Trade Management Specialist

Advantage Solutions; Toronto; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading business solutions provider as a Trade Management Specialist! This dynamic role involves collaborating with Customer Development Managers to implement and maintain customer business plans. You'll manage deduction processing and ensure compliance with client policies while honing your analytical and organizational skills. Enjoy a supportive work environment with full-time benefits, training opportunities, and generous paid time-off. If you're ready to take your career to the next level in a growing industry, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Benefits

Health Benefits

Dental Benefits

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid Time-Off

Training and Career Development

PerkSpot Discounts

Qualifications

• 2-5 years experience in administrative/planning within Consumer Packaged Goods.
• Proficient in Excel with skills in Pivot Tables and V lookups.

Responsibilities

• Manage customer plans within the Trade system and execute updates.
• Handle claims, deductions, and reconciliation processes.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Organizational Skills

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Time Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration

Equivalent work experience

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

PowerPoint

Client software

Job description

Summary

Trade Management Specialist - Canada

At our Company, we grow People, Brands, and Businesses! We are seeking a dynamic Trade Management Specialist (TMS) who will work closely with assigned Customer Development Managers and Directors. Responsible for the implementation and maintenance of customer business plans using client software, manage the deduction processing following client policies and procedures. Including sales forecasts, pricing, promotion plans, trade spend expenditures, long leads, and deduction management tasks.

Take this opportunity to join North America’s leading business solutions provider and build your career working with amazing people in a growing industry! Apply today!

What we offer:

• Full-Time Benefits (Health, Dental, Disability, Life, Lifeworks Program)
• PerkSpot Discounts on Travel, Movies, Cell Phones and more
• Training and Career Development
• Generous Paid Time-Off

Responsibilities:

• Manage the implementation and day to day maintenance of accurate customer plans within the Trade system.
• Create one plan per Brand, execute ongoing updates to plans per SPM / CDM instructions Identify baseline forecast variances, closing deals, updating promotions and long leads.
• Manage the claims, deduction, and reconciliation processes by following client policies and procedures to meet monthly goals.
• Identify deduction validation issues and work with SPM / CDM to resolve.
• Maintain audit compliant files and documentation.
• Reporting and balancing of cleared and open deductions for financial reporting requirements.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or equivalent work experience required
• 2-5 years administrative/planning experience within the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry
• Ability to learn new software quickly; Must have the ability to build Excel templates/spreadsheets from scratch using Pivot Tables and V lookups
• Excellent organization, math, and analytical skills; Strong verbal and written communication
• Ability to work as a team player in a fast-paced deadline oriented environment; Ability to prioritize and work on multiple tasks with minimum supervision
• Proficiency in Computer Software to include: MS Windows, Spreadsheet (MS Excel), Word-processing (MS Word), Computer Graphics (PowerPoint)

Physical Demands:

Never (0% of time): Work in high volume large format retail, grocery or other type retail store(s), work in cramped/awkward positions, kneel, push/pull more than ten pounds, work on unprotected heights, operate mechanical machinery, use hand tools/equipment, be exposed to marked changes in temperature and humidity, work in freezer/coolers, be exposed to harmful fumes and/or other pollutants, use feet and/or legs for repetitive motion left and right, and lift and/or carry more than ten pounds.

Occasionally (up to 33% of time): Sit, stand, walk, bend and/or stoop, crawl and/or climb, kneel, push/pull up to ten pounds (sedentary), use hands, fingers and/or arms for fine manipulation (typing – keyboard/handhelds), finger/hand grip/grasping, firm grasping (pushing pulling arm controls), and lift and carry up to ten pounds (sedentary).

Continuously (66-100% of time): Work in an office and use hands fingers and/or arms for repetitive motion.