HOW YOU WILL MAKE HISTORY HERE…
As the Senior Manager, Sales Finance, you will serve as a strategic finance leader for Campbell’s Snacks South Region, partnering directly with Sales leadership to drive profitable growth, optimize investments, and deliver financial stewardship across a significant customer portfolio. You will influence key business decisions, provide thought leadership to cross-functional teams, and lead financial planning and performance management for a region representing approximately $350 million in net sales, $75 million in annual trade spend, and $1 billion in DSD gross sales execution.
WHAT YOU WILL DO…
- Act as the primary finance business partner to the VP of Sales, South Region, and regional sales leadership team.
- Provide financial leadership and strategic direction to sales teams and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Lead monthly forecasting processes, including volume and trade spending projections, while identifying business risks and opportunities.
- Develop and manage Annual Operating Plans (AOPs) and long-range strategic plans.
- Own regional P&L reporting, performance analysis, and insights generation against plan, forecast, prior year, and divisional expectations.
- Analyze business performance and retail execution to drive profitable sales growth and margin improvement.
- Evaluate pricing, merchandising, promotional, and investment opportunities and provide actionable recommendations.
- Ensure effective trade spend management, maintaining compliance with approved spending parameters and category guidelines.
- Oversee resource allocation and budget management to maximize business performance.
- Ensure strong fiduciary controls, trade policy compliance, deduction management, and financial governance.
- Serve as a change champion supporting finance transformation initiatives, sales effectiveness projects, and enterprise-wide programs.
- Lead and develop a team of Sales Finance professionals, providing coaching, guidance, and performance leadership.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH…
- VP of Sales, East Region
- East Region Sales Leadership Team (SLT)
- Regional Sales Teams
- Business Unit Finance Teams
- Cross-Functional Commercial Partners
- Customer Teams
- Finance Transformation and Enterprise Project Teams
- Direct Reports within the Sales Finance organization
WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE TABLE… (MUST HAVE)
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
- Minimum of 8 years of progressive finance experience.
- Strong financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analytical expertise.
- Experience managing P&Ls and providing strategic financial support to commercial organizations.
- Ability to translate complex analyses into business insights and actionable recommendations.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all organizational levels.
- Experience partnering with sales organizations and navigating complex business environments.
- Strong decision-making and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed organization.
- Experience driving financial discipline and accountability among non-finance stakeholders.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
- Proven leadership experience managing and developing teams.
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU HAVE… (NICE TO HAVE)
- MBA or other advanced business degree.
- Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), retail, grocery, or sales finance experience.
- Experience supporting trade promotion management and customer investment strategies.
- Knowledge of direct-store-delivery (DSD) business models and route-to-market strategies.
- Experience leading finance transformation, process improvement, or change management initiatives.
- Experience working with large national retailers and complex customer negotiations.
- Advanced financial modeling capabilities with experience evaluating innovation and commercialization initiatives.
- Ability to effectively lead through ambiguity and organizational change.
WORK LOCATION & TRAVEL
- Hybrid work arrangement based in Camden, NJ, with an expectation to work from headquarters three days per week.
- Travel up to 10-15% as required for customer meetings, company events, training programs, and business initiatives.
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