MANAGER II SALES PLANNING

You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments – and we’re only getting started. At McCormick, we’re always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team.

McCormick employees – all 14,000 of us across the world – are what makes this company a great place to work.

 

We are looking to hire a Sales Planning Manager (Trade Marketing) immediately in a Hybrid (50/50) capacity at one of the following locations:   Hunt Valley, MD; Cincinnati, OH; Scottsdale, AZ; or Bentonville, AR

 

What We Bring To The Table:

The best people deserve the best rewards. In addition to the benefits you’d expect from a global leader (401k, health insurance, paid time off, etc.) we also offer:

• Competitive compensation

• Career growth opportunities

• Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices

• Wellbeing programs including Physical, Mental and Financial wellness

• Tuition assistance

 

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Sales Planning Manager/Trade Marketing Manager  - Alternate Channels (Spices/Seasonings, Dry Recipe Mixes and Ethnic) bridges Field Sales and Marketing, leading strategic sales promotion plans and resolving issues to support national bbusiness goals and achieve sales and profit targets.  

 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage a portfolio greater than $250 MM in annual sales
• Participate in the annual brand planning process. Own Translating strategic director from Marketing (annual and ad hoc) into national and market category/brand specific strategies for deployment to Field Sales with a focus on Club, Dollar and Ecommerce.
• Actively provides insights to and participate in joint planning sessions with Field Sales to ensure on comprehensive plan
• Develop incremental marketing/trade fund programs and launch these programs to Field Sales
• Resolution of various, often unique Sales and Customer issues related to deal economics, Sales, Production, Supply Chain and Marketing
• Aid with the development and coordination of Sales and Customer initiatives/plans related to new product introductions
• Participate in new item and promotion forecast to ensure customer service needs are met; includes working with Marketing and Supply Chain via the IBP process.
• Work along with the Marketing, Category Management, Revenue Management and Shopper Marketing and other cross functional partners on strategic initiatives related to major customer sales opportunities
• Deliver monthly and ad hoc reporting for trade, innovation and other business needs
• Assist in managing inventory and production needs as necessary
• Attends strategic customer meets 2-4 times per year to assist in the sell-in process of category programming and innovation
• Participate in the hiring process as needed

 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, Analytics or other related fields
• 6+ years of consumer product goods experience with a least 2+ years of direct customer selling experience.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills. Will be required to manage multiple projects at the same time while managing day to day tasks and objectives
• Must be proficient in Microsoft office including excel and PowerPoint
• Must be able to work with large data sets including pulling and interrupting data independently
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Will b