Associate Director - Promotions & Trade Spend

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Green Spoon Sales

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National Natural Food / Bev Sales Agency • Natural Products Broker • Mission Based Company • CPG • Full Service Food Broker

201 - 500 employees

🤝 B2B

🛒 Retail

Description

• Manage team of Promotions Coordinators. • Drive accountability on deadlines, accuracy, and organization for promotional updates and changes that come from brand partners. • Lead weekly team calls to update team on initiatives, project updates and best practices. • Lead team one-on-one meetings with coordinators to understand any challenges or outstanding issues to lend support to. • Work cross departmentally with key account teams to ensure promotion deliverables are being met. • Train and onboard new Promotions Coordinators on team processes and tools. • Work directly with brand partners to strategize on promotional changes, updates, and requirements. • Properly organize and communicate changes to broader Promotions and Trade Spend team. • Work with Promotions Coordinators to ensure updates are reflected in existing promotion plans. • Assist Executive Director of Promotions & Trade Spend in roll out of annual promotions planning process. • Work cross departmentally with Green Spoon team and brand partners to build strategic annual promotion plans for key accounts. • Assist with follow ups with brand partners to ensure promotional material is gathered to hit deadlines. • Help maintain internal trackers to ensure accuracy and completion goals. • Work closely with the Executive Director of Promotions & Trade Spend to manage brand onboarding. • Develop positive and trusting relationships with brand partners and with Green Spoon key account teams, brand advocate team, and distributor team. • Work with the Green Spoon team to continuously improve efficiency and productivity and to solve issues and address concerns. • Help maintain company tools and resources for our team and clients.

Requirements

• Team management experience required. • Proven experience motivating teams, driving accountability, and fostering an atmosphere of growth, learning and collaboration. • Experience interacting with CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) brands. • Building and maintaining trusting relationships with brand partners. • Helping brands navigate promotional strategy through insights and recommendations. • Minimum 5+ years natural foods and grocery experience required. • Solid understanding of retailer promotions and promotional discounts required. • Great attention to detail and highly organized. • Excellent time management, multi-tasking, and communication skills. • Must have a positive attitude and thrive in a fast-paced environment. • A college degree strongly preferred. • Proficiency in MS Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint & Outlook. • Experience working with Asana is a plus.

Benefits

• Amazing company culture! • 15%-25%+ higher salary package over competitive agencies • 401k Match Plan - 100% Employer Match up to 4% of Salary • 100% covered strong Health insurance plan • 100% covered strong Dental insurance plan • 100% covered strong Vision insurance plan • Critical Illness & Accident & Hospital Indemnity insurance • Employee assistance program • Flexible spending account • Health savings account • Short-term and Long-term Disability insurance • Life insurance • Strong PTO Plan • Paid Mental Health Days • 10 Paid Holidays (Birthday - paid day off) • "Home for the Holidays" Break • Bi-Monthly Phone Allowance • Annual Team Builds • Annual wellness stipend (starting Jan. 25') • Paid Volunteer Hours – 1% For The Planet (Team on a Mission!)