The Ad Planner oversees ad coordination and pricing between customer retail ad groups and Harvest Sherwood to ensure that businesses are charged a fair price for our products or services, allowing the companies to maximize their profits.
Key Responsibilities
The Ad Planner will be assigned duties, based on organizational needs and priorities.
Conduct weekly ad meetings with buyers by groups for out front pre-planning, including all promotions (Print ads, Meat Bonanzas, Hog Wild Sales, Seafood sales etc.)
Carry out the ad preparation process for customers' Meat, Deli and Bakery departments including receive, coordinating pricing bids with buyers, returning to customers' ad groups for acceptance, and returning quantities to buyers and sales for orders in advance
Collect and format all collected vendor deals by quarter and forward to appropriate customers by departments
Complete weekly pricing format updates for all required retail ad groups
Complete WBX price book UPC and SKU monthly updates on new items, deleted items and prices
Host weekly Insight2Profit meetings and reviews with buyers
Conduct weekly ad meetings with buyers by groups for out front pre-planning, including all promotions (Print ads, Meat Bonanzas, Hog Wild Sales, Seafood sales etc.)
Carry out the ad preparation process for customers' Meat, Deli and Bakery departments including receive, coordinating pricing bids with buyers, returning to customers' ad groups for acceptance, and returning quantities to buyers and sales for orders in advance
Complete weekly pricing format updates for all required retail ad groups
Qualifications and Experience
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function assigned satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
High school diploma or GED required
Must have retail Meat Department Management experience
Must have knowledge of both Commodity (Beef, Pork, Chicken, Seafood) and Processed UPC'd (Meat Deli, Dairy/Cheese Deli, Deli, Bakery) fresh and frozen items
Demonstrated aptitude for problem-solving; ability to determine solutions for customers
Must be results-oriented and able to work both independently and within a team environment
Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
Proficient with Microsoft Office, especially Excel
Some travel required, must have valid driver's license