Fresh Express® is the brand leader in Value Added Salads and is dedicated to providing consumers with healthy, convenient ready-to-eat salads, leafy greens, vegetables and fruits. With the invention of its special Keep Crisp® bag in the 1980s, Fresh Express pioneered the retail packaged salad category and was the first to make them available to grocery stores nationwide. Today, Fresh Express fresh salads come in more than 100 different varieties offering exciting new flavors and convenient new ways to meet the daily dietary requirements for both conventional and organic fresh produce. More than 14 million consumers each week enjoy healthy, convenient ready-to-eat Fresh Express salads, spinach and vegetables. Fresh Express headquarters are in Windermere, FL. For more information, visit www.FreshExpress.com.

Industry: Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Company Size: 5,001-10,000 employees

Fresh Express

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Fresh Express is a category leader in value-added salads, driving innovation, operational excellence, and consumer-focused growth across retail and foodservice in North America. As we continue to expand and evolve the category, we are seeking a highly analytical Finance Analyst to support profitable growth through advanced data modeling and actionable customer insights.

**Position Overview **

The Finance Analyst plays a critical role in enabling data-driven decision-making across the commercial organization. This role is responsible for integrating complex data sets to deliver clear financial insights, including customer-level P&L analysis, trade optimization, and margin performance reporting.

The ideal candidate combines strong financial acumen with advanced analytics capabilities and can translate large volumes of data into strategic recommendations for Executive Leadership.

**Detailed duties and responsibilities: **

- Build, maintain, and analyze detailed customer-level P&Ls across retail and foodservice accounts

- Evaluate trade spend, pricing strategy, and promotional ROI

- Lead month-end reporting, variance analysis, and financial trend reporting

- Assess profitability of special projects and new business opportunities

- Partner with Sales to support negotiations and commercial decision-making

- Extract, consolidate, and validate data from multiple systems (ERP, trade management, syndicated data, freight, etc.)

- Develop automated dashboards and reporting tools to enhance visibility and efficiency

- Apply statistical analysis and predictive modeling to support forecasting and scenario planning

- Identify trends, risks, and margin improvement opportunities using advanced analytics tools (SQL, Power BI/Tableau, Python, R)

- Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Agricultural Operations, and Manufacturing to align financial insights with business strategy

- Support annual planning, quarterly forecasting, and long-range financial modeling

- Present insights with clarity and influence senior leadership

**Minimum qualifications: **

- Advanced Excel modeling skills

- Experience working with large, complex data sets

- Proficiency in SQL and BI tools (Power BI, Tableau)

- ERP system experience (SAP, Oracle, etc.)

- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Data Science, or related field

- 2 + years of experience in Financial Analysis, FP&A, or Commercial Finance

- Consumer Packaged Goods, food manufacturing, or retail experience preferred

- Strong analytical rigor and attention to detail

- Deep understanding of margin drivers and cost structures

- Ability to translate complex data into strategic insights

- Strong communication skills and cross-functional influence

- Thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

**Other Information: **

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed, as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.

Financial Analyst

The Marketing Innovation Manager is responsible for turning ideas into business. As a category expert you are the voice of the consumer and champion of the product. You can transform innovative product assortments into a compelling narrative that inspires consumers. This position requires a dynamic thought leader who will have the ability to have an impact on shaping salads of the future. As a member of the Marketing Management team, you are responsible for the facilitation of all activities necessary to achieve sales and profit objectives supporting Fresh Express portfolio of branded and private brand business, in the U.S. and Canada. The key responsibility of this individual is to help drive volume growth with existing and new customers while delivering profitability. In this role, you will bring product growth strategy to life through development and execution of product offerings, pricing and promotional recommendations that drive continued sales growth and delighting the consumer.

**Duties and Responsibilities: **

- Work collaboratively with Marketing, R&D, Sales, Purchasing, Operations and Finance to support Product Innovation, Renovation and Sku rationalization initiatives.

- Assess Innovation opportunities using a broad spectrum of research resources including primary, secondary and syndicated data sources.

- Leverage sound analytics to develop new business and consumer insights to build future both within our categories and with retail customers

- Leverage your financial acumen to influence new product launch recommendation that is profitable for the company as well as initiatives that grow the category

- Develop, lead and manage business line, leveraging critical thinking and strategic recommendations, defining product objectives and strategy, positioning, pricing, packaging, and product lifecycle management

- Lead internal and external partners including the agency to develop ideas which continue to grow and evolve the business as a leader in the value-added salad space

- Lead key cross-functional relationships across the organization and navigate a matrixed environment

- Lead and develop team expertise of the target consumer and deliver product and messaging that drive affinity for the brand

- Unlock deep insights and translate into growth strategy that will translate both in the US and Canada

- Lead all aspects of the Fresh Express budget including all media and activation

- Actively lead all plans to achieve established brand targets. This includes consistent tracking against targets and identifying when gap closure initiatives are required

- Partner with sales teams to turn brand programs into volume driving in-store/online activations

**Key Qualifications: **

- MBA required, 8+ years of CPG experience preferred. Background in Perishable food preferred

- 3-5 years' experience managing new product concept development, testing and launches

- Proven track record of influencing others within a matrixed organization

- Analyze data, incorporate multiple insights, and develop creative solutions

- Take initiative and drive action

- Work onsite

**Other Information: **

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed, as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.

Marketing Innovation Manager

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