Sales Specialist
Date: 18 Apr 2024
Location: Toronto, ON, CA
Company: CONA Services
Work Location - Toronto (Hybrid)
Employee Type - Regular Employee FT Salaried
About This Opportunity
In this role, you will work with our small store convenience retail customers and National and Regional Account teams to establish and manage solid business planning, forecasting and pricing. Using customer-syndicated data, you will conduct reviews with the account team to identify opportunities. You will also assist the account team by performing analysis required for execution of the annual Joint Business Plan, facilitating the development and validation of business plans, providing insight into forecasting as part of a management routine, and playing a key role in day-to-day communication with the team.
Responsibilities
• Provide timely and accurate reporting and insights to sales and management team, assist with field communication and assist Sales Management in preparing and presenting the Joint Business Plan.
• Assist in the development & analysis of the Joint Business Plan, including opportunity assessments, industry benchmarking, and gap analysis.
• Analyze key measures against Joint Business Plan performance including Sources of Growth allocations, price/package variations, mix shifts, operational elements like out-of-stocks or minimal orders.
• Prepare and provide input around key business indicators and weekly/monthly reporting routines.
• Identify opportunities and conduct reviews with the account team to gain alignment prior to finalization of recommendations and submission to key stakeholders
• Support the team to launch innovations in stores and on digital platforms
Qualifications
• 2+ years' experience in the food and/or CPG industries is an asset.
• Strong technical/computer skills (i.e., Excel, pivot tables, macros, Access)
• Demonstrated experience with putting together and delivering presentations
• Experience in finance, sales, category management, or business planning analysis are assets
• Coca-Cola system experience is an asset.
About Us: Proudly Canadian and Independently Owned, We are Coke Canada!
Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited is Canada’s premier bottling company. We are an independently owned business encompassing over 5,800 associates, more than 50 sales and distribution centers, and 5 production facilities nationwide. For more information about Coke Canada Bottling, please visit cokecanada.com
Important
All offers of employment at Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited (“Coke Canada Bottling”) are conditional upon a successful background clearance obtained through our contracted third-party vendor. The standard clearance requirements depend on the position and may include some or all of the following: criminal clearance, employment verification, education verification and drivers abstract review. Please advise the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions or concerns in regards to this once you are contacted for further consideration.
Coke Canada Bottling is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce with several programs, policies and resources in place to support our people. For individuals requiring accommodations or support throughout the recruitment process please contact our Talent Acquisition Services team by calling 1-844-383-2653 or email HR@cokecanada.com.