Customer Planning & Strategy Analyst Glanbia Join this dynamic team focused on delivering better nutrition for every step of life’s journey The Opportunity At GPN, our commercial teams play a key role in helping iconic brands win with customers. As an Analyst, Customer Planning & Strategy, based in Downers Grove, IL, you will support the execution of brand and customer strategies by translating insights into actionable plans and sales tools. This role partners cross-functionally with sales, marketing, and finance to deliver joint business plans, support commercialization efforts, and enable profitable growth in a fast-paced, performance-driven environment. Essential Functions <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Translate data into actionable insights that inform brand, category, and customer strategies across the portfolio</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Support the execution of Optimum Nutrition and BSN brand initiatives across the sales organization, bridging brand and sales to translate strategy into customer-ready plans informed by consumer and customer insights</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Develop insights, tools, and materials to support customer presentations and enable sales teams with self-service reporting</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Support the execution of commercialization plans, ensuring effective delivery of product, placement, pricing, and promotion strategies</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Analyze assortment, shelving, display, and promotional performance to identify opportunities by customer and category</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Provide analytical support to help drive achievement of sales and profit targets across assigned customers and brands</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Maintain expertise on customer resets, retail calendars, and key in-store events to inform planning and execution</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Collaborate cross-functionally with account teams, RGM, marketing, and finance to align on priorities and execution</li> </ul> Qualifications <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Bachelors/University degree in Business Administration, Finance or Accounting</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">2-5 year’s sales, brand, or channel/trade marketing, or customer strategic planning experience in North America</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Experience in direct customer sales preferred </li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Experience in a larger brand portfolio organization within CPG is preferred</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Solid analytical skills and acute attention to detail</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Self-motivated with a strong work ethic and exceptional drive for results and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment </li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Good communication skills with advanced skills using Microsoft Excel, Power Point, and SmartSheet; knowledge of SAP Analytics, NIQ or SAP Trade Promotion Management a plus</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Good cross-functional collaboration skills</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Thrives in a fast-paced, complex, matrix and fluid environment</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">A very strong bias for action with a coordinated team</li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Ability to devise and deliver persuasive presentations, based on data-driven insights and facts, to gain support for business strategies and/or initiatives internally and externally with customer partners</li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Strong computer skills, including MS Office applications, Tableau, database information sources, and web applications </li> <li style="margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;margin-left:0.0px">Positive can-do attitude – collaborative, team-oriented approach – diligent work ethic</li> </ul> Where and how you will work The opportunity will be based in Downers Grove, IL with hybrid working arrangements available which offer you a greater choice in how you work and live, giving you a better work-life balance. Compensation Compensation for roles at Glanbia varies depending on a wide range of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience. Glanbia provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in IL. This range may not be applicable to other locations. Factors that could be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, years of experience and comparison to current employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range. The annual salary for IL based employees for this role is $70,000 – $90,000k with an annual bonus. What we would like to offer you! The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, health & dental plan, competitive salary, 401K. About Glanbia Glanbia is a better nutrition company with three divisions: Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition and Dairy Nutrition. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 5800 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading brands and ingredients in more than 100 countries worldwide At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more.

Customer Planning & Strategy Analyst (Downers Grove, IL, US, 60515) @ Glanbia PLC

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