Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Shopper Manager Job at Tiger Brands in Bryanston
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Management
Job Title Shopper Manager - DL
Reporting to (Job Title) Shopper Marketing Manager
Type of Position Permanent
Business Unit Home, Personal Care & Baby
Function Shopper Marketing (Channel)
Region/Province Gauteng
Location / Site Bryanston
Employment Equity Position Preferred
Number of positions 01
Overview
The Shopper Manager role is strategic to understanding of Shopper and Consumer behaviour and also providing insights to the Sales and Marketing teams.
The position will be based in Bryanston reporting to Shopper Marketing Manager with solid links to the manafacturing sites, Isando and Cape Town.
Purpose To provide channel and shopper strategic direction to the business, Brand Development and Customer Management and to facilitate supply alignment to strategy in terms of demand forecasts and customer service.
Key Responsibilities
• To develop and implement national market and channel strategies in line with the marketing and business objectives.
• To achieve the sales budgets/forecasts
• To achieve the target realisations on premium brands and gross margin on economy brands
• Monitor sales realisations and margin performance on a daily basis and take appropriate corrective action to achieve monthly forecasts.
• Ensure that the Personal and Homecare business strategies for premium and economy sectors are understood and implemented by Customer Management and the sales force
• Implementation of shopper strategy at point of purchase
• Control of the channel budgets
• Achieving forecast accuracy in line with objectives
Required Experience
• Sound category management experience in FMCG environment
•+ -5-10 years senior management experience in Trade Marketing, Key Accounts and Customer Management
• Computer literate
Technical/Functional Skills
•Leadership skills
•Problem solving and decision making skills
•Strategic thinking skills
•Numerical and Financial reasoning skills
• Project Management skills
• Sound understanding of business principles and processes
• Negotiation skills
• Presentation skills
• Analytical
• Situational analysis skills
• Knowledge of competitor and market dynamics
• Knowledge of industry trends and events
Minimum Qualifications
•Relevant tertiary qualification backed up by sound category management experience in FMCG environment
Preferred Industry Experience
Sound category management experience in FMCG environment
How to Apply:
http://tigerbrands.erecruit.co.za/candidateapp/Jobs/View/210214-4/Shopper_Manager_-_DL
Deadline: 28/02/2014
