Salesforce Consumer Goods Cloud Functional Consultant - (CG Cloud)

We’re Hiring: Salesforce Functional Consultant – Consumer Goods Cloud (CG Cloud)

Location: Remote – United States (EST/CST time zones preferred)

Employment Type: Full-Time / Direct Hire

Overview:

We’re looking for an experienced Salesforce Functional Consultant / Functional Lead / Business Analyst with strong expertise in Consumer Goods Cloud (CG Cloud) and Retail Execution to support a large-scale Salesforce implementation. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry, hands-on Salesforce implementation experience, and the ability to lead workshops, gather business requirements, and translate them into effective Salesforce solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead functional activities throughout the Salesforce Consumer Goods Cloud implementation lifecycle.
• Conduct stakeholder meetings, discovery sessions, and business workshops.
• Gather and translate business requirements into functional designs, user stories, and system configurations.
• Configure Consumer Goods Cloud features, including Visit Plans, Action Plans, Task Templates, Surveys, and Assessment Tasks.
• Support retail execution processes such as field sales activities, merchandising, store visits, product displays, KPI tracking, and compliance.
• Manage Agile activities, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, and user story development.
• Document business processes, functional specifications, and end-to-end use cases.
• Collaborate with technical teams to ensure solutions meet business requirements.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), regression testing, and release readiness.
• Provide functional guidance to stakeholders and delivery teams throughout implementation.

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years of Salesforce functional consulting or implementation experience.
• At least 2 years of hands-on experience with Salesforce Consumer Goods Cloud .
• Strong, practical experience in CPG Retail Execution .
• Previous experience as a Salesforce Functional Lead or Business Analyst, preferably in a consulting environment.
• Hands-on experience implementing and configuring Consumer Goods Cloud solutions.
• Strong understanding of field sales, merchandising, route-to-market, store execution, and performance tracking.
• Experience leading client workshops, requirement-gathering sessions, and implementation activities.
• Knowledge of Salesforce data models, Agile methodologies, user stories, and backlog management.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Salesforce Administrator, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, or Consumer Goods Cloud certifications.
• Experience delivering Salesforce solutions for CPG or retail businesses.
• Exposure to the complete Salesforce implementation lifecycle, from discovery through deployment.

Important: This role specifically requires hands-on Salesforce Consumer Goods Cloud – Retail Execution implementation experience . Experience limited to Trade Promotion Management (TPM) alone will not meet the requirement.