US Trade Promotion Management Analyst
Sheboygan Falls, WI, US
As a member of this team, you’ll partner with other areas of the business, providing financial analysis for decision-making purposes. We’ll rely on you to report, plan and evaluate our financial results, as well as ensure our financial transactions and reports are timely, accurate and efficient. In short, you’ll help drive our exceptional financial performance.
Johnsonville, LLC
US Commercial Finance – US Trade Promotion Management Analyst
Position Overview:
As a member of the Johnsonville US Commercial Finance Team, the US Trade Promotion Financial Analyst will combine their financial technical and analytical expertise to impact the success of the Sales and Marketing teams through structured reporting, analytics and management of Johnsonville’s Alternative Channels’ Blacksmith Trade Promotion Management System, plus additional support for the CBP TPM system. This is a cross-functional role that will impact Sales, Marketing, Finance and the Commercial Planning teams.
Responsibilities:
- Provide active leadership and support to the Sales Team for Trade Promotion Management business application, with a focus on Alternative Channels’ Blacksmith Trade Promotion Management System, including creating reporting, and processes that will be critical to the Business’ long-term growth and profitability
- Be the front-line support to our TPM solutions to ensure that the systems are optimized and reflect the changing business needs
- Monitor pricing execution against strategy and identify optimal thresholds and gaps, monitor and clear pending claims daily
- Assist with the monthly close process by analyzing results, key accounts, reports and summarizing results for leadership, understanding the financial drivers within discounts & trade
- Serve as an internal expert for Excel tools and reporting.
- Participate and manage in the Robotic Process Automation bot process
- Collaborate cross-functionally to develop recommendations for promotional investments
- Identify necessary changes to promotional plans to increase trade system accuracy inclusive of understanding consumption trends
- Partner with the sales team to develop annual budgets and monthly projections for discount and trade within the integrated business planning process
- Advise on promotional plan modifications based upon past performance
- Facilitate reporting requirements and needs with Sales Leadership and IT
- Conduct annual and ad hoc system administration tasks to ensure system integrity and accuracy
- Develop training documentation and communication of system enhancements
- Test and validate trade systems upgrades and implementations
- Develop and manage annual customer planning files
- Develop and maintain strong business relationships at all levels of the organization to provide meaningful analysis, insights and recommendations
- Continuously learn the overall business including competitive landscape, sales and marketing strategies, operations and supply chain as you work with cross functional members
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance required
Experience:
- Minimum of two (2) years of Accounting and/or Finance experience
- TPM, SAP, BPC and other reporting systems preferred
Skills and Competencies:
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills along with natural inquisitiveness to exploring data and looking for insights to drive business decisions
- Ability to retrieve, merge, interpret, and explain data from numerous sources
- Focused on continuous improvement
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- The ability to instill trust and confidence with business partners and other finance team members through strong presentations and written communications
- The ability to take complex data / information and drive it to simple, meaningful insights
- Ability to filter data, removing the noise and focusing on the most important issues and trends
- Strong computer skills required (Planning system, ERP, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Ability to create the new and different, especially when working with incomplete or disparate data and information
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and diverse relationships
- Ability to work with minimal supervision and take initiative on all work assignments
- Desire for continued growth and learning
Date: May 27, 2025
Location: Johnsonville Global Headquarters, Sheboygan Falls, WI
(Our office is about an hour north of Milwaukee and one hour south of Green Bay)
Travel: Up to 5% of your time
Coach: Sr. Director – U.S. Commercial Finance
Member Status: Full-Time, Salaried
Reason for Posting: Current member transitioning to new role
(We love it when that happens!)
Benefits: Members have potential for a monthly bonus, 401k with a company match. Members also have access to terrific benefits including affordable medical, dental and vision coverage; flexible spending accounts; disability and life insurance; and fertility and adoption assistance. Johnsonville also offers competitive paid time off, including paid parental time off, as well as access to the 24/7 onsite fitness center, onsite medical clinic, and tuition reimbursement!
About our Company
Since 1945, our family-owned band of sausage-makers has invented better ways to make, eat and prepare crave-able sausage. Today, we are 3,000 Members strong. We sell our famous sausage in all 50 United States and more than 40 countries. We have a culture built on the idea that if we make developing your talents our top priority, great business results will follow naturally. We call it “The Johnsonville Way”. It has been our secret sauce for decades, and we hope you get to experience it for yourself!
How to Apply:
External candidate: Apply on-line only at: careers.johnsonville.com
Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.
Johnsonville is an equal opportunity employer, including Vet/Disability.
We embrace the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic, including protected veteran and disability status.