Assistant Manager - Trade Promotion Management

Job description:

The Pricing Coordinator - Trade Promotion Management (TPM) is responsible for end-to-end execution, governance, and optimization of pricing and trade promotion activities. This role ensures accurate promotional pricing, contract administration, trade compliance, and high-quality service delivery through strong cross-functional and customer collaboration. The position plays a critical role in enabling flawless trade execution, data integrity, and continuous improvement across TPM processes.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and execute pricing activities across the TPM lifecycle with a strong focus on accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
• Set up, review, and maintain promotional pricing, trade allowances, rebates, and customer-specific deals.
• Validate pricing inputs for promotional events, contracts, and claims.
• Investigate pricing discrepancies, identify root causes, and support timely resolution.
• Ensure adherence to approved pricing strategies, trade terms, and governance standards.
• Draft, review, and submit trade promotion contracts required for QC verification.
• Ensure contracts accurately reflect approved events, pricing, and trade terms.
• Manage promotional calendars and ensure updates are accurately reflected across all relevant systems (TPM tools, Sales Planner, customer portals, SAP/ERP).
• Support claim-related checks and trade spend validations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Business Administration, Marketing, or Finance, or BE/BTech.
• Master's degree preferred.
• 1-5 years of experience in Pricing, Trade Promotion Management, Trade Administration, Sales Operations, or Finance Operations.
• Prior FMCG industry experience strongly preferred.
• Advanced Excel proficiency (LOOKUPs, Pivot Tables, Power Query, advanced formulas, data validation).
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with SAP, TPM tools, ERP/CRM systems, Business Objects, or similar enterprise platforms.
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to internal systems and tools.