VP, Integrated Commercial Planning & Activation

The Fresh Market Inc; Fisher Park (NC); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team member discount up to 40%

Health, Dental & Vision insurance

401K contribution and match

Personal time off and additional time‑

Job summary

The Fresh Market in Greensboro, NC seeks a VP of Commercial Planning for our Store Support Center. You will lead integrated commercial planning across pricing, promotions, merchandise execution, vendor engagement, and supply chain, translating strategy into actionable priorities.

As a senior enterprise leader reporting to the Chief Commercial Officer, you will set priorities, build governance, activate cross-functional roadmaps, and drive measurable guest and financial outcomes while developing

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in commercial strategy, merchandising operations, pricing and promotions, vendor engagement, supply chain, transformation, or related retail leadership roles.
• Proven experience translating enterprise strategy into cross-functional activation and leading complex company-wide initiatives from design through execution.
• Strong financial and analytical acumen, with ability to connect insights to actions that improve sales, margin, guest experience, and performance.
• Experience building operating rhythms, governance, processes, systems, and capabilities within a complex retail environment.
• Executive-level communication and influencing skills to align leaders across multiple departments.
• Ability to lead through influence, navigate ambiguity, and move complex work forward with urgency.
• Proven experience leading complex vendor relationships and negotiations balancing financial, operational, strategic, and guest considerations.

Responsibilities

• Set Commercial priorities and drive shared accountability for delivery of the integrated agenda.
• Translate strategy into an activation roadmap with milestones, ownership, dependencies, and success measures.
• Lead the activation process across pricing, promotions, merchandising, supply chain, and vendor engagement.
• Establish governance with annual/quarterly roadmaps, forums, decision rights, and issue escalation.
• Create an integrated view of performance across financials, guest metrics, and market data to identify opportunities.
• Strengthen cross-channel execution across in-store and digital with aligned workflows and communications.
• Advance pricing and promotion capabilities to improve competitiveness and margin performance.
• Lead Supply Chain and Vendor Engagement teams to optimize product flow and partner relationships.
• Build partnerships across Merchandising, Marketing, Store Ops, Supply Chain, Finance, IT, and Digital.

Skills

Commercial strategy

Retail leadership

Strategy execution

Pricing and promotions

Vendor engagement

Supply chain

Education

MBA or advanced degree

Job description

The Fresh Market in Greensboro, NC seeks a VP of Commercial Planning for our Store Support Center. You will lead integrated commercial planning across pricing, promotions, merchandise execution, vendor engagement, and supply chain, translating strategy into actionable priorities.

As a senior enterprise leader reporting to the Chief Commercial Officer, you will set priorities, build governance, activate cross-functional roadmaps, and drive measurable guest and financial outcomes while developing