Trade Marketing

• Sets Sales priorities with Promo Calendar, manage category risks and opportunities in coordination with BDM.
• Work with sales (challenge, provide input & support) on bottom-up planning of country, category (base and innovations), customer; 4-12 months volume forecast responsibility.
• Financial KPI tracking to deliver both topline and bottom line for focus categories and NPDs.
• Focus category volume calls, understand performance drivers and work with sales to address needs.
• Regularly reviews the market performance by channel (Foodservice and retail), by area, by category, by SKU through internal and external data and recommends appropriate intervention to address opportunities identified by closely
• working with KHC & Distributor Sales Teams.

• Owner of Trade promotional strategy & mechanisms, evaluations and impact on category and commercial metrics to ensure continuous improvement.
• Owner of Perfect Store strategy and execution (e.g., category-in-channel assortment, planogram, pricing recommendations, activations – displays, sampling);
• co-manage the execution with Distributor Trade Marketing team.
• Co-develop Pricing and Assortment strategies with Regional Group Product Managers to suit local demand/needs.
• Responsible for trade promo and distribution expansion volume uplift recommendation aligned with BDM and Distributor team.
• Co-manage Trade ZBB investments including D&A and assortment change with Country Manager
• Work closely with Regional Marketing Team and build the commercial plan for brand campaigns and NPDs; leads the generation of country, customer tailored execution.
• Responsible for translating the regional category, product & brand strategies into localized promotional strategies.

• Execute in-store offtake marketing programs & customer-related projects in strategic FS Channels (QSR, FSR, HOTELS) aligned with Regional Foodservice Team key strategic directions.
• Lead the localization, production, and deployment of POSM/trade merchandise in strategic channels – QSR,FSR, Hotels.
• Responsible for localizing regional Foodservice trends and insights and produce customized selling stories for FS retailers, Distributor and Sub-Distributors.
• Lead the overall pre- and post-evaluation of local market Foodservice programs, campaigns, activations per key customer.
• Co-lead the development of ideation sessions with Commercial Chef to support future launches.

• Lead the development and execution of category and channel strategy, distribution targets, and assortment.
• Overall responsible for local market intel (customer/retailer – Foodservice and Retail, category, competitors)
• Set out external customer rationale (Selling Story) for promotional strategies based on category, customer, consumer insights (Triple Win framework) for both FS and Retail channels.
• Ensures the strategy deployment for the price and assortment positioning.
• eCommerce strategy and execution – co-build channel programs with BDMs (Foodservice and Retail) and campaigns with Regional Marketing team. Support BDM in eCommerce operations.
• Owner of country activity calendar, covering NPDs/ portfolio, ATL (lead by Group Product Manager) and BTL in both retail & food service.

• Education Background: Business Management or Related Education Background
• Education Level: Bachelor’s degree or above
• Working Experience: 3 -5 Years Experience

• Strong commercial and financial acumen and good in improving profitability and trade spending effectiveness and efficiency
• Experience in working with channel partners with proven record in creating and executing revenue generating programs / initiatives
• Dynamic, good interpersonal and people management skills as well as excellent business presentation skills.
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office is assumed

• Passionate, positive and enthusiastic mindset
• Dynamic, good interpersonal and people management skills as well as excellent business presentation skills

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