Trade Planning Assistant

at  Sainsburys

As a Trade Planning Assistant, your role will be central to driving the success of our GM business by ensuring total alignment behind our Trade Plan priorities. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to coordinate and maintain the GM Trade Plan, ensuring clear weekly prioritisation by fascia to enable brilliant activation. With your strong commercial acumen and analytical skills, you will facilitate discussions and contribute insights throughout the trade planning process. You will also collaborate with stakeholders, communicating plans, milestones, and performance to keep them engaged and informed. Additionally, you will play a vital role in conducting competitor benchmarking, maintaining data integrity, supporting post-implementation reviews, and creating engaging materials to showcase the strength of our trade plan. With a proactive and self-starting approach, you will work on multiple workstreams in parallel, building relationships, influencing outcomes, and identifying opportunities for improvement.