Consultant Albertsons Seasonal

Job Title: Category Consultant – Albertsons Seasons

Job Location: Remote – Midwest/East Coast Preferred

Summary

Responsible for acting as Category Management Consultant to Sales Partners, Albertsons/Safeway KDMs, and internal Hershey partners to drive consistent topline/net seasonal sales growth/share target.  Assesses trends, analyzes data and identifies key customer opportunities consistent with shopper and P&L strategies.  Acts as the Category/Customer expert in co-creating strategic Seasonal business plans.  Uses insights to drive customers to act in the best interest of the category.

Responsibilities

Acts as the Category expert to ensure the execution of Strategic Seasonal business initiatives. Such as topline sales plans, net sales goals and achieving sales share targets.  The Seasonal Consultant will leverage multiple tools and data sources (Circana/IRI, Executive Summaries and Fair Share analysis) to ensure the execution of the strategic business plan.  Effectively utilize the company's analytical tools and processes to ensure corporate objectives are met.  

• Guides & Consults Albertsons/Safeway Divisional and Corporate KDMs with insights & recommendations for Albertsons Seasonal Process: developing Category budgets, new item reviews & Divisional focused executions
• Partners with HSY IS & Category Management Team to effectively process Albertsons Seasonal orders through SOLVE across assigned Albertson’s Divisions

Minimum Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor's Degree Required
• 2 years of Consumer Product Sales/ Analytical Experience
• Ability to build dynamic relationships with Key Decision Makers (KDM)
• Technical Skills, Analysis & Problem Assessment
• Intermediate Excel Skills
• Personal Leadership experience
• Critical thinking
• Team player