Trade-A&P Planning Analyst

The Dannon Company, established in America in 1942, is America’s founding national yogurt company and continually leverages its expertise to develop and market innovative cultured fresh dairy food products in the U.S.  Dannon is one of the fastest growing fresh dairy food companies in the U.S. and is part of Groupe Danone, the world's largest fresh dairy company worldwide.

 

Dannon U.S. manufactures on average over 9 million individual servings of cultured fresh dairy food products each day. Dannon's product portfolio includes over 120 different sku's in various types, formats, flavors and sizes.  Our culture and values foster individual professional growth and we reward entrepreneurialism and teamwork. For more information, please visit www.dannon.com

 

We currently have an opening for a Trade-A&P Planning Analyst

 

Summary of Position: The primary purpose of this position will be to work cross-functionally to provide corporate decision support and in depth analysis relating to trade/marketing activity, financial modeling, ROI analysis, and budget management. 

 

Responsibilities:

·  Generate and provide key financial information relating to Trade/Marketing for Budget and latest Estimates. Gain information on current business practices relating to trade/marketing planning and provide detailed analysis.

·  Post and finalize results during the monthly close process

·  Reconcile Budgets vs Spend for responsible areas

·  Ability to quickly react, learn and develop within high performance business teams to ensure deliverables are met

·  Leverage software systems/ reporting tools to develop and maintain financial models which track KPIs, performance benchmarks and ROI metrics

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

(A) Minimum Bachelors Degree in Business Administration1-3 years of relative work experience providing detailed analysis

·  Strong Organizational skills

·  Strong PC skills with expertise in Excel and with manipulating data

·  Sound analytical skills and problem solving techniques

·  Excellent written and verbal communication skills

 

(B) Desired but not essentialCPG syndicated data analysis (IRI/Nielsen)Trade system and trade deal analysisROI evaluation/benchmarking experienceMBA



We offer an excellent salary and benefits package and outstanding career advancement potential.  Please send your resume with complete salary history. We can only respond to qualified candidates.  EOE M/F/D/V.  Qualified females and minorities are encouraged to apply.