Trade Planning Analyst

Overview

At Eagle Foods we are builders.  We are builders of brands, categories, and people.  Eagle Foods enjoys a rich heritage with brands that have proven category leadership for more than 150 years.  Eagle is a diversified food company producing and marketing sweetened condensed and evaporated milk, snacks and convenient meal solutions products.  As a company, Eagle Foods is passionate about fostering an entrepreneurial spirit that boldly builds better people and better brands while focusing on the positive impact our company, our products and our people have on the world.  Eagle Foods has a bold family of brands that consumers have come to rely on for decades, including Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk and Evaporated Milk, Magnolia® Sweetened Condensed Milk, PET® Milk, Popcorn Indiana, Cretors Popcorn, Helper and Suddenly Salad.  Eagle Foods products are marketed and distributed across all U.S. retail channels, including grocery stores, club stores and mass-merchandisers, as well as foodservice and export, U.S. military, and private label business.

Responsibilities

Job Description Summary

The Trade Planning Analyst will play an integral role in supporting our trade planning, governance, and reporting for the organization. This position heavily supports field sales and agency partners with administration of the TPM tool and to achieve trade targets and financial objectives.

Essential Functions

Financial Management

• Partner with field sales and broker team to align spending withing budgeted trade rates and comply with GTM guidelines
• Provide support in ways of regular reporting and strategic direction to manage trade targets
• Support Monthly Trade Reporting process with field sales and finance team
• Lead and manage the TPM tool, ensuring accuracy and proactively actioning against risks to budget
• Work cross functionally with Pricing-Promotions Manager to identify opportunities to optimize ROIs within our customer, channel and brands strategies.

Strategic Planning

• Support strategic planning process for Eagle’s trade investment for both Top Down and Bottoms Up Planning
• Develop Annual budgets for trade spending in collaboration with Trade Marketing, Sales, Marketing, and Finance Department
• Partner with field sales and cross-functional teams (Trade Marketing, Pricing-Promotion Manager, Marketing, and Finance) to uphold trade strategy that maximizes ROI and eliminates unproductive spending.
• Manage the monthly quarterly trade forecasts in collaboration with sales and finance

Desired Traits

• Strong analytics mindset, ability to work in details, while also turning data into insights
• Clear, consistent communication skills
• Self-starter with the ability to understand business fundamentals from an opportunity or challenge perspective, then convert that insight to sustainable strategies and action plans for growth

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• 5+ years experience within a CPG organization, experience in Finance is preferred but not required
• Strong knowledge of Financial and Trade data
• Best in class analytical skills
• Strong knowledge of data sources that include trade spend reporting
• Project management skills and ability to prioritize and multitask against several complex projects at a time
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Travel Requirement: 10% Travel

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

• Extended periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Regular use of a keyboard and mouse for typing and navigating software.
• Viewing a computer screen for prolonged periods.
• Ability to manipulate paperwork, including filing, sorting, and organizing.
• Moving within the office environment to attend meetings, use office equipment, or interact with colleagues.
• Occasional lifting of office supplies or paperwork (up to 20 pounds).
• Speaking and listening to colleagues and clients in person, over the phone, or via video conferencing.
• Working in a climate-controlled office environment with moderate noise levels.
• Performing repetitive tasks such as data entry or document preparation.
• Working under artificial lighting conditions typical of an office environment, which may include fluorescent or LED lighting.

Additional Information

Eagle Foods will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an employee to perform the essential functions of the job.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing tasks and responsibilities of the job.

Additional equipment may be required to follow all safety rules and procedures by working safely and ensuring the safety of others.

Additional equipment may be required to follow all safety rules and procedures by working safely and ensuring the safety of others.