Your Job
GP is seeking a Senior Manager/Manager, Customer Planning to support the Vanity Fair® Napkin business. This role is a knowledgeable business partner that is results oriented and adept at problem solving. In this position, you will play a fundamental role leading the retail customer strategy development for our Vanity Fair® Napkin business, focused on maximizing long-term value. You will proactively collaborate across brand marketing, sales, and supply chain functions to align category strategies to those of our customers.
What You Will Do
- Work closely with field sales leadership to understand customer strategies and business priorities
- Collaborate with sales and the Vanity Fair® brand team to create short term (12-18 month), holistic customer plans that position GP to win in the marketplace
- Proactively manage the execution of our price strategy across channels/customers
- Utilize marginal analysis and critical/analytical thinking skills to evaluate trade (financial) investments
- Lead the annual account planning process by engaging business leadership on volume and price goals and developing gap closure measures when imbalances arise
- Support brand initiatives through the development phase by providing a sales/customer point of view, as well as support the execution phase by implementing those plans with customers and tracking results
- Manage total customer demand through effective sales and operations planning engagement
- Provide thought leadership for category and capability teams on market pricing and competitive activity to improve decision making and industry knowledge
- Apply excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills to provide clear and concise information and recommendations to cross-functional teams
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor's degree
- 5+ years of Sales, Trade Marketing, Brand Marketing/Product Management, Supply Chain, Finance experience
- Experience interpreting financial analysis to make business decisions
- Experience with MS Office, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint
What Will Put You Ahead
- Experience with retail customers such as Walmart, Dollar General, Target, Costco, Grocery, etc.
- Experience with IRI and/or Nielsen syndicated data
- Customer facing sales role experience
- eCommerce or digital marketing experience
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Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
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