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Trade & Customer Planning Intern

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  • Internship
    Full-time
    Off-cycle Internship
  • Sales & Business Development
    Customer Relations
  • Minneapolis

Requirements

  • Qualifications:
  • Working towards a bachelor’s degree in Sales & Marketing / Business Admin.
  • Ability to work well under pressure with strong ability to multi-task.
  • Highly detailed with strong organizational and operating skills.
  • Proficient computer knowledge: Microsoft Office, Work, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Power Bi.
  • Communications skills- writing and communication skills, and be able to interact and persuade individuals levels senior to him or her, as well as actively participate in meetings and group discussions with individuals from various parts of the organization (e.g. Marketing, Sales, Finance)
  • Additional Information
  • PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
  • The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to be successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Responsibilities

  • Utilize syndicated data and internal metrics (revenue, spend, ROI) to evaluate and select customer-specific trade rates and slotting approvals with minimal risks.
  • Review customer promotional spending plans in MEI for effectiveness, efficiency, and compliance with guidelines and budgets
  • Identify specific examples of trade spending effectiveness best practices and share across the Retail Sales team
  • Create and deploy tools to track trade spending budgets, while identifying areas to enhance efficiency
  • Assist the Director on all major MAPS initiatives (annual planning, core void identification and closure, new item launches budget reconciliation, and customer specific growth projects
  • Assist in the development of the strategic sales and trade plans. Conduct pre- and post-promotional analysis for key accounts and across channel archetypes
  • Develop promo event-level guidelines
  • Work with Sales to develop ROI-informed promotional calendars/plans
  • Maintain promo effectiveness scorecards
  • Develop quarterly promo effectiveness reviews
  • Run analytics to understand effectiveness of trade terms (e.g., incremental margin or growth per dollar invested in a given account) and make recommended changes
  • Partner with Trade Strategy team to develop, implement, and manage trade spend architecture by channel
  • Partner with Sales & Marketing to develop customer sell-in stories when needed

Join us on our journey to be The World's #1 Protein Snack Company

Manufacturing & Electronics
Industry
1001-5000
Employees
1986
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

When it comes to being wild, we know a thing or two. We're not afraid of trying something new or the hard work it takes to make it happen. It's in our DNA. We've turned a family recipe into a new snacking category. And the wilderness into the world's largest meat snack business, that's still proudly family owned and operated. We're a company built by innovators, and are driven to not only satisfy your hunger, but to also feed your journey – whether that journey is on the road, on the run, at the campground, at the playground, in the office or in the moment. It’s a journey we share with you. It’s the journey forward of our people, of our communities, of our category…with a reverence for quality and an irreverence for the status quo. At Jack Link's Protein Snacks, we see every moment of every day as an opportunity to move forward, to forge new ground. To realize our vision of becoming the World’s #1 Protein Snacking Company. We never give up. You never give up. Together, we keep going. Are you wild enough to join us? Jack Link's Protein Snacks is a global leader in snacking and the No. 1 meat snack manufacturer worldwide. Family-owned and operated with headquarters in Minong, Wisconsin, Jack Link’s Protein Snacks also has a large corporate hub in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company is made up of passionate team members, across 11 countries, who share an uncompromising commitment to delivering awesome products and feeding the journey of those who move things forward. The Jack Link’s Protein Snacks portfolio of brands includes, Jack Link’s, Lorissa’s Kitchen, MATADOR Jerky, Golden Island, BiFi and Peperami.