**DESCRIPTION**
The **Trade Specialist** serves as a critical liaison between the centralized trade organization, client-facing sales teams, and internal shared services. This role provides analytical, systems, and reconciliation expertise to support trade investment accuracy and effectiveness across Grocery, Natural, and Small Format channels. The Trade Specialist independently manages complex client systems, drives exception resolution, and ensures alignment between contractual agreements, customer execution, and financial settlement processes.
**RESPONSIBILITIES**
+ Serve as a subject matter expert in client trade systems, ensuring accurate setup, maintenance, and interpretation of contracts, rates, dates, and product details.
+ Perform detailed contract and system comparisons to proactively identify discrepancies, risks, and downstream financial impacts.
+ Audit customer trade events and deductions at a predefined depth to validate compliance with contract terms and ...