Your Opportunity as the Sales Coordinator-South Region- US Retail Sweet Baked Snacks Sales Team

Be the key support within the sales organization for the South Region-US Retail Sweet Baked Snacks Sales Team specifically supporting the key accounts of Ahold Delhaize (ADUSA) and Publix. You will collaborate and work cross functionally with teams across the commercial organization by providing support with daily, weekly, and monthly ad-hoc reporting while also analyzing key opportunities to help deliver sales targets.

Location: Hybrid Work in Orrville, OH Corporate Offices (30% in office/6 days a month)

In this role you will:

Business Planning & Analyses

• Own custom reporting needs, developing, updating and interpreting data to provide insights to sales team and support ad hoc business needs
• Create and maintain merchandising planners for commercial organization
• Assist managers with administrative needs of business: customer contracts, new item set up, cost changes, internal/external audit resolution, deduction and reclaim management, etc.
• Support promotional planning and maintenance in the Trade Planning System
• Partner with sales team to develop new item presentations, evaluate business trends, and create presentations supporting sales priorities and initiatives
• Supports sales needs for annual business and joint planning processes

Strengthen Customer Planning & Forecasting

• Develop strong understanding of customer business strategies, systems and resources to support sales team with focus on continual improvement
• Manage customer system reporting to support team needs and analysis with recommendations to improve; collaborate with Analytics organization
• Support ad-hoc requests for customer system data as needed
• Understand customer KPI's, and collaborate with cross functional and sales teams to deliver against retailer expectations
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to communicate and ensure flawless execution of pricing, promotion, & merchandising plans

Accelerate Team Performance

• Own & maintain Sharepoint site and calendars for team, support record keeping expectations
• Lead coordination for sales team business reviews
• Support invoicing/payment processing for the team as needed
• Assist in the preparations of market visits & key internal and customer meetings
• Support ongoing special project work, product samples, office supply needs, etc

The Right Place for You

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

What we are looking for:

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree
• 2 years of business experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Strong desire to learn & succeed
• Self-motivated, organized and has ability to manage and prioritize multiple/diverse priorities
• Excellent oral & written communication skills

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:

• Systems knowledge (such as Smucker systems: Spotfire, CAS and/or Customer specific systems)
• Consumer Packaged Goods industry experience
• Advanced Excel skillset
• Demonstrated PowerPoint experience putting data and graphs into presentation ready formats

Learn more about working at Smucker:

• Our Total Rewards Benefits Program
• Our Thriving Together Philosophy Supporting All Impacted by Our Business
• Our Continued Progress on Inclusion, Diversity and Equity

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