# Trade Planning Manager

**Company**: Co-op
**Location**: Manchester, Lancashire
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: Up to £55,000
**Category**: Retail
**Industry**: Retail

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## Description

We are seeking a Trade Planning Manager to help bring Co-op's trade plans, promotional activity, and customer proposition to life across FRTS (Federal Retail Trading Services).

In this role, you will work in a hybrid way, splitting your time between home and either visiting our suppliers or coming into the office at least three times a week.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Shaping and delivering the FRTS trade plan, using customer, trading, and performance insights to identify opportunities and priorities

- Creating engaging seasonal campaigns, promotional activity, and multi-category propositions that support growth across the FRTS network

- Managing the FRTS activity calendar, ensuring plans are coordinated, delivered on time, and focused on the biggest opportunities

- Working with independent societies to increase engagement with promotions, planograms, and key trading initiatives

- Collaborating with colleagues from across Commercial, Marketing, Communications, and Customer teams to deliver activity that lands brilliantly for partners and customers

- Managing and continually improving the FRTS website and partner communications, helping create the best possible experience for independent societies

- Reviewing performance, gathering feedback, and using insights to continuously improve future activity and events

- Building strong relationships with independent societies, supporting them to successfully implement Co-op initiatives and make the most of commercial opportunities

To be successful in this role, you will need:

- Experience in trade planning, proposition, commercial, category, customer marketing, or a similar role within food retail

- A good understanding of how events, promotions, and customer propositions come together from planning through to execution

- The ability to turn data and insights into clear actions and recommendations

- Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence and collaborate across different teams

- A proactive and organised approach, with a passion for creating great customer experiences and continuously improving how things are done

In terms of benefits, you can expect:

- An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)

- 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays

- A pension with up to 10% employer contributions

- Private healthcare

- Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)

- Coaching and training to support your career development

- Stream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn

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## Skills

### Required
- trade planning
- commercial
- category management
- customer marketing
- relationship building
- stakeholder management
- data analysis

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