Post Consumer Brands is hiring: Promotions Planner in Lakeville

Business Unit Overview:

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The companys portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats, PEBBLES, Grape-Nuts and Malt-O-Meal cereal, and Peter Pan peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray Nutrish, Kibbles n Bits and 9Lives dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news.

Brand:

Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. Were always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, were growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. Thats where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets.

Location Description:

Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America.

Responsibilities:

This position is hybrid- in the office 3 days a week in Lakeville, MN

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Partners with our brands, sales teams and agency to develop a comprehensive promotional strategy with focus on executional excellence and profitable ROI.

Planning:

• Understand the brand and sales teams business objectives and make recommendation on our promotional and in store marketing (when applicable) budgets
• Brief agency on key objectives and partner with them to establish promotional plan focused on digital offers.
• Partner with PCB Procurement and Legal to identify any risks and opportunities
• Build out a flow of when promotions and any instore signage should be in market that compliments trade events and key moments for the brand.
• Align with media team on the promotion calendar and collaborate to find opportunities to plus up media support around promotions at key retailers.

Execution:

• Provide all relevant offer details to agency to get programs executed including item list and any exclusions.
• Partner with creative studio to get any creative assets needed
• Track weekly pacing to ensure we are on track
• Reconcile final redemption costs and manage to agreed upon budgets; flag any under or over pacing and how we will adjust plans to stay on budget

Communication:

• Keep cross functional partners up to date on programming details and changes (media, sales, brand partners)
• Publish monthly flow and program highlights to field sales teams to keep everyone aware of upcoming activations
• Send recaps to cross-functional partners and share any learnings being applied to future programs

Measurement:

• Develop a test and learn plan for promotions to understand what partners, offers and audiences drive the best returns
• Monitor the programs weekly and make any optimizations throughout
• Partner with finance to evaluate the incremental lift on promotion programs

Qualifications:

Education:

Bachelors Degree Required; Or equivalent work experience in lieu of a degree.

Experience

• 1+ year work experience with coupon or promotional programs required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Advanced Excel skillset strongly preferred, PowerPoint experience putting data and graphs into presentation ready formats
• 1-2 years of business experience required; Consumer Packaged Goods industry experience strongly preferred

Other Characteristics

• Strong desire to learn
• Self-motivated, organized and has ability to manage and prioritize multiple/diverse priorities
• Excellent oral & written communication skills
• Enthusiastic and has a team-oriented approach to solving problems and managing relationships