Trade Promotion Analyst

**Trade Promotion Analyst**

Company: Thomas, Large & Singer Inc.

Location: Markham, Ontario

**Job Type**: Full-Time

Experience: 2-3 years

Education: University Degree or College Diploma

**General Job Description**

Thomas, Large & Singer Inc. (TLS) is currently seeking a Trade Promotion Analyst to join our growing
team. TLS currently uses the Exceedra by TELUS platform (formerly “MEI”) for planning and tracking
customer promotional spending. TLS provides services to several CPG manufacturers including Tim
Hortons, Post Consumer Brands, Perfetti Van Melle, Tata Consumer Products, Beyond Meat, Simply
Good Foods, SunnyD, Bush Beans, Ken’s Foods, Giovanni Rana, and many others.

The position will report to the Trade Promotion Manager and will be based out of our head office in
Markham, Ontario. Ability to work from home 2-3 days per week.

**Responsibilities:
- Investigate and respond to internal, client and broker requests on a timely fashion.
- Strong communication and collaboration between the TPM Team, Finance, AR and Supply
- Chain is essential.- Train and coach TPM (Trade Promotion Management) system users including internal
- employees and external clients.- Ability to proactively monitor, identify and facilitate improvements to create efficiencies.
- Advise corrective actions to TPM system users, follow up on various recommendations and
- monitor their implementation.- Drive data integrity by conducting daily system audits and reconciliations to ensure the TPM

and ERP systems are synchronized.
- Regularly review activities to ensure Clients and Brokers keep sales and spending plans

current and complete.
- Analyze customer deductions that do not match authorized promotions and work with

Brokers to validate those deductions or secure customer repayment.
- Spearhead regular sales and promotional spending reviews with Brokers and Clients.
- Coach Clients and Brokers in evaluating promotion ROI and effectiveness.
- Generate import files for client forecasts, budgets and objectives.
- Create and maintain internal documents and training documentation.
- Liaise with Exceedra by TELUS to troubleshoot for resolution.

**Thomas, Large & Singer Inc.**

15 Allstate Parkway, Suite 400 **t**. 905.754.3500
- Recommend TPM system enhancements to Exceedra by TELUS.
- Responsible to evaluate and communicate new TPM system features.

**Qualifications**:

- Strong interpersonal, communication (oral and written), and cross functional team-based

skills.

groups.
- Possess strong analytical and organization skills as well as the ability to work in a multi
- task

environment.
- Ability to react quickly and effectively to change while demonstrating a proactive sense of

urgency to manage multiple priorities.
- Must be detail-oriented and a self-motivated individual.
- Strong project management skills and must be able to collaborate across all
- departments.- Ability to handle and resolve conflict.
- Experience in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry is preferred.
- Experience with Trade Promotion Management system, especially Exceedra by TELUS is an
- asset.- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
- Post-secondary education in Business Administration, Information Systems or equivalent
- experience.- Some local travel is required.

What’s In It For You
- **Great team **dynamic and tight knit company culture. One of the most important factors

in choosing your next role is the people you work with and our people are AWESOME
- **Flexible work environment**. Ability to work from home 2-3 days per week.
- **Competitive compensation package **(salary & bonus). We get it - money isn’t everything,

but it’s still a very important factor.
- **Benefits **- Health & Dental, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, Parameds - Massage
- **Pension Matching **(after 1 year - employees put in 5% and TLS matches with 5%)
- **Tuition and professional fees **reimbursement.
- **Summer Hours Program **- Who doesn’t want to leave early on Fridays to spend more time

with friends and family while the sun is shining.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be
contacted.

**Thomas, Large & Singer Inc.**

15 Allstate Parkway, Suite 400 **t**. 905.754.3500
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**About Us**
Since 1912, Thomas, Large & Singer has been a preferred buy-sell distributor in the Consumer Packaged

Goods industry for many Canadian and international clients. Over the past century, the company has

developed expertise in all facets of the industry from national logistics and warehousing to order-to
- cash, trade promotional control solutions, broker management and sales agency of private label and

industrial ingredient solutions.

**Thomas, Large & Singer Inc.**

15 Allstate Parkway, Suite 400 **t**. 905.754.3500