Associate Customer Business Manager, PC – Kroger

Unilever•Cincinnati, OH

22h•Onsite

About The Position

The primary purpose of the Associate Customer Business Manager (ACBM) position is to drive profitable growth with Kroger ahead of Skin Cleansing and Deodorant category growth and to develop sustained business relationships with Kroger counterparts. Generate data and insights in support of the Sr. CBM, PC and lead projects and initiatives to support the category (including category reviews, new item presentations, scorecards, assortment/shelving). Brands include Dove, Dove Men + Care, Degree, and Axe Help manage the business relationship with the Kroger team and stakeholders Work closely with Unilever teams including Channel & Category Development, Business Development, Marketing, Shopper Marketing, Category Management, Supply Chain, Direct Retail Team Assist with the annual planning efforts, including providing support to execute the Joint Business Plans with the Sr. CBM Provide analytical support for category management and sales projects and initiatives utilizing various Circana and Kroger data sources and tools. Build and update weekly and monthly dashboards and provide insights/recommendations

Requirements

Undergraduate degree is required
1+ Years of related work experience
Excellent verbal and written communications
Must be a strategic thinker that can work effectively, and in a highly collaborative manner, in a fast-paced environment.
Must have strong relationship building and management skills
Experience in mining insights and leveraging them to drive growth using Excel and PowerPoint
Working knowledge of POS Reporting systems (Nielsen, IRI, 84.51) and Sales Planning Systems

Nice To Haves

Trade Marketing and Category Management experience is a plus

Responsibilities

Manage multiple categories and be recognized as the Category expert; help develop and execute joint business plans.
Constantly thinking about what works, what isn’t, and how to influence stakeholders to profitably grow the business.
Manage multiple projects across the Skin Cleansing and Deodorant categories.
Routinely interface with multiple internal and external stakeholders; You can pull data, analyze, and provide actionable growth recommendations to be presented to both Kroger and internal Unilever teams.
Create, customize, and present actionable Insights and recommendations to grow both the customer category and the Unilever brands.