Customer Account Analyst - Club

 

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This position supports the Customer Account Managers (CAMs) in driving category growth at Costco/BJs by assisting in the fundamental sales processes that drive category growth and achieve annual targets. 

 

Responsibilities:

• Utilize key tools from the Enable Hub to support product, price, place and promotion (4P) objectives.
• Work closely with the CAMs in the development of category driving business plans such as new item presentations, 4P focused initiatives, and other customer presentations.
• Support the CAMs through accurate distribution tracking, promotion administration, forecasting, and deduction management.
• Identify insights and specific opportunities based on analysis of category reports generated by the HUB and provide recommendations to the account team
• Partner with other Nestlé teams to transform shopper insights and analytics into action
• Identify and drive team awareness on key variances and metrics across forecasting to monthly & annual NPS on key product segments/categories
• Effectively lead commercial spend to achieve sales volume goals and trade spend goals, including administration, record keeping, tracking and follow-up
• Collaborate with Sales Finance Manager on financial reconciliation on a monthly basis
• Showcase timely and effective communication of customer/category and forecast information
• Develop category plan-based selling stories regarding assortment, new items, pricing, promotions, display/merchandising tactics, analyses and plans for Customer presentations 

 

Requirements:

• 18 months of experience in retail sales required
• Bachelor's degree preferred
• High level of independent analytical skills is strongly preferred
• Have good working knowledge of channel of trade customer base in Grocery, Mass and New Business
• Proven success delivering on Key Performance Initiatives objectives in previous roles
• Demonstrates a detailed understanding of the sales fundamentals
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written, strong judgement in decision-making, good problem solving skills, thinks strategically, and a customer service orientation
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong presentation skills
• Time Management Skills
• Takes the initiative to execute with minimal supervision
• Challenges current processes, generating innovative suggestions that improve performance even beyond own role
• Takes immediate action to resolve issues or potential issues, ensuring partners are properly communicated to about the potential impact
• Influences without authority
• Boldly finds opportunities beyond what is expected in own role
• Puts in persistent and if necessary, extra effort to accomplish goals and maintain a high level of productivity
• Knowledge of interrelationship of key functions and their key initiatives (Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, Supply Chain, Technical and Globe & IS/IT)
• Demonstrated knowledge of business driving technology solutions (i.e. Nielsen, BW, Source) and internal/external industry insights and trends
• Knowledge of core Business Processes and Fundamentals (Sales/Distribution, Customer Planning and Leading, Financial Reporting, Training, HR Policies, Integrated Commercial Planning, Management and Leadership Principles)

 

Requisition ID

192368 

 

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