Manager, Sales Planning – Small Format

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🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🤑 Sales

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Mars

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10,000+ employees

🍽️ Food & Beverage

👥 B2C

🏭 Manufacturing

💰 Debt financing on 2025-04

Food & Beverage • B2C • Manufacturing

Mars is a large, family-owned global consumer goods company with a portfolio of well-known, consumer-facing brands. The company operates across food and petcare categories and emphasizes R&D, supply chain, veterinary expertise, and associate wellbeing (including a pet-friendly culture). Mars recently announced the completion of an acquisition of Kellanova and highlights career mobility, benefits, and a purpose-driven approach.

📋 Description

• Lead customer sales plans, forecasts, budgets, and business reviews • Analyze performance and recommend actions to close business gaps • Improve promotional ROI and trade-investment effectiveness • Maintain accurate planning systems, reporting, and assumptions • Communicate actionable insights to senior leadership • Collaborate across Sales, Finance, RGM, and Supply Chain • Support business planning, forecasting, trade investment optimization, performance analysis, and actionable insights for the Accelerator business • Integrate processes, improve planning capabilities, and enable scalable growth across the portfolio

🎯 Requirements

• Strong sales planning, financial, and analytical acumen • Advanced Excel and reporting skills • Proven ability to influence, communicate, and manage competing priorities • Trade promotion management or forecasting-system experience preferred • RGM and promotional-effectiveness experience preferred • People-leadership experience preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Eligible employees are automatically enrolled in a 401(k) plan • Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and eligible dependents • Up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave may be available • 120 hours of vacation per year • Paid sick time with 100% pay continuation for a maximum of 40 hours per calendar year for eligible Associates • 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year, including fixed and flexible holidays • Variable pay and general allowances may be included if eligible