at Reyes Holdings in Niles, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Responsibilities
Join the leading beverage provider, Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling!+ Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K Match, PTO, Education Reimbursement
If you enjoy our products, you’ll really enjoy being a part of our team!Pay Transparency Statement:?
The compensation philosophy reflects the Company’s reasonable expectation at the time of posting. We consider a number of factors when making individual compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, and other business needs. ?This role may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary incentive program, subject to the rule governing the program.?
Position Summary:
The Space Manager develops and delivers best-in-class assortment and space recommendations utilizing industry standards that provide win-win-win (shopper-retailer-supplier) solutions for the company.
Position Responsibilities may include, but not limited to:
+ Influence and guide retailers’ beverage strategies
+ Build strong and effective relationships with key internal and external customers
+ Identify key business opportunities through collaborative business planning
+ Identify relevant insights, leveraging industry knowledge to advance the Non-Alcoholic Ready-To-Drink Beverage category strategy and solutions
+ Leverage an understanding of how retailer category and strategy can be best implemented in selecting new items into an assortment
+ Develop optimized assortment recommendations by utilizing advanced assortment theories and practices
+ Understand volumetric impact of assortment additions and deletions
+ Understand retailer space strategy can be fully leveraged to manage and optimize the shelf space for the categories where the company has representation
+ Understand the principles of space management to develop best-in -class optimized shelf schematic planograms for retailers
+ Use data and insights to identify gaps and opportunities in space utilization and build schematics to optimize the allocation of shelf/floor space
+ Design, develop and deliver presentations that substantiate rationale for recommendations of space and assortment changes to influence internal and external customer’s decisions
+ Other projects or duties as assigned
Qualifications
Required Skills and Experience:
+ Bachelor’s degree in business related discipline and 6 plus years of consumer package goods industry experience or High School Diploma/GED and 9 plus years of consumer package good industry experience
+ Channel, Shopper, and Trade experience
+ Category, Portfolio, and Brand experience
+ Strong Space and/or Assortment Management Discipline knowledge
+ Ability to integrate insights from data into assortment and shelving recommendations
+ Retailer Space and/or Assortment Project experience
+ Intermediate Microsoft Office skills, i.e., Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
+ Strong verbal and written communication skills
+ Strong presentation skills
+ Strong project management skills i.e., detailing deliverables, responsibilities, timing, and key milestones
+ Creative problem-solving skills
+ Ability to develop collaborative solutions with retailers and internal customers
+ Up to 20% travel
+ This position must pass a post-offer background and drug test
Preferred Skills and Experience:
+ 10 plus years of consumer package good industry experience
+ Master’s degree
+ Ability to link category leadership strategies to customer strategies
+ Ability to drive organizational performance, efficiency, and effectiveness by translating analytics into actions and results
+ Experience delivering sustainable results
+ Channel, Shopper, and Trade Mastery experience
+ Category, Portfolio, and Brand Mastery experience
+ Experience as Space/Assortment Management Discipline subject matter expert
+ Analytics experience
+ Ability to draw and communicate insights and actions from data into assortment and shelving recommendations
+ Highly technical skills and aptitude with computer software i.e., Microsoft Office, JDA, Apollo, PowerBI, Tableau, etc.
+ Planning experience i.e., strategic thinking, forward looking, time cognizant, end-to-end retail project management
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Due to the nature of our business in regard to such things as delivery schedules, order inputs, selection, and Department of Transportation Hours of Service, overtime, attendance and punctuality are essential job functions. Should an individual in this classification not be able to adhere to this requirement due to a disability, they should contact their Human Resources department to see what, if any, reasonable accommodation may be made.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Drug Free Workplace.
