Business Manager Assistant

<strong>Acosta is proud to foster a corporate culture that is empowering, inclusive and responsible. Our values center on people, integrity, results, trust, teamwork, innovation, and balance. Having associates who live these values and have a great passion for what they do makes Acosta a terrific company to work for.</strong>

Brea, CA

Acosta - Mandate and Continuity

<p><strong>Acosta is the engine that drives greater sales and market share for consumer goods manufacturers and retailers around the world. A privately-held sales and marketing agency based in Jacksonville, Fla., Acosta has more than 100 offices around the world&nbsp;with more than 25,000 employees. Learn more about how our values, services and, most importantly, people are changing the CPG experience with proven results.</strong></p> <p><strong>Acosta is proud to foster a corporate culture that is empowering, inclusive and responsible. Our values center on people, integrity, results, trust, teamwork, innovation, and balance. Having associates who live these values and have a great passion for what they do makes Acosta a terrific company to work for.</strong></p> https://www.acosta.com/

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Regular Full-Time

Overview: The Business Manager Assistant will assist the Business Manager functions and have a fundamental understanding of the sales process as well as Acosta&rsquo;s enterprise software packages. <br /><br />The incumbent(s) in this position should exhibit the following ACOSTA values: <br /> <ul> <li>People Minded&ndash; Must show dignity and respect to all people</li> <li>Integrity&ndash; Must exemplify the highest degree of ethical behavior</li> <li>Results Oriented&ndash; Must show passion, pride and commitment to succeed</li> <li>Trust&ndash; Must be honest, sincere and confident</li> <li>Teamwork&ndash; Must build trusting relationships</li> <li>Innovation&ndash; Must progress through a combination of creativity, common sense and vision</li> <li>Balance&ndash; Must maintain an optimistic attitude and keep perspective on what is important in life</li> </ul>
Responsibilities: <ul> <li>Assist the Business Managers in fulfilling responsibilities for client proprietary sales planners and tracking systems.</li> <li>Update specific client reports such as distribution tracking, pricing reports, new item tracking, and special business initiative tracking.</li> <li>Assist in preparing post promotion analysis for specific manufacturers.</li> <li>Under direction of Business Manager will coordinate activities to meet administrative requirements of the client.</li> <li>Assist Business Manager in preparing for sales meetings, customer appointments, and principal meetings.</li> <li>Assist Business Manager in managing billing and accounts receivables.</li> <li>Assist Business Manager in managing Customer Service and Claims.</li> <li>Assist Business Manager in maintaining all relevant products.</li> <li>May assist in the implementation of the Event Scheduler technology to generate customer contracts.</li> <li>Other duties as assigned</li> </ul>
Requirements: <ul> <li>Some College Experience</li> <li>Must have 3-5 years prior experience with data entry, preferably with a food broker or college graduate. Knowledge, Skill and Ability Requirements:</li> <li>Must possess excellent organizational skills and have a proven track record of meeting deadlines.</li> <li>Must demonstrate good problem-solving ability and initiative in finding workable solutions to complex problems affecting multiple users of shared data</li> <li>Must have general office skills to include bookkeeping, written and oral communication skills</li> <li>Must possess computer knowledge skills with Excel, PowerPoint and Word.</li> <li>Must be able to operate a computer, calculator, printer, fax machine, telephone, copy machine and postage meter.</li> </ul>