Advantage Solutions · 3 days ago
Business Support Specialist
Matthews, NC
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$20/hr - $27/hr
1+ years expAdvantage Solutions is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales and marketing services. The Business Support Specialist will collaborate with the Sales Team and assist with project coordination and administration of key sales tasks to achieve growth objectives.
ConsumerMarketingRetail
Responsibilities
Responsible for executing the following key sales administration tasks accurately and timely:
Price Changes
New Item Forms
Assist with vendor set up
Partner with suppliers on PO queries / Late deliveries
Cash collection, deductions
Updates to Promotional Grid and dashboards for Business Manager review
Maintain category hierarchies
Ad tracking and sharing with suppliers
Manage and track revenue accruals by supplier
Supports the Sales Team with the following:
Contract management
Supplier forecasts
Supplier Collaborative Business Plan updates
Weekly/Monthly tracker updates
Category reviews – data pulls and analysis of data
Product Development - Managing Product Cuttings and documenting results
Project Coordination
Facilitates and assists with driving projects through the process, working closely with the Sales Team, and cross functional teams to achieve project milestones within established timeframes
Assists the Sales Team on new projects by collecting and organizing all support data (sales data, market insights, trends, competitor reviews, etc.) for new projects enabling quicker turnaround and decision making by the Sales Team
Communication
Proactively communicates with retailers, suppliers, internal teams and/or third-party teams to ensure objectives are met
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
Retail experience is preferential or 2 or more years of experience in accounting, administration would be useful
1-3+ Years of experience in similar role, preferably within the retail industry
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office with a focus on Excel
Good written and verbal communication skills
Must be accurate and timely with completing work
Proactive and curious with ability and desire to find the root causes of issues and develop process and methodology to prevent reoccurrences
Ability to work unsupervised and meet critical deadlines
Methodical and process driven to ensure milestones are achieved in projects
Preferred
Previous experience in the consumer goods industry is considered a plus
Company
Advantage Solutions
Advantage Solutions is a premier sales and committed to building brand value for our clients and customers.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.35BKey Investors
Juggernaut Capital Partners
2020-10-29IPO
2020-10-28Post Ipo Equity· $855M
2020-10-28Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
Leadership Team
David Peacock
Chief Executive Officer
Brian G Stevens
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer
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