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Employment type:
Full time
Experience required:
Intermediate
Salary
Salary not provided
About the company:
We are a team of growers, plant scientists, engineers, artists, foodies and plant romantics working to improve the lives of plants, people, and the planet. We currently operate in South San Francisco, CA, and Laramie, WY. Our new Compton, CA site set to open in 2021 will be the world’s first, high-capacity indoor vertical farm.
Plenty believes food justice is social justice. Equal access to healthy, nutritious food is fundamental to a quality life. We build farms in communities that need better access to food and jobs. Plenty provides living-wage, year-round jobs along with flavorful, nutrient-rich food to the communities we serve. We use automation and robotics so machines do the backbreaking labor while people perform new kinds of skilled agricultural, science and high-tech jobs.
Now is the time to help Plenty achieve its mission to feed the world healthy food in a sustainable way. We are a start-up with expanding career growth opportunities.
We are actively seeking those who embody our core values: find a way, down to earth, & grow together. These values guide how we work together as teammates, approach innovation and engage with customers. Does this sound like you? Join the mission as we improve human and planetary health by increasing access to craveable fruits and vegetables.
About Plenty
Plenty is on a mission to make fresh, pesticide-free fruits and vegetables more accessible to everyone. Our cutting-edge indoor, vertical farms produce extraordinary yields using a fraction of the land and water outdoor farms need. Nutrient-rich, mouth-watering and locally grown, our crops help people, communities and our planet to be healthier and more resilient.
The people and teams who make up Plenty are at the core of how we do this. We are a collaborative and innovative bunch. We are passionate about our contributions to Plenty, the communities around us and our planet, but never take ourselves too seriously. We’re down to Earth, we grow together, and we always find a way. Most importantly, we’re here to improve the lives of plants, people and our planet.
Plenty is looking for an Extern to join our Sales Operations team. The mission of the team is to enable and accelerate profitable growth, and you’ll be critical in scaling up our forecasting and planning capabilities to ensure we can deliver on our customer and company commitments.
As the Sales Operations Extern, you will help advance our Sales Operations infrastructure as we launch our next farm in Compton, Los Angeles. You’ll be closely involved with our Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process and drive an increased sophistication in our forecasting capabilities. You’ll also support the Sales team as we engage with customers and prepare them for launch, driving critical activities that will enable our commercial success.
This role will require rigorous quantitative analysis along with comfort making prudent assumptions without a lot of data. We’re looking for someone who is naturally curious and analytical, enjoys asking the right questions and uncovering data-driven insights, and thinks expansively and creatively to uncover new opportunities.
- Partner with Sales, Supply Chain, Farm Operations, and Logistics teams to develop and execute the sales forecasting process, delivering a high-quality and accurate forecast.
- Maintain the reporting dashboard to summarize forecasts to an executive-level audience
- Collaborate with Sales team on long-term modeling exercises to help inform Commercial strategy, including farm/sales capacity planning
- Partner with the Sales team to launch new accounts in the LA market, including sales materials, account planning, and customer onboarding
- Serve as an all-around team player that can jump into new opportunities as they arise
- A genuine interest and passion for Plenty’s mission
- Impeccable analytics skills combined with clear written and oral communication skills + outstanding attention to detail
- 2+ years of related experience in management consulting, analytics, sales operations, or similar
- Ability to work independently and navigate an ever-changing high growth environment
- Industry experience within CPG and/or perishables is valued but not required
- BA/BS degree
What we can offer
- Compensation; we’ll pay you a competitive wage
- Health & well-being; we’ll invest in your physical and mental well-being with comprehensive medical benefits after 90 days and in-office gyms
- Food; in-office lunches, snacks and access to our leafy greens & new products in development -- are you up for a side gig as a taste tester?
- Grow together; learning & development opportunities including unlimited access to our Upstart University platform, LinkedIn Learning, lunch & learns, training certifications, and more
- Equipment; we’ll provide you with the equipment you need to be successful, including $75/month toward your phone bill
- Sick leave & holidays; we offer 24 hours of sick leave and double pay for any holidays worked
Food & safety requirements
- Comply with all Plant, State and Federal OSHA, EPA, FDA, HACCP, and SQF regulations
- All employees must show proof of COVID vaccination before starting work, other than in limited circumstances where the law requires an exception
- All applicants must be 18 years or older to apply
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