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Your role at Clorox:
Reporting directly to the Customer Category Sales Planning Leader (CCSPL) you will be accountable for translating the brand strategies and excel at bringing insights into action through compelling and integrated customer selling stories. As an expert in understanding our business tools, ACN, POS and brand strategies you are able to understand the market dynamics of Clorox, the category, the competition and our customers to bring insight into action for the sales organization to execute. This role is integral to help shape future strategies, understand white space opportunities and support customer activation that enables Clorox a competitive advantage while driving the category for our customers all through the mastering of data and insight.
In this role, you will:
- Customer/Category Insights and Storytelling: Translates brand strategies to compelling and actionable stories for our customers with insights and an adept understanding of the categories, competitors, customers and Clorox. Be informed in market trends, customer dynamics, and industry developments. Use data-driven insights to make strategic recommendations to improve business performance.
- Insights, presentations and Reporting: Deliver gold standard presentations and insights bringing an understanding of the current business conditions (all aspects of targets) that provide valuable business insights to customer teams. Ensure that these insights are actionable and contribute to driving business growth and connected throughout the business rhythms as well as ad hoc where and when the business requires.
- Innovation/Distribution Opportunities and Customer Activation: Lead the development and execution of innovative/distribution initiatives and customer activation plans. Identify growth opportunities and collaborate with cross-functional teams to bring them to life.
- Integrated Business Planning (IBP): Supports the IBP process for the category, ensuring that it aligns with overall business objectives and supports in both the pre-work required for LRP, contributing to business reviews and market dynamics that enable insights to design plans catered to customers that are aligned with the strategic roadmap or ‘where to win and how to play’.
- Strategic Planning: Works in collaboration with the CCSPL to develop a strategic vision for the category and customer, with a focus on the 6-month to 2-year window. Outline clear goals, objectives, and action plans to achieve desired outcomes in a way that customer teams can deploy by adding only customer relevant tweaks.
- Collaborate: Excellence in both communication and collaboration to enhance the outcomes for the business priorities of Net Customer Sales, Trade, NRM, Insights, and Studio teams. Supports teams with the necessary insights and recommendations investment choices for our customers and brands that are rooted in the KPI’s (NSC, Trade, GM, EBIT) for ROI on investments.
- AMPS Strategies and Tactics: Supports the development and deployment of AMPS (Assortment, Merchandising, Pricing, and Shelving) strategies, as well as brand/sales priorities and selling tools.
- Category Expertise: Serve as a category expert, leveraging POS customer sales tools and market (Nielsen/Numerator) reviews to make informed decisions.
What we look for:
- 3-5 years of experience in category management, sales, marketing, or trade management roles from a leading CPG company
- University degree in Business Administration or equivalent working experience
- Demonstrated significant success in customer management
- Self-starter with ability to perform well in fast paced and changing environment
- Strong collaboration skills and strategic thinking
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with internal and external stakeholders
- Strong Excel skills complementing a strong process and an analytical mindset
- Strong aptitude for business planning at the customer level
- Basic experience with Exceedra (and/or other TPM)
- Experience and ability to use Nielsen (WS+/Answers)
This posting is for an existing vacancy within our organization.
Workplace type:
Hybrid
Our values-based culture connects to our purpose and empowers people to be their best, professionally and personally. We serve a diverse consumer base which is why we believe teams that reflect our consumers bring fresh perspectives, drive innovation, and help us stay attuned to the world around us. That’s why we foster an inclusive culture where every person can feel respected, valued, and fully able to participate, and ultimately able to thrive. Learn more.
[Canada] Additional Information:
At Clorox, we champion people to be well and thrive, starting with our own people. To help make this possible, we offer comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of well-being and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a competitive pension program with a company match, paid time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays, depending on location), Maternity leave benefits, and more.
We are committed to fair and equitable pay and are transparent with current and future teammates about our salary ranges. We use broad salary ranges that reflect the competitive market for similar jobs, provide sufficient opportunity for growth as you gain experience and expand responsibilities, while also allowing for differentiation based on performance. Your starting pay will depend on job-related factors, including relevant skills, knowledge, experience, and location. Below is the targeted range for this role.
Non-Sales: $71,596 - $110,257
Sales: $73,043 - $112,487
All ranges are subject to change in the future.
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