About this role
Purpose The Senior Specialist - Food Promotions (Internal: Senior Specialist - Food Promo 2) is responsible for supporting the management team with tasks to profitably plan for all weekly and seasonal food promotions, based on market analysis and company objectives.
- Responsibilities Promotional Planning & Category Strategy: Co-develop promotional strategies for assigned categories in collaboration with Managers and Sr. Managers, utilizing market analysis and historical sales data to optimize future volume forecasting.
- Conduct weekly store and market pricing research on promotional items to ensure competitive positioning and accuracy across all retail channels.
- Maintain the Promotional Planning System (APT) and item planning databases with high accuracy, ensuring seamless execution of weekly pricing and promotional builds.
- Partner with Purchasing/Buying teams to coordinate domestic item inclusion in seasonal and weekly In/Out assortments and track new and repeat product life cycle timelines to assure target-week launches.
- Liaise across Supply Chain, Marketing, and Purchasing Administration to monitor critical deadlines, resolve operational bottlenecks, and safeguard promotional execution.
- Audit weekly circulars and marketing materials for price and item accuracy prior to customer release, minimizing discrepancies.
- Identify and execute process improvements, streamlining planning workflows and updating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and instructional guidelines.
- Support national and international cross-functional projects, ensuring deliverables align with key promotional deadlines and corporate business goals.
About You
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, or related field (In lieu of degree: 3+ years of retail store/field leadership like Department or Assistant Store Manager).
- 2–4 years of sound professional experience in purchasing, procurement, or supplier management.
- In-depth knowledge of purchasing processes, and market research.
- Strong analytical, intercultural communication, networking, and presentation skills.
- Physical Requirements Ability to travel up to the time required to perform the duties of the role, which may include weekends and evenings, as needed.
- Most work is performed in a temperature-controlled office environment.
- Must be able to sit for prolonged periods of time at a desk or computer terminal.
- May use keyboards, telephone, and standard office equipment in the course of a normal workday.
- Stooping, bending, twisting, and reaching may be required in the completion of job duties.
- Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds at times.
Competencies Personal Competencies
- Implements planned operational changes effectively and flexibly applies established approaches to resolve problems.
- Demonstrates ambition in completing tasks to the highest standard while responsibly managing personal capacity limits.
- Business
Competencies
- Maintains a structured overview of responsibilities and prioritizes tasks effectively in consultation with management to meet strict deadlines.
- Comprehends cross-departmental impacts and independently resolves recurring operational challenges within defined time and budget constraints.
- Social
Competencies
- Communicates concepts clearly, shares proactive updates, and practices active listening to ensure full stakeholder alignment.
- Fosters trust-based cross-departmental relationships and addresses differing perspectives early in a diplomatic, solution-oriented manner.
- Our Values Ability to demonstrate, understand, and continuously apply our workplace values: Performance: We thrive together to passionately pursue ambitious goals, constantly develop ourselves, and turn complex organizational challenges into opportunities.
- Respect: We put people at the center of what we do by treating each other fairly, ensuring equal opportunities, and valuing diversity as a key cultural strength.
- Trust: We believe in each other, communicate openly and honestly, remain completely reliable, and treat mistakes as valuable learning opportunities.
- Grounded: We dream big while staying down to earth, remaining approachable, choosing simplicity over complexity, and focusing firmly on meaningful results.
- Belonging: We are stronger together than we are alone, standing up for one another, leveraging our collective strengths, and focusing on sustainable, long-term relationships.
- Scope Number of team members directly supervised: None Number of team members indirectly supervised: Dependent on departmental scale Annual budget/expenditures: Monitors the day-to-day efficient use of financial and material resources within the team.
- Applies established cost-reduction initiatives while actively identifying new local opportunities for optimization and weighing costs vs. benefits in the immediate work environment.
What You’ll Receive At Lidl, we know that in order for our people to do their best, they must be at their best. That’s why as a company, we offer one of the most generous benefits packages in the industry. All our Lidl employees are eligible to receive the following benefits: Starting pay of $XX.XX per hour (with potential to earn $XX.XX per hour in the future) 10% employee-only discount on purchases made at Lidl stores Medical & Prescription | Dental | Vision coverage Paid Holiday & Paid Time Off (PTO) to use for sickness or vacation Dedicated training plans to ensure you are set up for success 401K Plan (+ 5% company match) Voluntary Term Life & AD&D Insurance Total Well-Being Program DailyPay, a voluntary benefit to offer employees access to their pay on their own schedule Lidl US views our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) through a lens of actions that are Good for the Environment, Good for People, and Good for You. #teamlidl #LI-AL1 #LI-Hybrid