Category Management, Shelf Projects and Space Planning

Ferrero•North York, ON

2d•CA$101,987 - CA$135,528

About The Position

Act as the main point of reference internally and with customers concerning the Shelf Quality and Space Planning for all Ferrero categories. Accountable for the development and implementation of the permanent and semi-permanent category merchandising strategy, including main shelf planogram recommendations and semi-permanent secondary merchandising solutions testing. Support the strategic management of Trade Marketing, improving Customer Category Management to enhance visibility and shelf quality for the Ferrero portfolio ensuring that trade and shopper dimensions are captured.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree with 7-10 years of related experience
Proven experience in process and project management
Strong knowledge of Canadian Retail landscape
Strong knowledge of Category Management and Syndicated data
Strong Knowledge of Space Management Software
Budget Management Experience
Strong Knowledge of industry best practices
Working knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint & Word
Strong Knowledge of Ferrero Company, brands, strategy and Perfect Store Models

Responsibilities

Responsible and main point of contact for the customer for Shelf/ Space planning recommendations and projects for all Categories, in line with Ferrero priorities.
Responsible for Customer planograms recommendations and indications on how to place the products on the shelves for all categories, in line with Ferrero guidelines.
Responsible and single point of contact externally and internally for leading the development and execution of Merchandising solutions projects and tests in line with Ferrero Company priorities.
Build category growth selling stories and category Shelf and total store semi-permanent vision.
Develop retail mix levers standards aligned with Trade categories priorities to support sales negotiation (i.e. shelf, secondary placement, checkouts current visibility vs target).
Drive MyPerfectStore Implementation and results.
Support Marketing on New Product Development (NPD) activities to ensure category and shopper dynamic and trends are reflected in a proper way.
Establish effective Category Management and Merchandising Management tools, resources, partnerships, processes and meeting cycles to raise local capabilities.
Develop Recommendations for the development of Customer Category Management capability and capacity as part of the Ferrero PS Process and Business Case.
Develop capabilities about shopper insights relating to the Shopping journey and merchandising solutions.
Monitor and analyze trade, competitors and shopper data and activities related to merchandising to identify business opportunities and develop new category development plans.
Manage shopper KPIs analysis and understanding for the assigned projects.