Sales Planning Manager

We are looking for a Sales Planning Manager (Nutro/Temptations). This role drives overall growth profitability and multi-year strategy of a specific brand through leading the end-to-end business management and collaboration between marketing customer management and cross-functional team. Operating in the center of Sales Planning Managers Portfolio Growth teams and field teams this position ensures an enterprise-wide perspective is maintained for all accountable brands.

This role is based in Franklin Tennessee with regular in-office collaboration expected. Flexibility is a key enablerempowering associates to make choices that support both business outcomes and personal needs including occasional remote work.

What are we looking for

• Bachelors Degree

• 5 years of sales/category/analytics/marketing experience within CPG industry

• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative partnerships with retail customers account team and internal business stakeholders

• Ability to understand complex data sources to develop and influence strategy and execution

• Strong analytic skills and ability to distill complex data into simple stories

Whatwill beyour key responsibilities

• Critical link between Customer / Brand for Field Sales Team bringing the Customer Development feedback back to the internal stakeholders

• Key partner for assigned Brand Marketing team to identify and drive execution behind share growth opportunities and strategy.

• Serve as liaison with internal merchandising teams develop in store displays field materials and selling tools

• Internal customer development lead for assigned brands for internal planning processes including providing updates to various key stakeholders

• Lead Weekly/Periodic/Deep Dive Key Customer Meetings to Address Strategic and Tactical Account Needs & Deliver Annual Planning Milestones

• Customization of category/brand toolkits to support category shopper dynamics and growth opportunities.

• Partner with marketing to develop compelling Brand & New Item selling stories for their assigned brands that tie back into overarching Petcare category & organization objectives.

• Responsibility of shepherding and providing sales perspective on innovation/renovation projects inclusive of compiling AB/ER SOP and providing Field perspective/feedback from charter gate to implementation

• Attends and represents portfolio/brand presentations with strategic and developmental accounts

• Co-Develop Strategic Joint Business Plans with Brand Marketing and Account Teams

• Sales Representation in Portfolio Growth Teams

What can you expect from Mars

• Work with diverse and talented Associates all guided by the Five Principles.

• Join apurpose drivencompany wherewerestriving to build the world we want tomorrow today.

• A strong focus on learning and development support from day one including access to our in-house Mars University.

• An industry competitive salary and benefits package including company bonus.