Strategic Customer Planning Leader

Glanbia; Downers Grove (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discounts

Health & dental plan

Generous family leave policy

401K retirement plan

Job summary

Glanbia Performance Nutrition (GPN) seeks a Senior Manager to drive Customer Planning & Strategy for Isopure and related brands across the Americas. You will bridge brand teams with customer teams, shaping sales strategy and execution through data-driven insights and strategic planning.

You will influence brand commercialization, guide product initiatives, and develop tools for reviews and sell-in. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration across marketing, finance, and trade teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in sales, brand, channel/trade marketing, customer planning or customer strategy in North America.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in a matrixed CPG environment; direct customer sales is a plus.
• Exposure to multiple retail classes of trade – e-commerce, mass, club, grocery, specialty, dollar, drug.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary liaison between brand teams and customer teams to align sales strategy and execution.
• Support customer sales with data-driven insights, strategic planning, and executional excellence.
• Lead commercialization of brand plans across channels including assortment, display, pricing and promotions.
• Guide customer-specific product initiatives through the stage gate process.
• Develop and maintain sales tools and presentations for internal and external use.

Skills

Analytical skills

Strategic thinking

Attention to detail

Tableau

NIQ

SPINS

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

MBA preferred

Tools

Tableau

NIQ

SPINS

MS Office

Job description

Glanbia Performance Nutrition (GPN) seeks a Senior Manager to drive Customer Planning & Strategy for Isopure and related brands across the Americas. You will bridge brand teams with customer teams, shaping sales strategy and execution through data-driven insights and strategic planning.

You will influence brand commercialization, guide product initiatives, and develop tools for reviews and sell-in. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration across marketing, finance, and trade teams.