The J.M. Smucker Co.

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Prepare financial analysis in support of sales planning, forecasting and reporting
• Partner cross-functionally and act as a financial advisor to support the sales team’s delivery of KPIs
• Prepare financial data to be presented at monthly business reviews and financial reviews
• Support month-end close, forecast, and reporting activities
• Develop understanding of packaged food categories, retailers, consumers, and competition to drive decisions rooted in strategy

Senior Analyst, Finance

Software Engineer

• Build and automate across platforms: Develop automations and integrations across platforms including GitHub, Databricks, Linux, AWS, and others as needs evolve.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions workflows, Jenkins Declarative Pipelines and other automation solutions to accelerate delivery and reduce manual effort.
• Write clean, well-documented code in Python, Bash, and other languages to support internal process automation and platform operations.
• Build and manage containerized workloads using Kubernetes, Docker, and serverless technologies (Lambda, Azure Functions).
• Modernize and refactor: Refactor legacy repositories, scripts, and automation to improve maintainability, security, and performance.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate, standardize, and modernize tooling and codebases across the organization.
• Apply modern IT concepts (Infrastructure as Code, DevOps, Cloud Computing) to evolve the platform services environment.
• Steward development platforms: Serve as a steward of internal development platforms, such as GitHub — including org structure, repo access, change control, and governance.
• Implement tools and practices that make the lives of developers easier while maintaining appropriate guardrails and compliance.
• Champion standards for source control, branching strategies, and code promotion processes.
• Support and maintain existing solutions: Participate in a rotating on-call schedule to support platform services and respond to incidents.
• Facilitate troubleshooting and resolution of complex issues across supported platforms and automations.
• Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and thorough documentation for all work products.
• Champion overall supportability of new capabilities and guide maintenance plans.
• Drive process excellence: Model quality and consistency in execution, seeking and providing feedback on what is working well and what is not.
• Promote reusable code opportunities to drive efficiency and standardization across development solutions.
• Invest in continuous learning regarding development languages, techniques, and computing platforms.

Lead Developer, IS Platform Services

• Lead, coach, and develop team of financial analysts
• Review and approve journal entries and account reconciliations
• Review, analyze and forecast manufacturing and absorption variances
• Help lead monthly financial reviews with plant leadership teams and operations leadership
• Prepare reports and supporting analysis to aid in management decisions
• Coordination on cost metrics with plant teams to drive cost improvements, identify and track savings opportunities
• Participate and/or manage department resources to complete plant inventories and cycle counts
• Participate in business planning; develop fiscal year budgets and review with plant, operations and SBA leadership
• Facilitate annual plant standard reviews
• Work with team members to develop new product costing in accordance with costing standards
• Support close as needed to achieve a 3 to 4 day close
• Identify areas of improvements and standardization
• Work with external auditors on quarterly and annual audits
• Assist with management of internal controls
• Assure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and corporate policies for assigned responsibilities
• Travel to plants multiple times per year (quarterly for larger sites)

Manager, Plant Finance Services

Marketing Analyst

• Evaluates data, business trends and proactively communicates insights
• Provides monthly reporting and key senior management reports
• Executes requested analyses, ad hoc reports, and provides the 'story'
• Works cross-functionally to pull together insights from a variety of sources
• Helps prepare Situation Assessment for annual planning

Brand Marketing Analyst, Spreads

Supply Chain

• Provide both strategic and tactical leadership through managers for the overall management of Customer Logistics Teams
• Continually focus on the future organizational design and customer account structure needed to support company growth targets
• Develop skills and knowledge of the team to ensure service excellence to internal and external customers
• Recommend and execute personnel actions, such as hiring and performance evaluations
• Develop budget recommendations and make operational decisions to execute against financial plans
• Serve as a key liaison between both internal and external constituents
• Drive key supply chain activities in acquisition integrations and special projects
• Propose and implement improvement opportunities intended to advance standard operating procedures and performance metrics

Director, Customer Supply Chain Initiatives

• Prepare financial analysis for various initiatives including the annual financial plan, long-range plan and periodic forecasts
• Partner with teams to provide financial perspective to support stakeholders, including plant operations, supply chain and business segments
• Prepare financial data to be presented at monthly business reviews and financial reviews
• Support month-end close tasks such as journal entries and account reconciliations
• Develop understanding of packaged food categories, retailers, consumers, and competition to drive decisions rooted in strategy
• Understand corporate, brand, customer and production planning/forecasting cycles interact to create financial outlook

Finance Analyst

Account Manager

• Build & Manage Assigned Customer and/or Categories
• Responsible for achieving net sales targets at key customer
• Build and maintain relationships within key customer contacts
• Develop strategies to drive brand and category growth and achieve or exceed sales and profit goals
• Lead negotiations for business planning, new items, key initiatives, etc.
• Influence key customer to implement solutions through fact-based presentations that deliver results that are beneficial for both customer and company
• Manage execution of everyday business in partnership with customer, including item setup/ maintenance, logistics and inventory management, etc.
• Execute all agreed to programming with customer to include accurate, timely forecasting and detailed follow through; compliant with audit requirements
• Understand retailer omni-channel marketplace and brand growth opportunities
• Perform analysis of sales and profit components, including merchandising, promotional and supply chain opportunities
• Work with syndicated/other data sources to both manage and inform strategic and tactical trade plans
• Effective trade budget management, accurate and timely visibility
• Forecast monthly and quarterly sales and effectively communicate internally for production planning
• Ad-hoc financial and data analysis, including pre/post event analysis
• Collaborate on annual business planning, merchandising support, trade management
• Drive business planning process working closely with cross-functional business partners
• Participate in assigned projects involving industry organizations, supply chain initiatives, etc.

National Account Manager – Frozen Handheld & Spreads Sales Team

Procurement

• Deliver strategic, actionable insights from business trends and shopper behavior using Scintilla and syndicated data
• Support Category Advisory initiatives at retail by translating insights into weekly reporting, dashboards, and modular/planogram recommendations
• Apply a broad understanding of the competitive landscape to inform customer and category initiatives
• Partner closely with retailer, actively participating in customer calls to align on insights and execution
• Assist in the development and implementation of Customer specific Category Leadership Plans (CLP) and 4P tactical solutions
• Collaborate and influence across the various Strategic Business Areas (SBAs)

Associate Category Manager

• Develop and execute category strategies for Secondary Packaging, Sanitation, and Quality Control
• Lead the full sourcing lifecycle—spend analysis, supplier evaluation, RFP development
• Serve as the primary liaison between procurement and operations
• Manage key supplier relationships and lead performance reviews
• Support plants with procurement process and policy adherence

Sourcing Manager, Operations Indirects

Brand Manager

• Evaluates data and market trends impacting the business to develop strong recommendations and strategies.
• Develops actionable insights and strong roadmaps through close collaboration with base brand team, sales, and insights/reporting team.
• Catalog relevant competitive and consumer information relating to respective categories to feed the business planning process.
• Support Senior Brand Manager in leading development of annual brand plans and marketing objectives.
• Identify growth opportunities for the portfolio, showcasing size of prize and significance to gain buy-in.
• Develop road-map for long-term success of total portfolio.
• Partner with CCB and Sales to develop channels strategies including implications for assortment, merchandising, pricing, and sizing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners in the development of new product ideas and platforms, product improvements, and new product activation strategies.
• Work with Creative Services and graphics agency to optimize and bring new packaging graphics to market.

Assistant Brand Manager

Sales

• Lead development and execution of national account strategies to deliver and exceed annual sales and profit targets
• Expand customer base and unlock growth opportunities across national chains and strategic distributors
• Build and sustain strong, long-term relationships with key customer stakeholders
• Own annual and long-range (3–5 year) business planning and forecasting for the convenience channel
• Translate data, insights, and market trends into actionable strategies that drive category and brand growth
• Partner cross-functionally (Sales, Marketing, Finance, Revenue Growth Management (RGM), Category Management, Research & Development (R&D), and others) to align on priorities and execution
• Lead Joint Business Planning, quarterly business reviews, and major customer engagements
• Leverage data and analytics tools (e.g., Circana, CRM, business intelligence platforms) to identify risks, trends, and opportunities
• Own financial and performance analysis, including pre- and post-program evaluation
• Drive disciplined execution through scorecards, reporting, and continuous optimization
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of National Account Managers, brokers, and support resources
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous growth
• Strengthen broker partnerships to ensure alignment and execution at the customer level.

Director, Sales – Convenience, National Accounts

Analyst

• Develop automated category performance scorecards, dashboards, and ad-hoc business intelligence tools enabling quick and efficient review of category performance and market landscape
• Support team in delivering flawless modular execution for the Frozen Snacks and Entertaining category advisorship
• Advance the teams development of space management automation capabilities (Shelf IQ) to drive efficiencies and accuracy in planogram activation
• Assist the team in building influential category growth strategies by gathering and analyzing category, consumer, and market data from multiple sources (e.g., Scintilla, Circana, Retail Link, shopper insights, sales data).
• Assist in development of holistic omni-channel category strategies by leveraging the tools, insights, and analytics from internal, industry, and retailer-specific sources.
• Assist the team in developing actionable insights and strategic category initiatives to drive category growth with Walmart
• Foster collaborative relationships with the buyer, planner, modular development, and replenishment teams at Walmart

Senior Analyst, Category Leadership

• Deliver the Business
• Responsible for achieving profitable sales growth
• Building & executing annual customer business plans
• Contribute to strategic annual business plans
• Utilize syndicated/other customer data sources for planning
• Responsible for monthly and quarterly sales forecast planning
• Manage Customer P&L and improve profitability
• Build and maintain relationships with Walmart, Inc. partners

Director, Sales – Spreads

• Lead day-to-day finance operations for direct materials, ensuring timely and accurate deliverables
• Provide tactical leadership by coaching, developing, and supporting analysts and lead analysts
• Ensure accurate reporting, including variance analysis and clear explanation of financial results
• Own monthly forecasting for direct materials and monitor performance against expectations
• Partner closely with Procurement and cross-functional stakeholders to support sourcing, cost changes, and business decisions
• Establish and maintain process discipline, including documentation, standard work, and onboarding materials
• Drive and implement process improvements while supporting change management initiatives
• Support system enhancements and upgrades (e.g., ERP, reporting, planning tools), ensuring operational stability during transitions
• Proactively identify and escalate risks, issues, and capacity constraints with recommended solutions

Manager, Supply Chain Finance – Accounting

Business Development Rep

• Develop & Execute Snacking Strategy for Unattended Retail, Specialty Retail and Military Channels
• Ensure achievement of fiscal year plan.
• Strategic Customer Targeting and Development of Action Plans.
• Report progress vs. plan, adjust to business outages.
• Develop and executive national sales initiatives for strategic product categories.
• Support SBA’s CRM (Salesforce.com) efforts.
• Manage broker relationships
• Train, mentor, and support the broker's performance for the Unattended Retail Channels.
• Contribute to development of annual KPIs and measure broker performance objectives for Specialty Retail Channel