Unilever Nigeria Plc: TCM Wholesale Vacancy

Unilever Nigeria Plc – Our brands are trusted everywhere and, by listening to the people who buy them, we’ve grown into one of the world’s most successful consumer goods companies.
 Our portfolio ranges from nutritionally balanced foods to indulgent ice creams, affordable soaps, luxurious shampoos and everyday household care products. We produce world-leading brands including Lipton, Knorr, Dove, Axe, Hellmann’s and Omo, alongside trusted local names such as Blue Band, Purit and Suave.

 Unilever Nigeria Plc is recruiting to fill the below position:

 Job Title: TCM Wholesale

 Job Number: 13000KM2 Location: Nigeria-Lagos State-Lagos-Oregun – Head Office

Description 
◦The role will work closely with Key Account Managers/Field Sales team and customers to implement Key Account/Neighbourhood lock up store specific category plans based on insights

Main Responsibilities
 Category planning:
◦Develop quarterly and monthly category plans for assortment, shelf-layout, promotional strategy and price positions, focusing on the target shopper
◦Support the annual account Joint Business Planning process through data analysis and opportunity identification
 ◦Support new product introduction for listing into mix;(bottom up forecasting, distribution build and targets)
◦Run customer specific cat man(category management) projects
 ◦Customer input to sales and operations planning processes Shopper insights:
◦Use and leverage account specific category and shopper insights Customer Business Plan
◦Execute brand standards (brand DNA) and support development and execution of Neighbourhood Lock up store specific brand standards
 ◦Implement customer marketing plan;
 ◦Ensure product availability and visibility; Performance Evaluation
 ◦Measure and review category performance;
 ◦retail margins and customer profitability.

 Qualification and Skills 

◦Graduate in Science (Post graduate qualification (MBA) desirable
 ◦5 years experience in field sales
 ◦Customer Management and Selling Essentials
 ◦PoP Execution and Monitoring
 ◦Developing the Customer Business / Channel Business Plan
 ◦Optimizing Promotion Sell-out
 ◦Category Management
 ◦Business Planning
 ◦Implementing the Customer / Channel Business Plan
 ◦Customer Marketing Strategy
◦Brand/ In store Activation
 ◦Customer Shopper and Channel Understanding
 ◦Category Thinking.

Application Closing Date  3rd October, 2013
Method of Application 
 Interested and qualified candidates should: Click https://unilever.taleo.net/careersection/external/jobdetail.ftl?job=13000KM2  to apply online