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Form of workBackground & Purpose of the Job:
As shopping behaviors change in the marketplace, so too will channel strategies. We MUST follow the consumer. This is a unique opportunity to drive profitable growth in traditional markets, while future proofing our portfolio to drive market share in emerging channels.
We are hiring an AssociateCategory Strategy & Planning Manager to support the Baby and Hand Hygiene portfolio.
Who You Are & What You'll Do:
You are the key liaison between Customer Business Development and Brand/Supply Chain/Finance/ Insights/Category Management. You will lead the development & deployment of a channel strategy for your portfolio and drive profitable growth. The CS&P Associate Manager is a key business partner to the brand teams, setting and deploying channel strategy for their category and deploying holistic customer investment across customers to deliver profitable growth. This role represents the customer in core organizational processes including S&OP, IBP/IPM & NRM.
By working cross functionally, you will deliver the following for each brand:
You will also manage cross-channel pack/pricing strategy, and brand specific tentpole execution.
You are a born leader: You have a voice and drive engagement. You can leverage a team to achieve results.
You are a strategy guru: You are excited by the opportunity to craft the strategy for new brands, entering new spaces. You leverage broad learnings and pare down to actionable insights.
You are a dot connector: You thrive on building relationships. You enjoy collaborating with cross functional teams to drive results.
You love to win and have fun doing it: You have a growth mindset. You proactively identify opportunities/risks and have the bias for action to achieve results.
You are a storyteller: You can creatively communicate and adapt brand strategy to appeal to field teams and customers.
What You'll Need To Succeed:
Pay: The pay range for this position is $84,400 to $126,600. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.
Bonus: This position is bonus eligible.
Long-Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible.
Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.
What We Can Offer You
Culture for Growth | Top Notch Employee Health & Well Being Benefits | Every Voice Matters | Global Reach | Life at Unilever | Careers with Purpose | World Class Career Development Programs | Check Out Our Space | Focus On Sustainability
Unilever is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion 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. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, credit check and DMV check.
If you are an individual with a disability in need of assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please contact us at NA.Accommodations@unilever.com. Please note: This email is reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and is not a means of inquiry about positions or application statuses.
As shopping behaviors change in the marketplace, so too will channel strategies. We MUST follow the consumer. This is a unique opportunity to drive profitable growth in traditional markets, while future proofing our portfolio to drive market share in emerging channels.
We are hiring an AssociateCategory Strategy & Planning Manager to support the Baby and Hand Hygiene portfolio.
Who You Are & What You'll Do:
You are the key liaison between Customer Business Development and Brand/Supply Chain/Finance/ Insights/Category Management. You will lead the development & deployment of a channel strategy for your portfolio and drive profitable growth. The CS&P Associate Manager is a key business partner to the brand teams, setting and deploying channel strategy for their category and deploying holistic customer investment across customers to deliver profitable growth. This role represents the customer in core organizational processes including S&OP, IBP/IPM & NRM.
By working cross functionally, you will deliver the following for each brand:
- Customer Facing Category Strategy/ Market Development:
- Develop Customer Facing Category Strategy with key business partners to translate and localize Category Strategy into Channel and Category marketing plans by Customer/ Region/ Channel.
- Develop and implement price and promotional strategy, for region/ customer/ channel focusing on shopper
- Oversee the development of robust in store brand execution for key retailers/channels bringing brands to life in store.
- Lead convergence of category plans between Brick & Mortar and e-commerce and also execution of customized offering
- Support new product introduction for listing into mix.
- S&OP - lead consolidated Customer Development (CD) input and own 'output' for owned businesses, drive CD business performance
- Drive Customer/ Channel/ Region input to the S&OP process for brands.
- Drive business performance for months 1....3 including gap closure activities.
- Monitor implementation customer marketing plan
- Integrated Business Plan/ Innovation Process Management
- Channel/Customer lens-based thought leadership, feedback and inputs into the category building plan, brand JTBD, SKU portfolio for next year
- Input into innovation / renovation business cases e.g. pack size by channel (Ecommerce incl), pricing, distribution targets & trade margins
- Channel Strategies incl Ecommerce/ Omni-Channel by geography to win in-store/ online
- Channel specific category plans incl. eCommerce to develop destination portfolios by channel, build new channels such as Direct to Consumer.
- Drive distribution and product availability across channels at the point of purchase.
- Retail margins and customer profitability
- Holistic Customer Investment (Trade, Shopper Marketing, In-Store etc)
- NRM (Decisions on Levers 3-5) & Trade Investments for the category/ channel
You will also manage cross-channel pack/pricing strategy, and brand specific tentpole execution.
You are a born leader: You have a voice and drive engagement. You can leverage a team to achieve results.
You are a strategy guru: You are excited by the opportunity to craft the strategy for new brands, entering new spaces. You leverage broad learnings and pare down to actionable insights.
You are a dot connector: You thrive on building relationships. You enjoy collaborating with cross functional teams to drive results.
You love to win and have fun doing it: You have a growth mindset. You proactively identify opportunities/risks and have the bias for action to achieve results.
You are a storyteller: You can creatively communicate and adapt brand strategy to appeal to field teams and customers.
What You'll Need To Succeed:
- Bachelor's Degree required with 4+ years of relevant sales or marketing experience.
- Excellent communication and relationship building skills, strong attention to detail, proficient in analytics, ability to coordinate across various functions, and ability to manage and prioritize actions across multiple brands/customers
- Proven ability to influence others and take a stand
- Positive attitude takes ownership and initiative to fix problems.
Pay: The pay range for this position is $84,400 to $126,600. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.
Bonus: This position is bonus eligible.
Long-Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible.
Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.
What We Can Offer You
Culture for Growth | Top Notch Employee Health & Well Being Benefits | Every Voice Matters | Global Reach | Life at Unilever | Careers with Purpose | World Class Career Development Programs | Check Out Our Space | Focus On Sustainability
Unilever is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion 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. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, credit check and DMV check.
If you are an individual with a disability in need of assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please contact us at NA.Accommodations@unilever.com. Please note: This email is reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and is not a means of inquiry about positions or application statuses.
