Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which also includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands - Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Ahold Delhaize USA associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.

Primary Purpose
Support Category Teams in all aspects of negotiations including strategy, tactics, prep, and execution. Through negotiations, support local brand strategies, align vendors to precise plans and leverage size/scale. Ownership and accountability of timelines and targets.

Our flexible/ hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office locations include Salisbury, NC , Chicago, IL, Quincy, MA, Carlisle, PA, Scarborough, ME, Hyattsville, MD and Mauldin, SC.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Accountable to be the subject matter expert to assigned vendors and categories.
• Accountable for delivering accurate, timely financial data in service of furthering the business needs (CPN negotiations, JBP conversations, etc.)
• Develop meeting deck, coordinate, and facilitate JBP meetings with Brand leadership and key vendor partners
• Serve as A Brands point person for Merchandising Leadership at assigned brand
• Deliver on-time, complete and accurate playbooks in service of CPN negotiations
• Facilitate cross brand workshops to assist the brands in developing leverage as part of CPN process
• Develop/support insights for top to tops, FMI, executive level meetings, etc.
• Provide insights/advanced analytical support to category teams to identify opportunities and leverage for growth, investment optimization and savings.
• Leverage all systems (DSS, IDW, IRI, etc) efficiently and effectively to identify opportunities and insights to advance the financial results of each local Brand.
• Partner with A Brands Director and Brands to identify opportunities within each brand and assigned categories.
• Partner with Economist and Brands on Cost Changes (evaluation, approval / disapproval, tracking and alignment / escalation).
• Partner with category teams on planning of East Coast Events
• Assist in the development and facilitation of A Brands Negotiations training classes, as necessary.
• Assist in commercial plan development and Category Planning & Negotiations.
• Provide feedback and insights on process improvements to enhance A Brands efficiency
• Mentor and train new analysts on sourcing processes
• Develop and maintain an Individual Development Plan
• Participate in continuous training as business needs dictate
• Primary interfaces will be CM/CM+1s/CM+2s

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and related work experience.
• 4+ years of combined experience in category, pricing, sourcing, or supply chain
• Knowledge of applicable practies areas, i.e. Center Store categories and Vendor relationships
• Mature level of knowledge of Brands business
• Expericence with the following computer programs: DSS, WMS, IRI, IDW
• Travel required up to 20% of the time

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent organizational, planning, communication, writing, and presentation skills
• Self-motivated
• Demonstrate an ability to implement and analyze retail business using consumer insights and analyzing trends
• Public Speaking, Training facilitation, and meeting facilitation
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint is required. Access knowledge is a plus.
• Attention to detail
• Ability to manage day to day activity for identified responsibilities
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to lead and facilitate meetings
• Ability to work with CM's/CM+1's and external vendor leads
• Ability to manage own work time and priorties with aggressive timelines
• Ability to understand and tailor output to each brands specific go to market strategy

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Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which also includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands - Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. When considered together, the companies of Ahold Delhaize USA comprise the largest grocery retail group on the East Coast and the fourth largest grocery retail group in the nation, serving millions of omnichannel customers each week.