Senior Sales Planning Analyst

Responsibilities

• Act as a key liaison between Sales, Marketing, Demand Planning, Supply Chain, and Commercial Finance, integrating customer perspectives into all aspects of cohesive planning and execution.
• Work with peers and cross‑functional partners to deliver annual operating plan goals and customer commitments.
• Champion cross‑functional collaboration to solve challenges and seize opportunities in real time.
• Communicate customer forecasts and business drivers to Demand Planning and Integrated Business Planning (IBP) teams: core distribution changes, new product launches, promotional plan updates, etc.
• Partner with Sales and Marketing to proactively identify and scorecard business risks, opportunities, and contingencies, balancing customer needs with business goals.
• Partner with Category Leadership to understand current consumer and category trends.
• Develop customer profiles that can inform brand strategy focusing on customers’ strategic interests.
• Develop and track customer key performance indicators (KPIs) against distribution and pricing initiatives and promotional compliance guardrails to achieve the annual plan.
• Lead customer engagement meetings for sales areas and regions to drive towards execution of strategy with sales.
• Partner with Category Leadership and Marketing to develop customer specific category growth stories.
• Partner with Sales, Demand Planning, Commercial Finance, Category Leadership, Brand Marketing, Consumer Insights, Shopper Marketing, and Revenue Growth Management.
• Work with Demand Planning, Sales Leadership, and Supply Chain to address headwinds and business interruptions.
• Align with Category Leadership and Brand Marketing on optimized assortment recommendations.

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• At least 4–6 years of experience in Trade Marketing, Sales Strategy, Sales, Demand Planning or similar discipline.
• Experience in Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Industry preferred.
• Outstanding communication skills (verbal, written, listening, presentations) with the ability to interact with all levels of Johnsonville customers and members.
• Ability to develop objective point‑of‑view, build constructive rapport with business partners and influence senior team members.
• Strong organizational skills and project management experience.
• Ability to contribute to a strong team environment with positive and constructive input and desire to improve the Commercial Planning team and function.
• Exceptional Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Experience with syndicated POS data tool (e.g., Circana Unify, Nielsen Nitro/Answers).
• Bachelor's Degree.