Trade BI & Data Stewardship Manager

Job Location: ​Parsippany​

About the Role:

The Trade Business Intelligence & Data Stewardship Manager is responsible to ensure organizational business understanding of the trade, monitor Ferrero performance vs. target, and monitor competitor performance through the development of standard reporting and dashboards.  This position will organize the performance management cadence, process, and content.  This position will collaborate with the trade marketing and sales organization to understand the data requirements for the commercial organization and work with IT to develop and automate commercial reporting capabilities.  This position will be the owners of commercial business rules regarding commercial data.  

Main Responsibilities:

•    Ensure organizational business understanding of the trade, monitor Ferrero performance vs. target, and monitor competitor performance through the development of standard reporting and dashboards. 
•    Organize the performance management cadence, process, and content.  
•    Own and manage the monthly business review process, aligning marketing, sales, and CSU on Ferrero performance vs. target and monitor competitor performance 
•    Own Trade Marketing content for the Commercial Alignment Meeting to align with Sales and Marketing on key performance topics and forward-looking projects
•    Monitor and analyze category, competition and consumer market data to identify business opportunities and develop new category development plans
•    Collaborate with the trade marketing and sales organization to understand the data. Develop and maintain a positive, productive relationship with trade marketing, field sales, and brand team stakeholders
•    Collaborate with trade marketing, category management, brand team, and the channel VPs to set annual KPIs. Maintain and track performance of annual KPIs by brand / channel
•    Collaborate with the trade marketing and sales organization to understand the data requirements for the commercial organization including Sell-In, Sell Out, syndicated data, customer data, shopper data, & in-store execution data
•    Design, build, and maintain Power BI dashboards that deliver actionable insights for Sales, Trade Marketing, Category Management, and Brand teams. 
•    Harmonize data from multiple sources (e.g., Sell-In, Sell-Out, syndicated, retailer, shopper, and in-store execution) to ensure consistency and accuracy across all reporting layers. 
•    Work with IT to develop and automate commercial reporting capabilities. Leverage AI on top of the commercial data to automate insights

About You:

•    5-7 years relevant experience required, CPG Foods experience is preferred
•    Bachelor’s degree in a business/marketing discipline required, MBA a plus
•    Financial acumen and P&L management with an understanding of the need for rigor regarding spending choices and the importance of ROI
•    Syndicated data experience (IRI or Nielsen) where candidate has pulled their own data
•    Ability to analyze and interpret complex sets of data and make business recommendations based on analysis
•    Hands on Power BI expertise (data modeling, DAX, Power Query), and comfort partnering on ETL pipelines; Experience pulling and harmonizing data from Circana/NielsenIQ and retailer platforms (e.g., Walmart Luminate, 84.51).
•    Must possess a basic knowledge of project/program management concepts, practices, and procedures
•    Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to build consensus and foster positive relationships
•    Capacity to solve problems through creative, innovative solutions and challenge traditional methods of accomplishing tasks and removing obstacles
•    Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization and in a variety of cultures
•    Ability to creatively organize and present data in Excel and PowerPoint
•    Strong organization and problem-solving and project management skills
•    Ability to convince, influence, and motivate all levels within the business to achieve objectives
•    10% Travel required for customer meetings and industry events

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About Ferrero:

Ferrero began its journey in the small town of Alba in Piedmont, Italy, in 1946. Today, it is one of the world’s largest sweet-packaged food companies, with many iconic brands sold in countries all over the world. Find out more about Ferrero at ferrero.com.

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