Promotion Entry Supervisor

Address: USA-MD-Hyattsville-8301 Professional Place Ste115
Store Code: GF - Merchandise Planning (2765347)

Who Is Giant?

With over 2 million weekly customers and annual sales topping $5 billion, Giant is the #1 grocer in the Baltimore-Washington area. What began as one store on Georgia Avenue in Washington D.C. in 1936, now has grown to over 160 stores spanning across D.C., Maryland, Virginia and Delaware.

Giant’s mission is beyond stocking groceries on shelves, we strive to be the most trusted and loved local food retailer in our community.

Lead the end to end promo management (promo, entry into DemandTec PE, promo price) and Accountable for end to end promotional entry validation and quality control.

Manage the execution of all Non-Perishable and Fresh Ad and Non-ad TPR's through a team of analysts in a way that maximizes profitability while maintaining sales objectives, unit volume growth and market share.

Lead Promotional and advertising Integrity to insure the highest possible level of accuracy and compliance with all scheduled Non-Perishable and Fresh promotions.

Manage diagnostics and correction of promotional issues that are identified, coordinating resolution between Store Operations, Merchandising, Marketing and Pricing. This also includes providing the featured product headlines, selecting the proper product images, entering the projected promotional volume, entering the recommended featured price points as well as versioning the ad tactics by ad version and division.

Point person for day to day promotional execution issues that impact the store. Required to hit SLAs for store support seven days a week. Works with IT and store support to ensure and root cause breakdowns allowing the stores to focus on the customer and selling

• Coordinate information flow between Category Teams, Merchandising Planning, Advertising, Marketing and Pricing.
• Responsible for ensuring associates create, organize and maintain promotion execution files,
• Responsible for communication with the Categories and stores as necessary
• Work collaboratively with peers to produce the required work on a weekly basis to ensure the ad is completed accurately and on time.
• This involves providing training and oversight to the Representatives
• Lead the team that inputs Ad versioning, image attachment, description and assigned price points from the assigned Category Teams.
• Manage and execute the version differences, changes and requirements in the Ad are entered accurately on time.
• Ensure that all ad changes communicated to entry team are executed with a sense of urgency.
• Process information (electronic or paper) required from Category Teams and advertising to enable promotions to be executed in the requisite systems as required.
• Responsible for making changes in course based on exceptions highlighted and needs agreed upon
• Accountable for accuracy of the promoted prices entered into system
• Accountable for link of DemandTec and COPIENT ad entry
• Work cross functionally with Merch Planning, Non Perishables, Pricing, Marketing and Advertising.
• Responsible for measuring accuracy and timeliness of promo entry, driving root cause analysis & continuous improvement for the overall process
• Responsible for making changes in course based on exceptions highlighted and needs agreed upon
• Responsible for day to day leadership of all Promotional Entry Admins, including skill development, establishing clear job expectations, and managing to those expectations
• Responsible for managing career development plans and supportive training programs to continue to build the skills and experiences
• Responsible for exhibiting a strong performance management culture
• Supervise the process for diagnosis and resolution of promotional issues as they occur, as the primary point of contact for Store Operations of any ad validation issues
• Coordinate resolution through the various facets of the organization as required
• Correct issues through the various systems in order to insure correctness of all aspects of the promotion, from execution to billing
• Oversight & support of team in day to day execution
• Troubleshoot / handle conflicts with portfolio teams and Store teams
• Additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned on an as needed basis based on business needs

Why Work at Giant?

At Giant, we love what we do, and make it easy for you to love it, too! Every day, we build on our over 80-year legacy of innovation, quality, and value and hard work to keep our top spot in the market and with our customers. The most important part of that? Our people.

Giant’s thousands of associates in our stores, distribution centers and corporate headquarters have one thing in common: the opportunity to advance their career. We proudly hire and promote from our own ranks, offering opportunities to learn and advance, take trainings and earn degrees, serve our communities, receive recognition for their work and have a career, not just a job.

We proudly host Business Resource Groups (BRGs) – six voluntary employee-led groups that help build community and are aligned with our mission, values, goals, business practices and objectives. The BRGs programming is designed to support their members and our associates through social activity, volunteering and professional development opportunities.

Our mission is to provide convenient ways for our customers to prepare meals for moments that matter most through meal solutions, recipe inspiration, time-saving services like pickup and delivery and beyond. Giant also values being a better neighbor. One way we support our neighbors is by providing donations and charitable efforts to our local partners that support our main charitable causes.

We’d love for you to become part of the Giant family and join us in our journey of being a Better Place to Work, a Better Place to Shop and a Better Neighbor – because, after all, our people truly make us Giant.

Job Requisition: 389490_external_USA-MD-Hyattsville_7262024