Assistant Trade Budget Manager

Opportunity Information

The Role

Responsible for planning, governing, tracking and optimizing Trade Investment across channels, customers and brands to maximize return on investment while ensuring financial discipline and compliance.

•Lead the annual Trade Investment planning process with Trade Marketing, Sales and Commercial Finance •Monitor budget utilization across channels, customers and brands •Track trade spend performance against approved budgets and forecasts and conduct monthly variance analysis •Ensure timely accrual creation, tracking and reconciliation with Commercial Finance •Validate customer and distributor trade claims in line with approved investment plans and company policies •Support internal and external audit requirements related to trade investments •Evaluate trade promotion investment proposals through financial analysis and business case assessment •Develop frameworks for measuring promotional effectiveness and return on investment and conduct post-promotion evaluations •Develop and maintain dashboards and regular customer, channel and brand-level reports •Lead continuous improvement and automation of trade investment planning, approval, claims, settlement and reporting processes

Applicants General Eligibility & Requirements

Education, Experience and Skills Requirements