Job Title: Ice Cream Customer Strategy & Planning Senior Manager

Location: Thailand

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.

Main Responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Drive and deliver yearly business resultsLead category strategy development & guideline and Co-developed innovation launch with marketing team since campaign development, financial P&L, channels & activation plan, pack, price, promotion suggestionsProvide a detailed analysis of actual sales vs forecast result and propose the rolling channel or action plans to the management.Work jointly with marketing team to assess category opportunities and analyze competitor and channel behavior for the annual plan, forecast and identify areas of opportunity. Plan, execute and evaluate options jointly with CBD (Key Account Managers and BD) for tailor made activities to enhance retailers' commitment and integrating support plansCommunicate to the CBD and retail partner team on any marketing/trade marketing initiatives to ensure smooth operation during implementation. Development category specific to each channel and customer, lead the development and execution of category plan, category JBP, D4R and D4CManaging and optimizing category investment, BMI, CCP to achieve turnover with optimal investment.

Candidate Criteria

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATION

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in job related field.At least 5 years of trade marketing, category analyst or FMCG environment experiences will be advantage.Strong customer marketing know-how as a base to deliver relevant and important inputs to marketing, CBD (including field force), finance and planning teams. Able to synthesize various data inputs to shape strategy and executable actions. Advance working knowledge of data visualization and report software (Tableau, PowerBI, Nielsen Retail Index) and Microsoft Office Applications (Excel, PowerPoint).Excellent in English and ThaiGood in presentation, alignment and negotiation.
 

Key Competencies & Skills

Strong project management and problem-solving skillsCreative and passion to drive new initiativesStrong collaboration and communication skillsExperience in leading an internal cross functional task force and working with external agenciesExperience in managing relationships with a variety of stakeholders - both internal and external partnersDemonstrate good understanding of numbers and data with strong analytical skillGood command of English and ThaiHigh degree of accountability & responsibility 

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