Job Title: Customer Account Executive – Superdrug Skin Cleansing (Secondment)
Location: Sunlight House
Function: Customer Development
Reports to: Ben Buchanan
Scope: Local
Terms & Conditions: Full time


JOB PURPOSE
Unilever is the market leader within Personal Care, across 2 key categories: Deodorants and Skin Cleansing. The Skin Cleansing category is driven by some of the largest and most loved brands, including Dove and Radox.

The Customer Account Executive will be responsible for building strong working relationships with the customer buying team; developing and executing customer business plans at a category level which deliver USG, Market Share and Profitability. They are accountable for the day to day contact with the customer buyers, supply chain, shopper marketing, internal category & brand contacts on Skin Cleansing.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Build strong and sustainable customer relationships
•Negotiate effectively with your customer, e.g. to agree trade terms, trade funding, and counterparts according to the UL strategy on his/her categories
•Manage the relationship aspects of key customer ‘events’, e.g. launching of new products, cost price changes, breaches of trade terms
•Manage promotional and non-promotional investments with the customer and ensures all agreements are properly documented and stored
•Work closely with Customer Experience Specialists, Customer Planners and other cross functional members of the team to ensure administrative aspects of promotions are completed

Lead customer strategy development and major customer and category initiatives
•Develop and deliver the customer strategic business plan for relevant categories, and the joint customer business plan, working closely with Category Managers and Shopper Marketing
•Develop and deliver an optimal integrated category promotional plan (including selling the plan with the customer)
•Manage the launch of new products with customers, e.g. selling in the new product, providing samples etc
•Ensure effective in-store activation of key events (e.g. promotions, range reviews), providing clear briefings to the Retail Operations Team
•Business Planning, sales updates, in store tracking, price claim management etc)
•Delivery of required admin for the customer – pricing, rebates, NLF, promo proposals, trade terms, contracts

Be accountable for financial performance of categories within area of responsibility
•Manage the customer P&L for relevant categories and the overall level of customer investment
•Manage in-month performance vs forecast, working closely with CBMs and other Cross functional members
•Manage accruals and pricing accurately and efficiently
•Ensure customer is compliant with agreed trade terms; where these are breached seek a resolution and monitor implementation
•P&L Management: Delivery of Turnover & Business Building Terms targets for specific category
•S&OP Forecasting
•Provision of clear up to date inputs into Business Processes (Promotional Evaluation, Customer

ALL ABOUT YOU
Experiences & Qualifications -
•Prior commercial experience and exposure to P&L
•Proven history of working within a team environment
•Prior experience of leading and developing a direct report preferable however not essential
•Account Management/Field Sales experience

Skills
•Customer management & selling essentials
•Strong Communication skills
•Experience of leveraging big customer relationships
•Proactive and curious mindset
•Stakeholder management
•Strong negotiation skills

NOTES

What We Offer

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. 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. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Unilever | Unilever.

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