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Position Snapshot

Location: Vevey, Switzerland

Company: Nestlé Suisse S.A.
Act. Rate: 80% to 100%
Type of contract: Permanent contract

Start date: ASAP

What we offer at Nestlé

Flexible combination of office-based and remote work. Please talk to us during the recruitment process about what flexibility could look like for you!

Genuine opportunities for career and personal development through mentoring, developing, upskilling, and reskilling

Modern “smart office” locations providing agile & collaborative workspaces to connect, collaborate, celebrate, and create

Dynamic, diverse, and inclusive international working environment

Attractive additional advantages such as “dogs at work”, mobility plan and more  

Position Summary 

We are looking for a Category Commercial Development Manager, to be responsible for leveraging all commercial drivers to grow our confectionery category and brands. You will develop channel-specific commercial strategies and conduct shopper analysis for the relevant channel.

A Day in the Life of a Category Commercial Development Manager

• Support the DCG (Delivering Category Growth) process by providing analytical support and conducting customer visits
• Drives customer planning in order to leverage all commercial opportunities
• Ensure optimal commercial execution across all channels via building effective channel/customer category growth strategies
• Develop shopper insights for the category and initiate shopper studies with the central team’s support
• Analyze shopper studies and provide recommendations based on buying decisions within the store
• Provide input on product assortment, planograms, pricing strategy, and sales folders
• Create awareness in Marketing & Sales to include shopper insights in their work
• Develop channel intelligence and analyze data in relation to central team information

What will make you successful

• University degree in marketing, management, public administration or equivalent
• First proven experience in category management, trade marketing, or sales
• Foundational experience in category expertise, preferably in retail is a plus
• Strong analytical skills and problem solving skills
• Conceptual and strategic thinking abilities
• Collaborative personality with executional drive
• Convincing and winning personality capable of fostering customer relationships
• Proficiency in both German and English; French is a plus

Nestlé is committed to the accessibility of its recruitment process. If you require an adaptation during the recruitment process, please do let us know so we can support you effectively. All information will be treated confidentially.

At Nestlé, we want to help shape a better and healthier world, inspire people to live healthier lives and deliver impact at a scale and pace that makes a difference. We do this by fostering a diverse, friendly, supportive, and collaborative environment, that creates positive disruption, embraces innovation, and empowers people and teams to win. We aim to hire friendly, respectful, inspiring people who care about the people’s lives that we touch every single day.

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