European Pizza Group (E.P.G.) is a Joint Venture between the biggest Food company worldwide, Nestlé, and Equity Fund PAI partners. The JV was created in September 2023 with the objective to provide the best environment to develop the frozen Pizza business, creating a fully focused, stand-alone, agile and resource backed player to succeed in this competitive arena. EPG is present in Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Benelux and Austria with two leading brands:  Wagner and Buitoni.

Position Snapshot

• EPG Italy, Assago (Milan) 
• Availability to frequent domestic and some international business travels is required.
• Permanent contract
• Business Master Degree or equivalent
• Significative and solid previous experience (at least 5 years) in Trade Marketing / Sales roles. Other experience in Generating Demand can be a plus.
• Familiarity with data analysis, excel elaboration and effective presentation
•        Fluency in Italian and English 

Position Summary
Reporting to the Italian Marketing and Trade Marketing Manager, you will define the Picture of Success for Pizza category in Italy by leveraging marketing plans and leading the commercial planning, developing complete channel and customer solutions that better meet shopper & customer needs, generating increase in volumes and profit for EPG, in a stimulating, entrepreneurial, “start-up” environment

Main responsibilities:

• Drive and Support sales in building effective and actionable Customer and Channel Plans in line with company strategies and targets
• Work on price, promo, assortment and listing guidelines
• Build effective trade stories and customized commercial proposals, sometimes joining Key Accounts in presenting
• Be the natural interface between Marketing and Sales team, facilitating a flawless communication in both ways and collecting customers insight
• Analyze internal and sell-out data, focus on customer datas, set-up reports at the appropriate Category/Channel/Customer level, identify areas of under/over performance, evaluate risk&opportunities for growth, proactively manage gaps between category objectives and actuals working with Sales team in monthly cycles.
• Analyze promo efficacy, co-define and monitor trade spending
• Facilitates excellence in execution in the daily business, preparing product catalogues, technical sheets, material for Sales team and using problem solving to impact in case of issues, i.e. logistic
• Ideating and executing through agencies Sell-out activities (POS material, in-store activities, ad-hoc customer activities, communication on POS)

Main stakeholders / key contacts:

• Marketing and Trade Marketing Manager Italy (line manager)
• Sales Team 
• Local marketing team
• Demand and Supply + Sales controller
• European functional trade marketing lead, based in Germany

Soft skills that will make you successful:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, being Buitoni Pizza ambassador in commercial team
• Strong leadership, cooperative approach and positive attitude
• Well-developed result focus and problem solving
• Entrepreneurial/”start up” mindset: courage, curiosity and ability to surf ambiguity in a fluid environment
• Ability to work effectively under pressure with tight deadlines