Background & Purpose of the Job

The primary purpose of the Associate Customer Business Manager (ACBM) position is to drive profitable sales volume and develop collaborative business relationships with Meijer and the Unilever Brand teams.This ACBM will manage Personal Care categories, be based in Michigan and will report to the Meijer Team Leader.

Who You Are & What You'll Do

The ACBM is responsible for creating and executing a Joint Business Plan in that achieves volume goals while optimizing customer investment.A CBM must be able to juggle multiple projects and time horizons at once, creating long term growth initiatives while driving flawless execution in the present.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build credibility with Unilever stakeholders including Headquarter/Brand teams.
• Gain support by effectively communicating how Unilever can execute their growth plan at Meijer.
• Build credibility with Meijer's Buying/Merchandising team.
• Gain support by effectively communicating how Meijer can execute their growth plan through Unilever brands.
• Leverage all 4 P's to drive growth.Create brand promotional and display plans, as well as recommend product-mix balancing innovation and existing items.
• Create best-in-class Innovation launch plans.
• Optimize all investments at Meijer including Pricing, Promotion, Couponing, Shopper Marketing and E-commerce.
• Coordinate annual Joint Business Planning, aligning Meijer and Unilever stakeholders on long term goals and growth strategies.
• Forecast Sales and collaborate with Meijer and Unilever Supply Chains to ensure strong execution.

About you:

• You're a born leader:At Unilever, everyone has a responsibility to take the lead and everyone has the opportunity to make a difference.Leadership is about impact and behavior, not job titles and work levels.It is everyone's business, not just the manager's business.
• You're a dot connector:Seeks to understand broader business goals and plans and ensures that goals/plans in their own unit/location are not in conflict.This person is able to pull together the pieces to create a strategic plan at the customer.
• You're a story teller:A good leader is able to pause, listen and bring together multiple data points to tell a influential story on the business objective.Story telling is key to helping sell internally and externally what you need to win in the marketplace.
• You're a changemaker:Focuses effort on continuous improvement, work simplification and the elimination of non-value-added work.

What You'll Need To Succeed

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Business or related field
• Computer skills required: All Microsoft Office Programs
• Customer Management, Customer Service or Finance background is a plus.
• Breakthrough Thinking - The position will require initiative on the part of the person to work independently and deliver results.
• Problem Solving -Will need to exercise good judgment and routinely make decisions to support the day to day business.
• Organizational Awareness - Will need to reach out too many different levels of the organization in order to solve problems and gather information for decision making.

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. Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination under Federal law. For more information, please seeEEO is the Law. Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, credit check and DMV check.

Unilever has a simple but clear purpose – to make sustainable living commonplace. They believe this is the best long-term way for the business to grow. On any given day, two billion people from around the world use Unilever products from iconic brands like Dove, Axe, Ben & Jerry’s, Lipton, Dollar Shave Club, and Knorr to look good, feel good, and get more out of life.