.
- Support planning process improvements standard methodologies and best practices.
- Lead coach and develop planning analysts while promoting effective use of planning tools and reporting capabilities.
Education
- Bachelors Degree required.
- MBA or equivalent business experience preferred.
Experience
- 5 years of experience in customer planning commercial planning demand planning category management sales planning forecasting or related business functions.
- Experience working with customer strategies trade investments and growth planning.
- Demonstrated success analyzing large data sets and translating insights into business actions.
- Health & Wellbeing: Medical dental and vision coverage plus wellness programs that support your physical and mental health
- Financial Security: Competitive pay annual incentive opportunities and a 401(k) with company match
- Time Off & Flexibility: Paid time off company holidays and flexible ways of working where applicable
- Growth & Development: Career development programs learning opportunities and internal mobility
The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The policy of The Hershey Company is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individuals race color gender age national origin religion citizenship status marital status sexual orientation gender identity transgender status physical or mental disability protected veteran status genetic information pregnancy or any other categories protected by applicable federal state or local laws.
The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veterans.
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Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Here at Hershey, our purpose is to make more moments of goodness for consumers around the world.
