Short Intro and About the Job
Introduction & Job Detail:
Responsible for building strong customer growth plans & recommendations that enable mutual benefit delivered for Danone and retail partner and driving our category vision with key strategic partners to support Danone outperformance in the Baby feeding category
Priority Customer Management
- Co-building a category strategy with priority customer to ensure their sustainable growth, based on Danone Category Vision and retailer strategy
- Building strong relationships with stakeholders in priority customers to influence the Category strategy based on key insights & put an action plan in place to deliver
- Working in advance with retailers to run range review processes across all their formats, from the objectives set up, implementation, to the performance review
- Growing distribution and share of shelf for Danone to the benefit of the retailer's category
- Analysing the results of range reviews (e.g. distribution changes, share of space, etc.) and the impact in the category (growth/decline by segment, brand performance, customer dynamics, etc.)
Category & wider Customer management
- Preparing and presenting category insight & recommendations
- Leading Category Education projects internally in collaboration with the right departments & externally with priority customer stakeholders
- Supporting other with projects aligned to our Category Vision and in reaching total objectives across all channels
- Working on category projects across multiple customers
Team Engagement & Development
- Supporting the junior members of the team through delivery management i.e., setting inspiring plans for activities and desired outcomes, engages the team on the 'why' of each project and coaching on the day-to-day challenge
About You
About you
Leadership Expectations
- Thinks beyond scope before making decisions that can impact others
- Good relationship building skills
- Able to work autonomously to find solutions to challenges
- Able to build their network and can engage others through clear communication
Functional Capabilities
- Good analytical & story telling capability
- Able to manage and gain insight from a large data set
- Ability to use questioning and listening to gain true customer needs
Please note that the salary on offer for this position is between £48,000 - £60,000 + bonus & benefits
About Us, We offer and What's next
About Us:
At Danone UK & Ireland, we are committed to delivering better health through better nutrition for millions of consumers and patients in our communities.
We have a range of flexible benefits and excellent rewards.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is deeply embedded in Danone's DNA, representing our core values and beliefs. We embrace diversity as a driving force for positive change, nurturing an inclusive workplace where every individual is valued.
The closing date for applications is 23/10/26, you will therefore hear about your application after this date
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