Sales Coordinator-East Pet Sales Team

Hostess; United States; Remote; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Hostess is seeking a Sales Coordinator for the East Pet Sales Team, working remotely within the United States. You will support the sales organization with ad-hoc reporting, data maintenance, and meeting prep to help achieve sales targets.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams on planning, pricing, and merchandising while managing customer system reporting and promotional activities. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 2 years of business experience (full-time or internship).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• PowerPoint experience presenting data/graphs for presentations.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Self-motivated, organized, and able to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Own custom reporting needs and develop insights for the sales team.
• Create and maintain merchandising planners for the commercial organization.
• Assist in customer contracts, new item setup, cost changes, and audits.
• Support promotional planning and maintenance in the Trade Planning System.
• Develop item presentations and analyze business trends for sales priorities.
• Support annual business and joint planning processes.
• Manage customer system reporting and analytics with recommendations.
• Coordinate sales team reviews and meetings; assist invoicing as needed.

Skills

2 years professional exp

MS Office proficiency

PowerPoint data presentation

Excellent communication

Organized and prioritizes

Self-motivated

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

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.