Commercial Planning Manager, FMCG - London, United Kingdom - Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I

Description

As our Commercial Strategy and Planning Manager you will work with our Grocery and E-Commerce customers to develop and deliver the commercial plans throughout the year on our brands.

You are commercially savvy with experience in account management (ideally with a Grocery customer) and how central strategy and category functions operate.

You can work cross functionally to bring people on the journey with you: working with marketing, shopper marketing, category management, supply chain and finance to create a compelling business strategy and ensures its execution.

You have worked in an FMCG industry for at least 3-5 years.
Additional experience with e-commerce is advantageous.
You will lead the agenda with the relevant channel teams to land in year financial targets.
Use promotional, pricing, pack, and distribution plans to identify opportunities to grow the business.

Identify customer and channel opportunities and then engage the business in supporting the development of plans and initiatives to capitalise on these.

Support the customer and channel representation in the annual commercial planning process to develop the building blocks for the relevant channel strategy.

Develop a business case for brand and business initiatives in the relevant channel and work with the rest of the team to capture the opportunity for NPD.

Develop and deliver the annual Go to Market plans for key business initiatives – e.g., Be the key commercial contact for any in-year brand initiatives for the channel.

Set customer and channel targets with appropriate measurement and tracking of implementation.

This role is part of Suntory Beverage and Food, where the brand portfolio includes Lucozade Energy, Lucozade Sport, Ribena, and Orangina.

The wider Suntory Group is among the world's leading consumer products companies with a uniquely diverse portfolio of beverage products enjoyed by millions around the world:
from soft drinks to alcoholic spirits. Our people unleash their spirit daily, they craft exceptional drinks, and they fuel our Growth.

If you believe that you have relevant skills and experience that you feel could benefit us, we would love to know what unique perspectives and experience you can bring to help make us better, together in a company that is committed to Growing for Good and Giving Back to Society.

We are committed to and value diversity, equity and inclusion in our recruitment process and do not discriminate based on gender, race or ethnic background, class economic status, disability status, sexual orientation, age, political beliefs, marital status, or any other protected characteristic.

If you require any reasonable accommodation as part of the process, do not hesitate to let your recruiter know who will be happy to help.

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