Sales Operations Manager

Location

Based - Chicago area, ideally North of Central Chicago

Permanent, homebased.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a small team that is expanding in North America. Premier Foods is one of the largest food manufacturing companies in the UK and is expanding its presence of their beloved brands in North America. In this role you will have the opportunity to help build the North American business working closely with a small agile team, while being backed by a large FMCG business.

The Sales Operations Manager is the key conduit between Sales, Marketing, Project Implementation and execution. This role will spend 50% of their time focusing on Commercial Planning activity and the other 50% working on the project management /implementation of new product or customer launches for the North American region.

• Line management responsibility for 2 x direct report (One UK Based), ensuring they are enthused, engaged and driven to deliver.
• Act as the key contact with UKteam,feeding into theGate processandproviding in market expertise/ knowledgeandacting asthe voice of the NA customer
• Conduct ongoing commercial competitiveanalysisin particular in relation to promotional activity, innovation,flavourings, gapsin the market,naming conventions etc
• Evaluate pricing and trade promotion effectiveness and find solutions to create more effective, higher ROI trade promotions
• Supportwithpricing strategy development, working as the conduit between the UK and North American sales teamto ensure commercial delivery
• Support with Inflation recoveryplanningand monitoring of progress
• Lead allFree-Standing Display Unit Projects(FSDU)
• Brief relevant internal or external teams onshoppermarketing activity including designs and specifications
• Work with
  
  UKproject teamand theNASales team tocoordinateand build launch plansand feed in NA specific intel relating to customer requirements.
• Ensure you are up to date and fully aware ofsupply planning, stockavailabilityand timeline, keeping the sales team updated
• Attend all project calls (forall Brands) andfeed into the plans the Customer requirements and timelines
• Liaisewiththe sample house and Supply Planner on New project samples required
• Overall accountability through their direct report for all syndicated systems and trade show planning / attendance.

• Bachelor's Degree
• 3+yearof experience ina trade or marketing role at a CPG firm
• Strong analytical reasoning: able to use multiple sources of data to develop insights and draw conclusions – experience with IRI or Nielsen preferred
• Strong agility:
  Ableto process information quickly and adeptly, while understanding impact across other functions and on total business
• Comfortable working through ambiguity:
  Ableto quickly adjust thinking when situations are fluid and changing.
  
  Problem solving attitude when the unexpected happens
• Active learner:
  Ability to learn new concepts and systems quickly.
• Be willing to take responsibility witha go-getterattitude
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional business units and communicate effectively while working remotely and across different time zones
• Some travel may be required/ Flex in hours to cross over with UK teams

• Competitive salary
• Car Allowance
• Bonus
• Pension
• Healthcare, dental, vision (80% funded by Company & 20% funded by
• Wide range of online and in-house training
• 20 days Vacation
• 12 Holidays

Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV tailored to this opportunity. We look forward to hearing from you.

At Premier foods we believe in inclusion, authenticity and individuality. We aim to ensure all existing and future colleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to work no matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in. Our culture is one where everyone is welcome.

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