ALD Sr Trade Development Mgr (remote option)

What You Need To Know

Open your future to incredible career potential. Work for an industry-leader who invests in their people. Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits is North America's preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with a 50+ year legacy of success. We were named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and are included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity.

Southern Glazer's offers a competitive compensation package with a salary range of $90000 - $110000 / year plus bonus. This salary range is an average range for this position. In determining a final offer, the company will evaluate a specific candidate's education, skills and experience and will make an offer appropriately.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a full menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition reimbursement, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

At Southern Glazer's, you'll enjoy an environment where continuous learning and growth are supported and experience a culture where you are respected, and your voice is heard. If you're looking to fill your glass with opportunity, come join our FAMILY.

Overview

S e r v e a s th e p r i m ary li a i s on b e tw e e n th e l o cal m ar k e t a n d d es ign a ted s upp li e r s ; w ork t o d eve lop s tr a teg i c d ir e ction for s upp li e r p riori t i e s to m e e t v ol um e an d v al u e t arg e t s th r ou gh op timal a lloca t ion o f r es o u r c e s a n d adh e r e n ce t o b ra n d stra t e g y / s t a nd ar d s .

Primary Responsibilities

• Communicate regularly with assigned retailer contact providing project status updates, short-term analysis, and potential issues
• Contribute to team problem solving through findings and insights from analysis
• Lead strategy development, implementation, and monitoring of category management capabilities to optimize channel business performance
• Deliver market ready category leadership plans to be used with our key retail partner and manage changes in market dynamics due to new supplier entrants to optimize the portfolio
• Develop strategies and processes that facilitate the communication of insights and information to retail partners in a timely and actionable manner
• Develop hands-on knowledge and experience with advanced analytic approaches and concepts within management disciplines and help facilitate data integration
• Stay informed of analytic best practices across the industry

Additional Primary Responsibilities

• Assigns scorecard tracking of assigned category responsibility (including but not limited to: sales, profits, margins, market share)
• Lead category reviews by providing assortment and analytics that can help shape future category strategies
• Provide direct customer service to retailers
• Maintain relationships with cross-functional groups, corporate, retailer and planogram teams
• Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 5 years of experience or equivalent education and related experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Strong organization, multi-tasking and time management skills
• Certification in Category Management preferred
• Category Management experience within CPG sector

Physical Demands

• Physical demands include a considerable amount of time sitting and typing/keyboarding, using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor), or mobile device
• Physical demands with activity or condition may occasionally include walking, bending, reaching, standing, squatting, and stooping
• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.

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