CCSD Manager at Nestle

Position Summary

To lead and develop the Category and Channel agenda within the market to deliver long term Category growth and profitably increased market share.

A day in the life of a CDT Manager

• Lead the commercial planning process (ICP) to ensure timely cross-functional input and alignment to the key Category, Brand, Channel, Shopper and Customer growth opportunities and activation platforms
• Establish winning commercial propositions and support the development of customer and field sales plans.
• Partner with Brand and Sales Teams to develop actionable insights that will support Category driving initiatives
• Deliver a strong category growth story reflecting consumer, shopper, channel & customer dynamics
• Gathering insights:  Ensure that shopper understanding is available to support category and customer strategic decisions
• Develop the capability of commercial functions (Marketing, Sales, Field) to ensure shopper behavior is understood and applied to build stronger category stories and customers plans
• Translating insights: Lead the generation of shopper understanding and interpret relevant sources of information and translate them into actionable insight relevant to category, brand, channel and customer
• Develop channel solutions and contribute to build commercially aligned business cases and key initiatives that address the opportunity for future channel growth leveraging our categories strategies
• Brings actionable insights which will inspire customers to implement aligned category strategy and initiatives
• Support the customer teams to create a compelling story that establishes a connection between our customers and our initiatives to grow the category by addressing shopper needs
• Actively Develop People through coaching and professional skills training.
• Ensure career & succession planning, PDP's and talent management processes are in place

What will make you successful

• BCom Degree in Accounting, Economics, Sales or Marketing
• 5-10 years commercial experience
• Strong trade marketing experience and key accounts preferential
• Strong leadership and teamwork skills
• Customer knowledge (retail and distributor)

Closing Date: 14th, July 2022