Business Planning Lead (CPG)

Location: Hybrid schedule at the Camden, NJ headquarters: work from home Monday and Friday, and in the office Tuesday through Thursday. Travel to company and customer meetings may be required 10–15% of the time.

Salary: $136,300–$187,400 annual base salary for the full-time salaried position, depending on location, experience, skills, and education.

Company

Campbell’s is a food and beverage company with a portfolio of established consumer brands including Campbell’s, Goldfish, Pepperidge Farm, Prego, Rao’s Homemade, and V8.

What you will do

• Lead the Integrated Business Planning Demand Review and own rolling 24+-month consumption, billing, shipment, volume, and financial projections for a business category.
• Identify risks, opportunities, and gaps against financial commitments, and recommend actions to improve business outcomes.
• Integrate marketing, trade, pricing, assortment, innovation, and other commercial investments into quantified demand plans.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Revenue Growth Management, Finance, Data Science, Demand Analysts, and Supply Chain to align demand, service, cost, inventory, and revenue objectives.
• Use forecast-performance metrics to improve accuracy, remove bias, standardize processes, and enhance planning tools and models.
• Influence senior leaders through clear narratives connecting commercial strategy, investment, historical performance, and demand outcomes.

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant experience in Commercial Planning, Marketing, Sales, Finance, and/or Strategy within CPG or adjacent industries.
• Demonstrated experience with IBP and/or S&OP process disciplines.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Ability to translate business strategy into quantified demand implications and connect marketplace factors to controllable actions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, storytelling, and stakeholder-influence skills.
• Ability to work in the required hybrid Camden, NJ schedule and travel 10–15% as needed.

Nice to have

• MBA.
• Deep understanding of P&L and how marketing, sales, pricing, and innovation investments create demand.
• Experience interpreting advanced analytics and model outputs while maintaining business context.
• Experience leading through influence and driving continuous process improvement.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, disability, AD&D, and life insurance benefits begin on the first day.
• Matching 401(k) plan with immediate vesting and enrollment from the first day of employment.
• Unlimited sick time, paid time off, and holiday pay.
• Access to a fitness center, on-site childcare, and company store at the headquarters.
• Employee donation and volunteer matching through the Campbell’s Cares program, plus Employee Resource Groups.