Title: Associate Customer Business Manager-Ahold

LOCATION: NJ, CHARLOTTE OR PA

JOB SUMMARY:

The primary purpose of the Associate Customer Business Manager (ACBM) position is to develop sustained business relationships with Ahold Deo/Face/Shave/HBL and to drive profitable sales volume through customer. The ACBM is responsible for achieving volume goals while maintaining spending goals based on what brands and customers are trying to achieve according to their joint business plan. They maintain distribution shelving to promote equality with good return rates by managing plan-o-grams with the retail team. It is imperative that they have a working knowledge of the consumer cross functions.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage the relationship with the category directors and interface with customer
• Coordinate Annual Planning efforts
• Drive trade investment effectiveness and efficiency
• Customize corporate marketing and merchandising programs with customer
• Develop corporate marketing and merchandising programs
• Coordinate, and manage, Category Management initiatives
• Manage plan-o-grams and retail initiatives with the retail team
• Manage NSV and trade investment by each customer
• Routinely interface with multiple internal and external departments/personnel
• Coordinate Joint Business Plans with customer
• The need to balance individual customer needs, while ensuring total Market integrity
• The need to drive Strategic Relationships and accelerated growth, while operating within approved Trade Marketing parameters, and driving trade investment effectiveness and efficiency
• Work effectively as part of a Customer Team, while maintaining a positive Connection and relationship with other direct teams as well as local Region Management
• Provide analysis to support Personal Care
• Complexity and time management challenges

SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS:

• Undergraduate degree is required
• Must be skilled in verbal and written communications
• Strong business acumen
• Must be able to effectively relate with multiple levels of management, both internally and externally
• Proven Business Manager experience with a key customer is a must
• Trade Marketing and Category Management experience is a plus
• Must be a strategic thinker that can work effectively, and in a highly collaborative manner
• Must have strong relationship building and management skills
• Working knowledge of IRI, AMPS, Loyalty Card Data and Customer POS Data is strongly desired

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, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristics by federal, state, or local law. For more information, please see Equal Employment Opportunity Posters

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