Merchandising Operations Specialist for General Trade (GT)

JOB TITLE:  Merchandising Operations Specialist for General Trade (GT)

JOB LOCATION: Unilever RFM Ice Cream Office, Manggahan Industrial Park, Manggahan, Pasig City

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF ROLE:

The core of this position is handling the full-cycle merchandising program operations for channel-led below-the-line campaigns and activations. This role is critical especially for a highly-competitive category such as Ice Cream.

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Merchandising Planning:

• Design Creation: co-leads design adaptation, with the respective Channel Partner, for Selecta’s key visuals that will communicate desired product or messages. Designs may be used in various point-of-sale merchandising including menuboard, backboards, digital assets, and etc.
• Materials Management: leads in ensuring longevity and sustainability of planned merchandising materials, in coordination with the procurement teams and Selecta-accredited suppliers.
• Budgets Management: leads in budget raising to ensure that all handled projects are well-financed prior execution.
• Store Nomination: complements the Channel Partner in securing the detailed merchandising concurrence per customer group (including ship-to-point details, materials quantity per door, among others).
• Project Management: governs all owned merchandising projects via consistent and organized monitoring and reporting to the stakeholders, and proactively leads in schedule adjustments as the need arise.

Merchandising Deployment

• Procurement Coordination: leads in cost estimate bidding request of materials, deployment and related miscellaneous items; raising of purchase orders for approval and materials mock-up development and color proofing.
• Internal Cascades: leads in merchandising installation guidelines cascade, training, drafting and sending out execution notice to all related stakeholders.
• Deployment & Installation: leads in materials deployment from supplier to warehouse, to our partner agencies, down to our customers.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 1 to 2 years of experience Trade Marketing or Channel Activation Operations
• Fresh graduates are welcome to apply
• Self-starter and agile mentality with the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced working environment
• Very collaborative and can manage several diverse internal and external stakeholders
• Attention to detail
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint
• Organized project management skills is a must
• Eye for visual design

We highly encourage applicants to exclude information on age, gender, and school/s in view of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Unilever assesses candidates based on skills, performance, experience and leadership.

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