Category Management Specialist – Foods

FUNCTION OBJECTIVE​

Customer Strategy and Planning is an evolution of Category Management; it combines strategic planning alongside operational excellence between the Customer Business Development teams and the Business Group/Business Unit; ensuring delivery of the Business Group and Unit’s critical KPIs. Ultimately the CSP team is responsible for creating the Customer Category Growth Strategy which informs brand and Customer Development teams, drives the commercial strategy of the business unit, supports customers through objective insights and drives category growth.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Involvement in co-creating Foods Growth Strategy

• In the drivers’ seat of creation of Growth Strategy of Condiments (cold & hot sauces), soups &Maïzena.Determineshort-and long-term strategy on your brands with Marketing & convert into local plans with Customer Development & Field.

• It focusses on Category Growth management, Shopper marketing, Net Revenue management, Promotions & Operation. 

• Responsibility for creation & optimalisation of internal and external business updates, providing CD and marketing teams with valuable insights and actionable next steps.

• Responsibility for reviewing promotional strategies that deliver insights for Integrated Business Planning.

• Supporting marketing teams with rankings and businesscasesassumptions.

• Supporting marketing and CD teams with ad-hoc analyses using external data like Nielsen or customer databases.

• Keeping a close eye on our competitors andtrackthem on key K Key Performance Indicators.

• Supporting operational processes to ensure perfect execution of innovations.

• Freedom to co-create the role and lead projects matching individual passions or ambitions (e.g.Channel Strategy, Net Revenue Management, Digital Commerce, Out of Home).

• Key job focus is to implement short term strategy and develop the long(er) term Foods strategy.

• You will work at the City Dox office and will collaborate with our most important retail customers indeveloping categorystrategies based on customer,consumerand shopper insights. A couple of times per year (+/- 1x every 2 months),you’llbe visiting our NL colleagues in Rotterdam for a one-day event, since Unilever is organized as a BeNeLux structure. 

WHATYOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• ​​Master Degree in Economics, Business Studies or Science, anda high levelof numeracy and analytical skills / working with large datasets.

• ​The ideal candidate has experience in Customer Development or Customer Strategy & Planning/Category Management.​

Skills

• Excellent engagement, presentation, and communication skills, an ability to manage a large and complex set of stakeholders and an entrepreneurial drive and winning mentality.

• Transforming data into compelling insights that communicate a strong story will be essential for this role.

• Knowledge of Nielsen / YouGov / retailer data are a plus.

• Moreover, our ideal candidate thrives in an agile environment with many stakeholders and loves to work together withdifferent functions.

• Proactivity,flexibilityand eagerness to learn & improve is crucial to continuously evolve our CSP team to a higher level. 

• Andabove all, theperfect candidate is highly service oriented to both our external customers and internal teams.

• Fluency in French and Dutch, basics of English language are a must.

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results.You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.

• As anindividualyou are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and deliveringhigh standardsof work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

• PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE:Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results.Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.

• PERSONAL MASTERY:Setshigh standardsfor themselves.Activelybuildsown wellbeing and resilience.

• CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers.Investstime inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.

• PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.

• AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicantsfrom allwalks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

​Work location: Brussels - Belgium​

​Hybrid

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