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Confido

AI-powered financial planning for CPG brands

Head of CPG Foodservice Channel

Product ManagementUpdated on Nov 10
Full-timeNew York, NY, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • Have at least 7 years of hands-on foodservice experience at a CPG manufacturer, broker, distributor, or GPO, in trade, revenue management, sales operations, deductions, or finance.
  • Have deep knowledge of foodservice pricing and contracts across distributors, operators, and GPOs.
  • Have working knowledge of GPOs and foodservice management companies such as Compass/Foodbuy, Sodexo, Aramark/Avendra, Premier, and HPSI.
  • Be able to communicate across functions with customers' finance leads, distributor partners, and product managers.
  • Be able to set strategic direction for the foodservice channel and understand how technology can change how brands manage it.
  • Be able to translate business processes into product requirements and work closely with engineers.
  • Be willing to work at the NYC headquarters five days a week.

Responsibilities

  • Shape the foodservice roadmap with Product and Engineering, set business priorities, validate designs, and ensure the company solves important foodservice challenges.
  • Translate foodservice processes into product requirements for integrations, pricing, billback validation, contracts and bids, GPO programs, accruals, and forecasting.
  • Synthesize customer feedback and market intelligence into actionable product insights.
  • Lead discovery and design sessions with foodservice brands, including their accounts receivable and deductions teams and trade, sales, and operations leaders.
  • Guide customers through foodservice implementation on Confido and train brands to manage their foodservice business in the platform, including billback validation and spend planning.
  • Serve as the foodservice expert and partner with Customer Success to shape quarterly business review messaging and address escalations involving complex foodservice problems.
  • Represent Confido in foodservice with customers, prospects, partners, and at industry events.
  • Collaborate with sales and marketing teams on discovery calls, deal support, content, and webinars.
  • Track changes in how brands, distributors, and GPOs price, plan, and operate, and turn them into insights for the broader team.

Desired Qualifications

  • Have functional expertise in a specific foodservice segment, such as restaurants, K-12, college and university, healthcare, workplace dining, lodging, travel and recreation, or military and government.
  • Have experience with foodservice trade promotion management, contract management, or deduction software.
  • Be familiar with foodservice data sources such as distributor depletion reports, Meal Ticket, and CREST.

About the Company

Confido

AI-powered financial planning for CPG brands

Confido provides AI-powered finance, sales, and operations software for consumer packaged goods brands, acting as a single source of truth for accounting, finance, and supply-chain data. Its modules include cash application, deductions management, and auto-disputes for accounting; sales forecasting, trade promotions, and sales analytics for sales; and demand planning plus supply planning for operations, with an expansion into foodservice. The platform uses AI agents to automate workflows across the profit-and-loss statement to keep data aligned across teams. By focusing on the CPG sector with industry-specific modules, Confido aims to help brands manage finances, forecast demand, and plan supply more accurately.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Series B
Total funding
$75.1M
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
2020

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