The Sales and Key Event Coordination Manager plays a pivotal role in driving strategic sales momentum and ensuring the accurate and market leading execution of Key Event initiatives. This leadership position leads cross-functional stakeholder engagement across the business to maximise sales opportunities and deliver critical committee actions. The manager will chair the Sales and Key Event Working Group with insightful business updates feeding into the National End to End Committee and Managing Director Meetings, providing high-level influence and decision-making support.
Role overview:
Strategy & Planning:
Lead the development and coordination of Key Event strategies across 14 annual periods, ensuring cross-departmental alignment prior to approvals and cascades.
Propose and coordinate national actions to optimize business performance during each Key Event period, covering ALDI Local and Small Store range planning, Dual Merchandising, and Promotional Planning.
Stakeholder & Project Management:
Serve as the primary single point of contact (SPOC) for all National Buy-related Sales and Key Event queries, fostering strong relationships with internal SPOCs to ensure timely and accurate execution.
Manage and coordinate national and international projects impacting the GB|IE business strategy
Reporting & Financial Control: Ensure accurate and consistent reporting of total business performance for each Key Event season, collaborating with different teams to maintain data integrity for strategic decision-making.
Analyse, improve, and control Seasonal Price Change budgets in partnership with the Commercial teams
Leadership & Communication:
Lead the consolidation and alignment of retail, price change, and sell-through proposals across National Buying, ensuring a standardized approval process from BA to MDB.
Oversee and evaluate the performance of Seasonal Key Event lines, coordinating with SMT for Specialbuys events.
Drive national wash-up processes, consolidating National Buying departmental actions to provide a unified performance picture.
Lead National Buying Projects linked to Sales and Key Event results, such as December profitability initiatives.
Support and coordinate National Buying input and actions for the Business Coordination Control Tower Sales and Key Event Working Group and Sales and Key Event Conference Calls
Ensure timely and aligned submissions to the E2EC, Managing Director Meetings (MDM), and International Committees across SKEWG members.
Provide direct cover support to the NSCM Sales and Key Event Coordination colleague as needed.
Essential:
Experience of managing a team
Experience of presenting proposals to Senior leadership
Experience working with Stakeholders across multiple Business Departments
Intermediate Excel knowledge
Fully proficient in Sharepoint
Proficient in MS Office, including MS Planner and MS OneNote
Commercial Acumen
A keen interest in Key Events
Knowledge of all ALDI business departments and their overarching responsibility
Desirable:
Project Management and/or business consultancy
Used PowerBI with an awareness of Confluence
Knowledge of how to create Tableau Dashboards
Committee experience (will chair a working group in this role)
Negotiation training desirable
Supplier/Stakeholder management experience will transfer
Project Management experience
Experience working with external bodies/agencies
Project Management qualifications e.g. APM
Excel courses completed
Presentation skills courses completed
What youll get in return
Salary up to £95,655
Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5pm, with the opportunity of remote working up to 2 days per week
5 weeks annual leave plus Bank Holidays
In office flexi-time
Full training provided
Pension scheme
Private employee medical insurance after 4 years
Company sick pay scheme
Company maternity, paternity and adoption pay after 1 year
Long service rewards
Access to MyBenefits, where you can find a wide range of benefits, including our bike to work scheme, shopping and cinema discounts, health cash plan, a FREE will, travel and discounted gym memberships, as well as a host of benefits to support your financial and wellbeing needs
Access to a free,24/7, confidential virtual GP service for all Aldi Colleagues and their children (under the age of 16)
* Youll need to live within 90 minutes of your main working location
Aldi is an equal opportunities employer. Were committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce and are dedicated to promoting a culture of inclusion, providing an environment in which collaboration, respect and fairness are essential. We value diversity and are dedicated to treating all of our colleagues and prospective colleagues fairly and with respect.
If youre looking for a career that gives you more, apply today!
*Please be aware that this role does not fulfil the requirements for visa sponsorship
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