Independent Contractor - Sales Planning & Analytics Manager

Join Reynolds Consumer Products…and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities! We provide amazing job opportunities for growth with competitive hourly pay and benefits in an exciting, dynamic, fast-paced, and high-performance organization. If you are looking to build a strong career, we have an opportunity for you! We are searching for an Independent Contractor - Sales Planning and Analytics Manager to join our team located in Mississauga, ON.

Your Role:

Reporting to the VP Sales and Marketing – Canada, The Sales Planning & Analytics Manager is responsible for overseeing and analyzing customer POS, MAPS, strategy development, communication & monitoring, supporting yearly AOP budget planning, co-analyzing AC Nielsen data with marketing and supporting sales inputs into the demand forecast.

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You will have the opportunity to Make Great Things Happen!

Duties and Responsibilities

• Position is accountable to:
  • Customer POS analysis
  • MAPS strategy ownership
  • AOP support with marketing

MAPS (Merchandising, Assortment, Pricing & Shelving) strategy development, communication and monitoring

• Leads MAPS development and execution
• Supports sales in the budgeting process
• Ensure appropriate sales tools & resources such as product catalogue, display menu and MAPS guidelines are in place to deliver on goals
• Support the execution of brand-specific initiatives for sales
• Price management (in market competitive intel, account compliance and price increase implementation alongside account team)

Customer Brand Team Interaction

• Support the sales input into the demand forecast
• Co-lead the customer sell stories, and ensure alignment to strategies
• Co-lead the annual business planning along with marketing and finance
• Item (baseline and innovation) tracking and performance optimization
• Innovation business case lead working with sales, marketing & finance
• Manage and support display programs and forecasts with both customer teams and supply chain. Work with marketing in the development of new displays as required to meet customer requirements
• Accountable for assisting in the tracking of trade spend

External Customer Team Support

• Trade (promo) planning and optimization supports to account leads
• Support customer requests and meetings and joint business planning sessions as required
• Ongoing weekly/biweekly meetings with major key account teams

Customer POS

• Lead the analysis of customer POS supporting sales team on recommendations
• Integrate AC Nielsen 3 channel data to analyze competitive data to provide recommendations to sales team to help support delivering yearly AOP targets
• Leverage springboard to support analysis of POS with sales team

Model our Most Valued Behaviors

• Intellectual Curiosity
• Problem Solving
• Entrepreneurship
• Customer Centricity
• Growth Mindset
• Continuous Improvement

You will love it here if…

• You put safety first, always
• You listen, learn, and evolve
• You are passionate about collaboration, teamwork, and achieving shared goals
• You treat all people with respect, operating ethically, and embrace inclusivity
• You are committed to improving our impact on local communities

We need you to have:

• BA/BS degree in Marketing or related field
• 5+ years of related professional and progressive Sales experience in the CPG industry.
• Proficient in MS Office.
• Proficient in AC Nielsen, Retail Link, Circana, & IRI
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills and the ability to communicate and influence at all levels within the organization.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills.
• Self-directed with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple accountabilities and multiple internal customers.
• Strong analytical skills as well as organizational skills.
• Solid project management capabilities with the ability to organize and manage multiple projects simultaneously from origin through execution.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule during key business deadlines.
• Must be team oriented with the ability to work on high collaboration and performance teams.
• May be required to travel (0-25%)

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Apply today to join a fast-growing innovative company!

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  Local candidates only, no relocation assistance available

Join Reynolds Consumer Products and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities!

For applicants or employees who are disabled or require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, you may request assistance by emailing us at Recruitment@ReynoldsBrands.com.

No recruiter calls or emails please.

RCP affords equal employment opportunities to applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, disability status, sex, marital status, protected veteran status, pregnancy, national origin, genetics, genetic information, parental status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. RCP conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.