ASSISTANT PROMO PLANNER

Provide vacation coverage for the division promo planning team, including providing guidance to Category Management team in division-specific planning process and adjustments to plans, preparing division sales plans, and reviewing ads for respective divisions to ensure accuracy. Work closely with the department promo planner, as well as the Category Management and division Promo Planning teams to understand strategic priorities and assist in preparing market-specific sales/promo plans accordingly.

Work closely with the department promo planner, as well as the Category Management and division Promo Planning teams to understand strategic priorities and assist in preparing market-specific sales/promo plans accordingly. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. Minimum
- Any category management experience
- 2+ years of merchandising, store leadership or operations experience at a division or corporate level
- Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Excellent oral/written communication skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office

Desired
- Bachelor's Degree- Interface with category managers and department promo planner to understand priorities
- Create a promotional plan for a specific division(s) based upon market share, budget requirements, division specifics, and any key department Initiatives
- Identify gaps for specific divisions, communicate the opportunities and make recommendations to the promo planner and coordinate any necessary changes to the promotional plans
- Create and maintain enterprise pre-plan document for all divisions based upon communicated schematics from Meat Promo Planning lead; update period schematics throughout the period when changes are made from marketing; communicate changes to the entire department
- Provide weekly financial forecasts to leadership by utilizing both Dodeca and the Classified tool to see upcoming sales and rate performance within the department
- Evaluate the Dodeca Projections and make course corrections to the promotional plans to get the desired results that meet or exceed the budget for the period
- Compile and communicate upcoming promotions for seasonal low items and fresh seasonal
- Coordinate with the Meat/Seafood team on Digital Coupons and submit/approve all HDOs
- Load NEXT for front page Mock-Up meetings
- Compile and input promotional information in the Daily Fresh News for the divisions
- Review upcoming promotional rollers (i.e., package, Fresh and Seafood) to verify they meet our sales and rate budget for the period
- Coordinate any revisions needed to promotional rollers with the category/commodity managers so adjusted financials can be inputted into Dodeca
- Provide coverage for both the Executive Ad Review and Enterprise Promo-Planning Meetings when Meat Promo-Planning lead is on vacation
- Coordinate 84.51 analysis on promotions with the Promo team
- Review pre and post execution promotional cost analysis to insure correct cost of promotional product
- Provide vacation coverage for the division promo planning team, including providing guidance to Category Management team in division-specific planning process and adjustments to plans, preparing division sales plans, and reviewing ads for respective divisions to ensure accuracy
- Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation