Forecasting & Planning: Monitor sales performance, volume shifts, and promotional impact to deliver timely, accurate inputs into demand planning and the monthly S&OP process.
Cross-Functional Leadership: Serve as the primary liaison between sales, demand planning, and trade marketing, ensuring alignment on distribution changes, promotional schedules, and new product launches.
Business Insights: Leverage syndicated data (IRI, Nielsen, etc.) and historical sales trends to identify risks, opportunities, and growth levers across categories and customers.
Operational Excellence: Oversee annual volume plan targets, SKU rationalization, pallet/shipper orders, and aging inventory management, ensuring smooth execution in market.
Executive Reporting: Deliver clear and actionable reporting on forecasts, trade spend, and sales performance to senior leadership, highlighting variances and recommended actions.
Strategic Projects: Lead annual financial planning inputs, support IBP reviews, and develop sales meeting materials to guide business strategy and execution.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree a plus.
3+ years of experience in forecasting, planning, or sales operations (CPG industry strongly preferred).
Proven ability to analyze complex data sets and translate into actionable insights.
Proficiency in Excel and comfort with syndicated data tools (IRI, Nielsen POS & panel).
Strong project management skills with a track record of driving cross-functional initiatives.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence at multiple levels of the organization.
Highly organized, detail-oriented, and self-motivated with a proactive, problem-solving mindset.
Numbers & Facts
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio
Website
http://www.incpg.com
Skills
Business Strategyunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Consumer Packaged Goodsunmatched
Cross-Functionalunmatched
Data Analysisunmatched
Data Setsunmatched
Demand Forecasting/Planningunmatched
Detail Orientedunmatched
Financial Planningunmatched
Forecastingunmatched
Inventory Managementunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Marketing Planunmatched
Marketing/Sales Collateralunmatched
Organizational Skillsunmatched
Pallet Jackunmatched
Performance Analysisunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Product/Service Launchunmatched
Project/Program Managementunmatched
Risk Analysisunmatched
Salesunmatched
Sales & Operations Process (S&OP)unmatched
Sales Analysisunmatched
Sales Operationsunmatched
Stock Keeping Unit (SKU)unmatched
Time Managementunmatched
Trend Analysisunmatched
Volume Planningunmatched
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