Schwan's Company

Description

(Overview)

Schwan’s Company, a U.S. affiliate of the global lifestyle company, CJ CheilJedang Corporation, is a leading U.S. manufacturer and marketer of quality foods offered through retail-grocery and food-service channels with brands including Red Baron, Freschetta, Pagoda Snacks and Edwards desserts. To learn about joining a team where you can belong, contribute and thrive, visit www.schwanscompany.com.

Position: Customer Finance Operations Coordinator - 'Trade Spend Coordinator'

Location: Bloomington, MN or Marshall, MN

What you will get from us:

• Opportunities for career growth with a well-established food company.
• A culture focused on ensuring the health, safety and well-being of its employees
• Support and mentorship from team members who are authentic, good-natured and highly skilled
• Competitive wages and comprehensive package of benefits for FT employees

Responsibilities:

• This position is responsible for managing trade promotions for a defined group of accounts including but not limited to: auditing promotional contracts trade validation and payment trade accrual management evaluating and interpreting deductions and promotions to improve timeliness and accuracy relating to deduction resolution and management.
• Responsible for management of customer trade programs to include tracking validation reporting payment and accrual management as directed, while ensuring policies and procedures are adhered to.
• Analyzes and interprets of customer performance to the agreed upon contractual obligations.
• Ensure accuracy of allowances permitted based on contract terms and conditions for rebates and price deviations.
• Validates the integrity of the claim data used in the sales reporting that drives business strategy and financial decisions utilizing internal purchase data and external sources.
• Builds and maintains strong relationships with customers sales and other cross-functional departments. Effectively leads collaboration with those contacts to achieve problem resolution where needed.
• Identify trade discrepancies and works with the customer to gain understanding for resolution.
• Improve process efficiencies productivity and quality.
• Monitors trends and recommends opportunity for increased profitability.
• Ensures compliance of internal guidelines and controls including trade spending and check policy for payments made for trade spending promotions.
• Utilizes knowledge of trade programs tools & systems to develop the tracking and reporting for analysis related to business strategies and goals.
• Communicates trade trends risk and action steps to improve results and maximize business working capital.
• Prepare and present trade claim data on an as needed basis.
• Performs other duties as assigned which includes cross-training to other areas in the department.

Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's degree (or in pursuit of a degree) in Accounting, Finance, or Business or equivalent experience preferred

Years of Related Experience: 0-3 years related experience

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Basic to intermediate PC skills including Microsoft Word Excel, Microsoft Office and Outlook
• Basic to intermediate ability in the accessing entry of information into and retrieval of data from electronic databases such as SAP.
• Ability to effectively communicate both in writing and verbally.
• Basic ability to conduct numeric analysis
• The ability to work effectively within limited amounts of supervision.

Job Type: Full-time Business Unit: Req #: 24-2936

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