Hybrid Senior Consultant, Trade Marketing

at Clarkston Consulting

• Job title: Senior Consultant, Trade Marketing
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Philadelphia, United States

About the role

• Trade Marketing Senior Consultant at Clarkston consulting helping consumer goods clients with trade promotion objectives and optimization strategies. Collaborating on TPM implementations and providing industry insights.

Responsibilities

• Help leading consumer goods clients to define their trade promotion objectives, challenges, and operational processes
• Design and implement trade promotion optimization strategies that align with business goals.
• Leverage your experience with one or more trade systems (e.g., Salesforce, Telus, Kantar XTEL, etc.) to facilitate all aspects of a TPM implementation
• Translate business processes into functional requirements. This may include recommendations on leveraging current technologies and assessing software vendors based on organizational needs
• Share best practices, industry knowledge, and personal expertise to educate both clients and fellow consultants, in formal and ad hoc settings
• Assist in the creation and management of project plans and timelines, define project deliverables, identify and track issues and their resolution, and help to manage project scope and requirements
• Earn trusted client status and build relationships that extend beyond the project’s lifecycle
• Conduct knowledge transfer and training of end-users, including sharing best practices

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience working in TPM, with relevant work experience in trade promotion optimization and/or revenue growth management
• In-depth understanding of Trade processes to include deductions, settlements, trade check requests, trade accruals, and trade finance (interfaces, reporting, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience as a TPM consultant working in an established professional services organization
• Flexibility and adaptability - our Senior Consultants work on all aspects of the trade process and related process and technology initiatives
• Direct experience with TPM systems such as Salesforce, Telus, Kantar XTEL, and others
• 4-year degree from an accredited college or university

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health and Wellness Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, and more)
• 401k with company contributions
• Paid vacation, personal days, holidays, and sick leave
• Paid Parental Leave and Family Building Benefits (Adoption, Surrogacy, and Infertility Support)
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Training and Professional Development investments, Tuition Assistance, and more