Manager, Sales Planning - Small Format – Accelerator

Mars Incorporated; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid parental leave

Vacation & holidays

Job summary

Mars Incorporated in Chicago seeks a Manager, Sales Planning - Small Format to lead the Accelerator portfolio's planning, forecasting, and trade investment optimization. You will drive insights, align cross-functional teams, and enable scalable growth for KIND, Tru Fru, Nature's Bakery, and related brands.

This is a temporary project role ending December 1, 2027, with a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities to influence strategic planning across Sales, Finance, RGM, and Supply Chain.

Qualifications

• Strong sales planning, financial, and analytical acumen.
• Advanced Excel and reporting skills.
• Proven ability to influence, communicate, and manage competing priorities.
• Experience with trade promotion management or forecasting systems (preferred).
• RGM and promotional effectiveness experience (preferred).
• People leadership experience (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Lead customer sales plans, forecasts, budgets, and business reviews
• Analyze performance and recommend actions to close business gaps
• Improve promotional ROI and trade-investment effectiveness
• Maintain accurate planning systems, reporting, and assumptions
• Communicate actionable insights to senior leadership
• Collaborate across Sales, Finance, RGM, and Supply Chain

Skills

Sales planning

Financial analysis

Analytical skills

Advanced Excel

Reporting

Influence & communication

Prioritization

Job description

Job Description:

What you'll do

Reporting to the Sales Planning & Trade Strategy team, the Manager, Sales Planning - Small Format supports the Sales Planning function for the Accelerator business, including KIND, Tru Fru, Nature's Bakery, and the newly acquired Kellanova brands. This role is responsible for business planning, forecasting, trade investment optimization, performance analysis, and delivering actionable insights that drive business results. As the Accelerator division continues to evolve, this role will play a key leadership role in integrating processes, improving planning capabilities, and enabling scalable growth across the portfolio.

This role is a temporary project role with an end date of December 1, 2027.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead customer sales plans, forecasts, budgets, and business reviews
• Analyze performance and recommend actions to close business gaps
• Improve promotional ROI and trade-investment effectiveness
• Maintain accurate planning systems, reporting, and assumptions
• Communicate actionable insights to senior leadership
• Collaborate across Sales, Finance, RGM, and Supply Chain

Qualifications

Must Have

• Strong sales planning, financial, and analytical acumen
• Advanced Excel and reporting skills
• Proven ability to influence, communicate, and manage competing priorities

Preferred

• Trade promotion management or forecasting-system experience
• RGM and promotional-effectiveness experience
• People-leadership experience

Who are we?

Accelerator, a global Division of Mars Snacking, is on the front line of unlocking growth across high- potential categories and brands to fuel what's next for Snacking. It's home to both emerging and enduring brands, including KIND, TRÜ FRÜ, NATURE'S BAKERY, RXBAR, EGGO, POP-TARTS and RICE KRISPIE TREATS. Combining the scale of Mars with the agility of a start-up, our Division has the ambition to accelerate the future of snacking by delivering products consumers love today, discovering category- shaping innovations for tomorrow and developing entrepreneurial teams whose impact will last for generations.

We're looking for passionate talent who dare to dream big, agile collaborators who talk straight and decide fast, and driven performers with a growth mindset. We're proudly part of Mars, while also building something boldly different. If this inspires and energizes you, you've found the right place where you can do cool things with fun people for one of the biggest snacking companies in the world!

Pay and Benefits

Thebase pay range for this position at commencement of employment is between the below range, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including but not limited to, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, andexperience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, if eligible, including variable pay & general allowances (depending on the positionand employee's work schedule). Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicablepolicies andplans then in effect, and depending on the position offered and the employee's work schedule (i.e., part-time schedule), eligible employees are automatically enrolled in a 401(k) plan, as well as participate in Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employee's eligible dependents, and may be eligible to take up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave.Employees will also receivethe following paid-time off (which may be prorated based on start date and the employee's work schedule):120 hours of vacation per year, paid sick time for eligible Associates of 100% pay continuation for a maximum of 40 hours per calendar year,and 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year that include both fixed and flexible holidays.U.S.D. 0.00 - USD 0.00