Junior/Assistant Customer Strategy & Planning Manager - Foods

Join us as Junior/Assistant Manager Customer Strategy & Planning - Foods

• Location: Unilever Head Office - Mireka Tower
• Terms & Conditions: Full-time
• Function: ​​Customer Development​
• Reports to: ​​Head of Customer Strategy & Planning & Channel Marketing​
• Scope: ​​Local ​
   

About Unilever 
 

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

JOB PURPOSE

You will be responsible to lead and develop the execution of fully integrated, shopper, customer and channel insights-based brand/category solutions and activities for customers/channels. You are required to Deliver strong, competitive and market beating growth through strong analytics of market and sales data that translates to insightful diagnostics and market strategies and actions.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conducting sales diagnostics, analysis and taking proactive action based on insights.
• Conducting in-depth analysis of category and brand issues/opportunities and conducting reviews of trade category management plans with brand teams.
• Rigorously driving S&OP for the respective categories by collaborating with cross functional teams.
• Landing innovations related to the categories by being the single point of contact for any activities on trade level.
• Contributing to developing the perfect store by being the single point of contact for merchandising team. Review and updating perfect store strategy for channels on regular basis.
• Developing expertise on shoppers and customers by analyzing shopper and consumer behavior at field/channel level.
• Being responsible for the usage and management of TTS budgets and delivering category return on investment.
  

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• ​​Candidate should possess a bachelor’s in business management degree preferably in marketing or an equal professional qualification.
• ​Candidate must have minimum 2 years of experience in trade category management / channel marketing/ Category management. (experience in FMCG will be ad advantage)
• ​Candidate should be self-confident and assertive with good inter- personal skills and relationship management skills.
• ​Candidate should have solid knowledge of category management, marketing and sales principles, data analytics and forecasting.
• ​Candidate must be a strategic thinker and have passion for growth.

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.