Associate Business Development Manager

Job Title

Reporting to the Director of Business Development (Snacks), you will integrate across Customer Sales, the Customer Leadership Organization and Brand Marketing to lead annual plan management and strategy for assigned brands within our Salty and Gluten Free portfolio.

Responsibilities

Advocate for the customer point of view internally, ensuring alignment across Customer Sales, Brand teams, and cross-functional partners

Develop and manage brand-specific annual plans, including volume, trade, and profit targets

Set the agenda for brand priorities, ensuring clear focus on key initiatives and growth opportunities

Partner with Brand teams to align strategies with long-range business goals and customer plans

Establish distribution and merchandising targets supported by insights and activation plans

Collaborate with Field Sales to deliver merchandising, assortment, pricing, and shelving goals

Equip Field Sales teams with insights, tools, and strategies to support customer selling efforts

Develop category growth stories, new item presentations, and compelling sales materials

Support customer engagements and occasionally participate in sales calls to influence outcomes

Analyze program performance, identify opportunities, and adjust strategies to improve results

Lead brand strategy execution across national and customer-specific Joint Business Planning initiatives

Serve as a liaison between Customer Sales and Brand teams to support Joint Business Planning execution

Provide visibility to key Joint Business Planning initiatives and manage prioritization of customer-specific requests

Monitor brand performance trends at the account level and identify areas for intervention

Ingredients Required for Your Success

Bachelor's degree required

2+ years of Consumer Packaged Goods sales or related experience in trade marketing, sales strategy, or business development

Experience managing strategic and tactical trade plans

Experience with trade spending principles and financial management concepts

Exposure to profit and loss management and financial analysis

Experience supporting customer annual planning processes

Financial acumen with the capability to analyze and interpret business performance

Experience working with retailer practices and customer strategies

Skilled at translating insights into actionable strategies and field execution plans

Effective communication skills to present strategies and influence internal and external stakeholders

Compensation

Pay Range: $82,000-$120,000

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee's actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees' equity. Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement

Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan

Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement

Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye, Slim Jim and Reddi-Wip.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.