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Associate Manager, Business Planning

Chicago, IL
Full-Time

Job Description

This position can be located in Chicago, IL, Rogers, AR or Mason, OH.

As Associate Manager, reporting to a Senior Director, you will lead business planning for the Limited Assortment and E-Commerce class of trade providing visibility, transparency and analytical rigor to support customer funding and sales planning decisions. You will manage the planning, execution and delivery of well thought out sales plans within scope and goals, and in partnership with key stakeholders.

Your Impact:

  • Lead and enhance sales planning processes intended to guide trade return on investment improvement through predictive analytics.
  • Review promotional programs to understand and evaluate event profitability and offer recommendations to deliver greater balanced return on investment, driving incremental volume while optimizing trade spend.
  • Manage and influence key stakeholders around possible effects of modifying trade plans.
  • Provide guidance and leadership to the team.

Your Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • 3+ years of consumer-packaged goods (CPG) experience.
  • Strong business, financial and analytical acumen to develop both short and long-term strategies that deliver top and bottom-line results, and any trade efficiency targets.
  • Experience building relationships and influencing individuals at higher levels within the organization to affect behaviors and outcomes.
  • Experience building or evaluating customer trade events within a trade management system, driving an understanding of event-specific and plan-level cost structures.
  • Technical skills in creating and manipulating Excel workbooks with complex formulas and data mapping.

Number of Days in Office: 3

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Compensation:

Pay Range:$81,000-$118,000

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee's actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees' equity.Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

  • Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
  • Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
  • Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
  • Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company:

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions - within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye , Slim Jim and Reddi-Wip.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.

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This position can be located in Chicago, IL, Rogers, AR or Mason, OH.

As Associate Manager, reporting to a Senior Director, you will lead business planning for the Limited Assortment and E-Commerce class of trade providing visibility, transparency and analytical rigor to support customer funding and sales planning decisions. You will manage the planning, execution and delivery of well thought out sales plans within scope and goals, and in partnership with key stakeholders.

Your Impact:

  • Lead and enhance sales planning processes intended to guide trade return on investment improvement through predictive analytics.
  • Review promotional programs to understand and evaluate event profitability and offer recommendations to deliver greater balanced return on investment, driving incremental volume while optimizing trade spend.
  • Manage and influence key stakeholders around possible effects of modifying trade plans.
  • Provide guidance and leadership to the team.

Your Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • 3+ years of consumer-packaged goods (CPG) experience.
  • Strong business, financial and analytical acumen to develop both short and long-term strategies that deliver top and bottom-line results, and any trade efficiency targets.
  • Experience building relationships and influencing individuals at higher levels within the organization to affect behaviors and outcomes.
  • Experience building or evaluating customer trade events within a trade management system, driving an understanding of event-specific and plan-level cost structures.
  • Technical skills in creating and manipulating Excel workbooks with complex formulas and data mapping.

Number of Days in Office: 3

#LI-Hybrid

#LI-MSL

#LI-PM1

Compensation:

Pay Range:$81,000-$118,000

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee's actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees' equity.Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

  • Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
  • Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
  • Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
  • Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company:

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions - within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye , Slim Jim and Reddi-Wip.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.

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About Conagra Brands

Conagra Brands (NYSE: CAG) is a $12.3 billion branded food company with 50 locations across North America, employing approximately 18,600 talented professionals. We combine a rich heritage of making great food with a sharpened focus and entrepreneurial spirit. We’re transforming the way we operate to fulfill what consumers and customers want, in a smart, simple way. We’re modernizing our food brands, leveraging fresh opportunities and adapting to a changing landscape – all with a culture that’s ready to capture growth and drive shareholder value.

Our iconic brands, such as Birds Eye, Duncan Hines, Healthy Choice, Marie Callender's, Reddi-wip, and Slim Jim, as well as emerging brands, including Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP, Duke's, Earth Balance, Gardein, and Frontera, offer choices for every occasion.

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