[Hiring] Grocery Customer Planning Manager @OLIPOP

Role Description

The Northeast Grocery Customer Planning Manager at OLIPOP will increase sales efficiency through strategic insights, working collaboratively with revenue growth management, finance, and demand teams to deliver consistent and aligned sales strategies. This role requires a strong analytical mindset, the ability to forecast demand, experience managing/tracking promotional efforts, and excellent cross-functional leadership skills. A passion for (and experience with) Ahold, Meijer, Giant Eagle, Wegman’s or similar retail customers, combined with the ability to build strong internal and external relationships will be critical for success.

Responsibilities

• Forecasting: Develop and manage accurate sales, production, and operational targets based on historical data, market trends, and business forecasts.
• Promotional Planning: Maintain accurate promotional planning and spending information across our planning tools. Ensure contracts/submissions are up to date and tracked effectively. Support with post Promotional Analysis to ensure the strongest ROI on trade strategy.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, and other departments to ensure alignment on targets, timelines, strategies, and resource allocation.
• Data Analysis & Reporting: Analyze performance data to identify trends, opportunities, and risks. Prepare and deliver regular reports and presentations on performance.
• Customer Support functions: Provide necessary customer support functions to ensure optimal sales and revenue to be realized. Oversee the input and management of promotional plans in customer portals. Ensure accurate item setup in retail customer systems including specs and content. Lead communication with customers on updates to POs or product availability.

Qualifications

• Ideally based in Pennsylvania or within the NE/Mid-Atlantic regions.
• 5+ years of customer planning and/or retailer account management experience within the CPG industry.
• Ahold headquarter level experience would be beneficial for this role.
• Competency in building presentations, pulling data insights, and presenting to leadership teams.
• Versed in Anaplan (or similar forecasting tool), Syndigo/1World Sync and new item set-up at Ahold, Meijer, Giant Eagle, Wegman’s or similar retail customers.

Requirements

• Success at OLIPOP is about energy, curiosity, and ownership—we’re building something big, and we need people who move fast, care deeply, and get things done.
• Holistic sales skills to align to our strategic goals including:
• Use of data and data-based storytelling
• Identification of primary and backup strategies
• Chase that mammoth! You show up driven, focused, and ready to win every day.
• Lead with high EQ. You build trust, influence effectively, and bring people along.
• Live the mission. You’re passionate about OLIPOP and motivated to make an impact.
• Stay consumer-obsessed. You’re always curious about how to better understand and reach our audience.
• Thrive in startup mode. You move fast, adapt quickly, and embrace the unknown.
• Own it end-to-end. Self-starter who executes quickly and takes full ownership.
• Be scrappy + solutions-oriented. Resourceful, proactive, and ready to solve whatever comes your way.
• Must be able to work flexible hours and travel across the country, including evenings and potentially weekends for special events/team off sites.
• Clean driver’s license, reliable transportation, and proof of insurance.

Compensation

$110,000 - $140,000 + Bonus

How We Work

We may be fully remote, but we’re anything but disconnected. OLIPOP has grown from a few passionate people around a table to a nationwide team, and we’ve done it without losing our collaborative spirit or sense of purpose.

• Connection here is intentional. From cross-functional projects and IRL offsites to thoughtful Slack threads and spontaneous gifs, we make the effort to stay close, even across time zones.
• We value thoughtful debate. We give feedback with care and receive it with curiosity, knowing that real growth, both personal and collective, comes from listening as much as leading.
• At OLIPOP, it’s not just about getting things done. It’s about growing together, staying true to what matters, and building something with lasting impact.

What We Value

• Mission Connectivity: Everything we do ladders up to our shared goal: supporting human health.
• Indomitable Spirit: When things get messy, we get inventive. We stay curious, adapt quickly, and find the path forward.
• Lead at Every Level: Leadership isn’t about titles, it’s about ownership. We speak up, follow through, and lift each other up.
• Courageous Humility: We’re confident in what we bring and curious about what we don’t know (yet).

What We’re Looking For

• Think big, move fast, and take thoughtful risks.
• Thrive in a high-performance, feedback-rich environment.
• Value real human connection and honest collaboration.
• Are fired up by building something new, and making it better every day.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities or other needs during the application process and employment. To request an accommodation, please contact The People Team at [email protected].

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. OLIPOP will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, gender (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Submission of Application Materials: Applicants are required to submit only the materials specifically requested as part of the application process. Please do not include any unsolicited materials, as they will not be reviewed or considered.