Strategic Trade & AR Analyst, Food Service

Lactalis American Group; Bedford (AL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off from day one

Education Reimbursement

Total Rewards Program

Job summary

Lactalis American Group, based in Bedford, NH, is hiring a Trade Management Analyst for Food Service. You will process and resolve trade claims, deductions, and AR issues for food service customers, coordinating with Sales, Finance, and Supply Chain to ensure pricing accuracy and contract compliance.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years in AR/trade management, strong Excel skills, and experience with food service channels; SAP and Trade systems familiarity is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Majors in Business, Finance or related field preferred.
• 3+ years accounts receivable, trade management and/or collection, contract compliance experience required.
• Experience supporting food service, distribution, hospitality, restaurant, or broader food and beverage channels preferred.
• Experience with distributor billbacks, deviated pricing, rebates, promotional claims, or food service customer agreements preferred.
• Advanced Excel is required.
• Prior Food Service Accounts Receivable and collection experience required.
• Prior experience with Trade Management concepts and policies preferred.
• SAP and Trade system experience is preferred.
• Knowledge of GoSimple is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to business improvement by educating and partnering with the sales team to help manage their financial requirements.
• Add value to our customers by providing a direct interface for all trade management and accounts receivable questions, issues, and problem resolution.
• Ensure internal control and financial integrity over the trade management process by validating transactions are recorded consistently with internal policies and accounting rules.
• Investigate and resolve invoice, pricing, and deduction issues by coordinating with Sales, Customer Service, Pricing, and Supply Chain.
• Collect customer invalid deductions.
• Establish cross-functional relationships to respond to the needs of the business: resolution of customer issues, improved management of trade spending, improved collections.
• Partner with Food Service Sales and broker teams to support customer-specific pricing, deviated pricing agreements, rebates, and promotional programs.
• Process accurate and timely application of cash receipts in accordance with established guidelines.
• Run Open Aging to review/resolve/track open short-pays and deductions for assigned group of customer accounts
• Support contract and program compliance for food service operators, chain accounts, distributors, and group purchasing organizations (GPOs), where applicable.
• Validate / Invalidate Customer Deductions, ensuring accuracy of promotion contracts and promotion claims as a result of clearing Valids and identifying Invalids for Collection/Repay.
• Manage transactions in third Party Deduction Management System to ensure timely and accurate deduction clearing
• Process Payables weekly against Trade Deals in deduction management system and email remits to customers.
• Perform AD Hoc duties as assigned.

Skills

Accounts Receivable

Trade Management

Contract Compliance

A/R Collections

Advanced Excel

Pricing & Rebates

Food Service

Trade System (SAP)

GoSimple

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Business/Finance related major preferred

Tools

SAP

GoSimple

Job description

Lactalis American Group, based in Bedford, NH, is hiring a Trade Management Analyst for Food Service. You will process and resolve trade claims, deductions, and AR issues for food service customers, coordinating with Sales, Finance, and Supply Chain to ensure pricing accuracy and contract compliance.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years in AR/trade management, strong Excel skills, and experience with food service channels; SAP and Trade systems familiarity is preferred.