Trade Planning Analyst - Kroger

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 Trade Planning Associate/Analyst  Kroger Business Center | Snacks | Two Positions in Cincinnati, Ohio  Join General Mills, one of the world’s top five consumer packaged goods companies, and help shape growth with Kroger. As a Trade Planning Associate, you will turn customer, category, and market insights into plans that grow our Snacks business and create value for shoppers and customers.  You will join a talented team of authentic leaders who care about your development and want you to succeed. This is a highly visible learning opportunity with meaningful responsibility, strong cross-functional exposure, and potential to advance across sales, commercial development, revenue management, category management, marketing, and other commercial roles. These positions are relocation eligible.

The Trade Planning Associate is a strategic resource to commercial sales teams. You will support trade planning, pricing, promotion, merchandising, and joint business planning for a fast-paced, highly competitive Snacks portfolio. You will help manage approximately a large portion of the sales performance and a significant trade investment and influence decisions that drive net sales, volume, trade efficiency, and market share. The role is on the Kroger customer located in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Build and execute merchandising and promotion plans in partnership with the Snacks commercial team and the Kroger Key Account Lead.  Support annual customer planning to deliver net sales growth, volume, trade efficiency, and share objectives.  Use pricing, promotion, and merchandising analytics to identify opportunities across distribution, shelving, assortment, and in-store execution.  Partner with account management, brand, category management, shopper marketing, ecommerce, innovation, and revenue management teams to accelerate growth.  Translate data and insights into customer presentations, recommendations, and joint business plans.  Maintain accurate promotion and investment records, deliver volume estimates, and monitor retailer, competitor, and industry activity.  Use structured problem-solving methods, including continuous improvement, root-cause analysis, and fishbone analysis, to address business challenges.  What makes this role special  Gain direct experience with a major national retailer, Kroger, and a high-visibility Mills’ Snacks portfolio.  Learn how commercial strategy becomes retailer-ready plans through hands-on work in trade planning and commercial development.  Build relationships with experienced leaders and a broad network of more than 65 colleagues across the region.  Make a visible impact while developing the skills and confidence to pursue future opportunities across General Mills.  Work on a team that values curiosity, accountability, inclusion, collaboration, and continuous learning.  What you bring  Bachelor’s degree required.  1+ year of experience in a related position. Experience using internal or external data sources, such as NielsenIQ, Circana, Stratum, or Market6, to identify customer, category, and business opportunities.  Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to organize, analyze, and clearly communicate information to Kroger customer teams and internal stakeholders.  Ability to learn and use commercial planning systems and apply data to promotion, pricing, and merchandising decisions.  Strategic thinking, strong problem-solving