Senior Associate Customer Planning

Bimbo Bakeries USA Job Opportunity

Have you ever enjoyed Arnold, Brownberry or Oroweat bread? A Thomas' English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee, Entenmann's or Marinela cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!

More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development and allows our associates to be their authentic selves.

Come join the largest baking company in the world and our family of 20,000 associates nationwide!

Top reasons to work at Bimbo Bakeries USA:

• Salary range: $66,600 - $86,600
• Annual bonus eligibility
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Paid time off
• 401k & company match

Position Summary:

This position is responsible for supporting customer pricing work utilizing both internal and external systems, customer trade analysis and customer forecasting for assigned Midwest customers. Preference is to be located in the Chicagoland area but acceptable to be within the Midwest geography (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Wisconsin). The position will be fully remote with minimal travel required. The Senior Associate Customer Planning is a key role to ensure accuracy and integrity of customer-level and market level pricing as well as responsibility for trade and customer forecast planning work for assigned regional customers. The Senior Associate will work closely with customer leads / executives to maintain clear visibility and alignment on proper pricing to update in both internal BBU and external retailer systems. Will also be involved with post promotional analysis on trade performance as well as partnering with customer executives in developing trade plans and forecasting sales for assigned customers and other projects / assignments as needed.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Work with customer leads to update everyday and promotional pricing in both BBU internal and retailer external systems
• Ensure items and pricing updated in various systems are accurate and tie back to customer-specific trade calendars
• Responsible for review and upload of assigned customer pricing into central pricing database
• Ensure customer-specific weekly calendars are accurate and communicated accordingly
• Ownership of regional market list pricing to ensure accuracy of items, retails and costs published that are leveraged by the Midwest customer team.
• Annual plan creation for assigned Midwest customers via trade plan development and using o9 Planning Solution Tool.
• Maintain / update customer forecasts throughout the year utilizing the o9 Planning Solution Tool
• Utilize trade management tools including but not limited to: o9 Solution Customer Planning Tool, Margin Miner, QLIK and syndicated data (Circana) to help assess customer performance
• Conducts select customer quantitative pre and post promotion performance analysis
• Collaborate with peers to share best practices and provide support as needed

Key Behavioral Competencies:

• Highly detail-oriented mindset is critical
• Ability to achieve specific objectives/outcomes and set/meet key initiatives with minimal supervision
• Ability to collaborate with internal co-workers to fulfill deliverables/commitments
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Self-starter / work in a proactive manner

Leadership Competencies:

• Adapts approach and attitude in real time, according to the changing demands of different situations.
• Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Creates a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.
• Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

Education and Work History:

Bachelor's degree in finance, business/sales management, or business-related field preferred. A combination of education, training and experience that results in demonstrated competency to perform the work may be substituted. Ideal candidate will possess:

• Minimum of 3 years experience in an analytical role within finance, revenue growth management, price management, trade planning, customer accounts, sales management or other relevant experience
• Strong analytical, verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrate a passion to achieve results and work well with others in cross-functional teams against team-oriented goals
• Computer skills and high proficiency in Excel, proficiency in PowerPoint and Word is required; proficiency with price management systems, Margin Miner, o9 Solutions or other trade planning management tools is a plus
• Knowledge of syndicated data like Circana and the ability to analyze data and trends is a plus
• Travel is required 5% or less

The physical and mental demands described in each job posting are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of each job. Reasonable accommodations may be requested to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of each job. Bimbo Bakeries USA is an equal opportunity employer with a policy that provides equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, any other classification protected by law. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.