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Bradley Johns

Winston-Salem,NC

Summary

I have an extensive background in various departments across RJRT/BAT. I have held many roles focused on Business Performance and Trade Pricing. I have a unique skillset and understanding of the Pricing Process from when decisions are made through execution at retail. I have worked with various internal/external stakeholders and developers to deliver our Trade Pricing Strategy through tool development and resource allocation.

Responsible for various pricing deployment processes to Trade Marketing for 7 years while never having it as a core responsibility. Frequently collaborate with other Growth Management teams, LEX, Finance, Tax and Planning and Deployment functions to ensure that pricing plans and changes align with national and state specific strategies.

I have played an integral role in ensuring that Brand and Growth Management initiatives are completely and accurately deployed to the field and customers. I have frequently engaged with Field Trade Marketing (FTM) personnel to ensure national and state specific pricing strategies and other levers are deployed according to plan. Responsible for seeing Manufacturer Price Increase (MPI) deployment to the FTM and Customers through the Pricing Tools and API; while closely working with various departments to ensure timely and accurate execution. Continually look for process efficiencies by leading cross-functional workstreams (Growth Management, Field Trade Marketing, Trade Marketing Development, LEX, Finance, DBS, GBS, Systems, Tax). Consistently demonstrate strong leadership and coaching skills to drive team capabilities. Frequently identifies and reinforces positive leadership behaviors to drive change and raise the bar on performance

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Manager Data Governance and Capabilities

RJRT/BAT
09.2023 - Current
  • Work with GM, Trade Marketing, DBS and Director of Data Governance to design, coordinate and continually overall data governance strategies.
  • Help establish top-down stakeholder support to ensure employees are properly educated and trained about data data responsibility and appropriate collection, use and management of data.
  • Help foster aculture of customer centricity by aligning with product, marketing, operations, finance and executive teams to drive initiatives centered on customer success
  • Work with committees and functional SMEs to determine data quality and business need.
  • Support cross functional teams on data and report development and prioritization.
  • Assist in developing and maintaining department policies and procedures to support organization and industry best practices.

Lead Manager Trade Systems and Support

RJRT/BAT
07.2022 - 09.2023
  • Responsible for pricing deployment processes for Field Trade Marketing including building Pricing Tools, Pricing Dashboards and Pricing resources.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop and implement pricing strategies.
  • Collected and analyzed pricing data from variety of sources to create detailed pricing reports for top-level decision makers.
  • Helped develop Discount/Pricing API platform to deliver retail discounting to external customers.
  • API Technical liaison and support for customers, 3rd Party providers & Internal stakeholders.
  • Worked with developers for API enhancements, testing, & validation.
  • Supported Field Trade on Trade Marketing Reporting Portal requests & worked with DBS to ensure requests are executed/validated
  • Built tools to support Trade Market to effectively execute Cycle Plan initiatives.

Sr. Manager Demand Planning and Trade Pricing

RJRT/BAT
01.2020 - 09.2022
  • Managed, coordinated, and prioritized all tasks and activities in demand planning at the SKU/Warehouse/Customer level while ensuring achievement of demand plan accuracy goals.
  • Align and reconcile the SKU/location/week level demand plan with the monthly strategic forecast by style/month.
  • Developed strategies for resolving demand plan issues through management of SAP statistical models while ensuring consistency in automated disaggregation of volume.
  • Ensured that demand planning input, output, and business requirements were sufficiently communicated to the appropriate cross-functional parties, specifically Supply Chain Management and Finance. Engage as an active member of the Demand Control process team.
  • Consulted with Production Planning and Deployment to ensure cross-functional alignment regarding the Demand Plan.
  • Maintained an enhanced understanding of SAP APO DP/ Other Demand Planning systems in order to fully utilize system capabilities and optimize system performance. Assumed a lead role in the testing and implementation of system and process improvements.

Lead Manager Business Intelligence

Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company/RJRT/BAT
10.2011 - 01.2019
    • Served the company as a key Strategy and Planning Team member with a keen understanding of the industry and an articulated strategy for key competitors.
    • Developed competitive and market assessments to understand market dynamics and trends and disseminate key findings to executive leaders and other stakeholders across the company.
    • Collaborated with other functions to synthesize internal and external information, analytics, and data to arrive at value-added conclusions.
    • Presented regularly in-depth analyses and summaries of results, interpreting and communicating business results with recommendations to key stakeholders.
    • Maintained knowledge of key competitor's commercial and corporate activities and broader market dynamics that frame the business context, both present and future
    • Assessed the business implications of regulatory changes for our business and our competitors and their expected response to these external threats holistically.
    • Drove ad-hoc projects as required
    • Helped foster culture of customer centricity by aligning with product, marketing, operations, finance and executive teams to drive initiatives centered on customer success
    • Collected data from wide-ranging sources.
    • Liaised with DevOps team to integrate business intelligence assets into future development lifecycles.
    • Developed intelligence-sharing dashboards, providing company-wide access to collected data.
    • Directed implementation of new business intelligence tools, selecting appropriate solutions and aiding in corresponding onboarding processes.

Skills

  • Excel Mastery Certification
  • MicroStrategy ACA, CDA, MCA
  • SQL Certified Analyst
  • Strategic Planning
  • Data Analytics
  • System Optimization
  • Problem Solving
  • Product Knowledge
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Technical Proficiency
  • MS Office
  • Computer Skills

Timeline

Lead Manager Data Governance and Capabilities

RJRT/BAT
09.2023 - Current

Lead Manager Trade Systems and Support

RJRT/BAT
07.2022 - 09.2023

Sr. Manager Demand Planning and Trade Pricing

RJRT/BAT
01.2020 - 09.2022

Lead Manager Business Intelligence

Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company/RJRT/BAT
10.2011 - 01.2019
Bradley Johns