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The Commercial Development Manager (CDM) position is a strategic role responsible for consumer-based category or segment(s) and the achievement of sales volume, category and market share growth and trade spend targets. This role will be the pulse of the business for our Premium Waters division; actively leading a specific Category Annual and Monthly Business Planning process for this seasonal business. As a CDM (Business Planner), you will provide category and segment insight to selected customers, update Field Sales on segment business development opportunities and monitor/communicate results of initiatives to Field Sales and customers. This role will serve as the key liaison to the field sales organization, manage the incremental funding process, and utilize our TPM/TPO application to scenario plan around optimal sales and trade plans.

Responsibilities:

• Advance category driving activities with the marketing team and division leadership
• Own Commercial Action Plan (CAP) development and deployment.
• Drive Category Strategy and product/brand category objectives. 
• Establish critical, strategic key points for channel/key customer at the category/segment level and resolve overall category and brand needs based on shopper insights.
• Develop New Item Execution Plan and presentations, incorporate Brand Objectives, Growth Drivers, Category Roadmap Strategies, Activation Tactics, New Item Plan by channel/customer from Brand plan, Shopper Marketing insights and tactics into the CAP. 
• Review approved customer and channel strategies by category and build Channel & Customer CAP strategies. 
• Improve and lead Customer Strategy by forecasting accuracy, sales performance targets, meeting sales goals, segmentation/resource allocation and improving customer service. 
• Take charge of achieving HPT within the assigned Commercial Spend budgets, leading trade spend and review for the category/segment, finalizing trade fund strategy objectives and deploy rates to support planning and CAP priorities. 
• Provide category and segment insight to selected customers, update Field Sales on segment business development opportunities and monitor and communicate results of initiatives to Field Sales and customers.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience in Sales or Marketing preferably at a Manager level
• Prior experience in Strategic Growth Channels preferred
• Bachelor's Degree
• Knowledge of core Business Processes (e.g. Sales/Distribution, Customer Planning and Leading, Financial Reporting, Training, HR Policies, Traceability, Quality Fundamentals)
• Knowledge of Strategic and Integrated Commercial Planning process
• Knowledge of Customer Best Practice, Market Intelligence, Category/Channel/ Shopper trends and shopper Insight into actionable ideas
• Financial knowledge in order to evaluate return on investment, EBIT and conduct post promotional evaluation
• Shown knowledge of business driving technology solutions (i.e. Nielsen, BW, Source) and internal/external industry insights and trends
• Expected to move through several manager level roles to strengthen business experience (Commercial Development, Category Leadership, Retail Sales Manager or like position)
• Ability to collaborate effectively in cross-functional environment

Requisition ID:  260310 

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