Sales Coordinator-East Pet Sales Team

The J.M. Smucker Company; United States; On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

The J. M. Smucker Company is seeking a Sales Coordinator for the East Pet Sales Team.

This role provides key support to the sales organization, handling daily, weekly, and monthly reporting, data maintenance, and meeting prep to drive sales targets. Responsibilities include merchandising planning, contract and item setups, promotional planning, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure pricing, promotions, and merchandising plans are executed flawlessly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 2 years of business experience (full-time and/or internship).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Demonstrated PowerPoint experience putting data and graphs into presentation-ready formats.
• Strong desire to learn and succeed.
• Self-motivated, organized and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily, weekly and monthly ad-hoc reporting and data maintenance for the East Pet Sales Team.
• Create and maintain merchandising planners for the commercial organization.
• Assist in customer contracts, new item set up, pricing changes, and audit resolution.
• Support promotional planning and Trade Planning System activities.
• Collaborate with the sales team to develop item presentations and analyze business trends.

Skills

Microsoft Office Suite

PowerPoint

Communication skills

Time management

Self-motivated

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Your Opportunity as the Sales Coordinator-East Pet Sales Team

In this role you will be the key support within the sales organization for the East Pet Sales Team. You will collaborate and work cross functionally with teams across the commercial organization by providing support with daily, weekly and monthly ad-hoc reporting, internal and external systems/data maintenance, assist in customer meeting prep and analyzing key opportunities to help deliver sales targets. Location: Working Remotely within the United States

In this role you will:

• Business Planning & Analyses: Own custom reporting needs, developing, updating and interpreting data to provide insights to sales team and support ad hoc business needs
• Create and maintain merchandising planners for commercial organization
• Assist managers with administrative needs of business: customer contracts, new item set up, cost changes, internal/external audit resolution, deduction and reclaim management, etc.
• Support promotional planning and maintenance in the Trade Planning System
• Partner with sales team to develop new item presentations, evaluate business trends, and create presentations supporting sales priorities and initiatives
• Supports sales needs for annual business and joint planning processes
• Strengthen Customer Planning & Forecasting: Develop strong understanding of customer business strategies, systems and resources to support sales team with focus on continual improvement
• Manage customer system reporting to support team needs and analysis with recommendations to improve; collaborate with Analytics organization
• Support ad-hoc requests for customer system data as needed
• Understand customer KPI’s, and collaborate with cross functional and sales teams to deliver against retailer expectations
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to communicate and ensure flawless execution of pricing, promotion, & merchandising plans
• Accelerate Team Performance: Own & maintain SharePoint site and calendars for team, support record keeping expectations
• Lead coordination for sales team business reviews
• Support invoicing/payment processing for the team as needed
• Assist in the preparations of market visits & key internal and customer meetings
• Support ongoing special project work, product samples, office supply needs, etc.

What we are looking for:

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree
• 2 years of business experience (fulltime and/or internship experience)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Demonstrated PowerPoint experience putting data and graphs into presentation ready formats
• Strong desire to learn & succeed
• Self-motivated, organized and has ability to manage and prioritize multiple/diverse priorities
• Excellent oral & written communication skills

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:

• Consumer Packaged Goods industry experience
• Advanced Excel skillset
• Co-Pilot (AI) business integration and usage experience
• Desire to grow and develop in a future Sales and/or Commercialization role

The Right Place for You

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

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We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, age, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.

We’re a community of passionate, talented professionals dedicated to creating food people and pets love—while supporting the communities in which we work and live. We value what makes each person unique, champion growth and development, and foster collaboration that fuels productivity and drives our shared success.

Learn more about our Thrive Together purpose At Smucker, we're passionate about creating a workplace where you truly belong. With a culture rooted in our Basic Beliefs and a competitive Total Rewards program, we aim to support every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs. Learn more about working at Smucker Our culture is sustained and brought to life every day by the people of Smucker and our hiring process is designed to identify the right candidate for every position at our company. Learn more about our hiring process The J. M. Smucker Co. (the “Company”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. No person will be discriminated against in hiring or in any other aspect of their employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, marital status, familial status, disability, genetic information, protected veteran/military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.