Category Manager – Out Of Home Ice Cream

Unilever

Category Manager – Out of Home Ice Cream

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On any given day, 2.5 billion people globally use Unilever products to feel good, look good and get more Out of life. Our products range from 400+ brands which include Dove, Lynx, Omo, Surf alongside innovative, and purpose-led brands like Ben & Jerry’s, Streets, Continental and many more, giving us a unique place in the lives of people all over the world.

A job at Unilever is a career made by you, with development opportunities, benefits and a working culture that embraces diversity and hybrid working. We have a proud heritage in Australia since 1919 and a thriving, sustainable business today, so there's never been a better time to join us.

About the role

Would you like to work with market leading brands like Magnum, Ben and Jerrys, Weis and Golden Gaytime? You’re in the right place!

The responsibilities can be split in to two key areas:

1. Lead, Develop & Deploy Category Strategies

• Must have a strong Shopper focus – putting the shopper at the heart of everything they do.
• Ability to analyse and use scan and shopper data to drive insights to support decision making, customer strategies and category growth platforms.
• Develop specific customer facing category strategies, translating category marketing plans to customer and channel plans.
• Be the customer voice into the business, and category voice out.
• Build channel strategies, including Petrol & Convenience, Route and New OOH opportunities.
• Support customer teams in preparation for category reviews. This includes management of planograms.
• Core of the core – Driving distribution and on shelf availability of the core range.
• Ensure Range & Space is maximised through customer relationships and range review captaincy.

2. Lead Out of Home Ice Cream Business Operations

• With the Head of Customer Strategy and Planning, lead and own the business monthly sales and operations process for the Out of Home Channel.
• Own and deliver the short term (in-year) forecast.
• Support the Supply Chain and the Customer teams with monthly forecasting reviews, and sales management.
• Build business cases for innovation with the brand team, and setup new products to be launched in different customers and channels.
• Optimise trade spend investment to drive efficiency.

At Unilever ANZ, we have also embarked on something special: we are proud to be undertaking a 4 Day work week trial. This trial will see our staff retain 100 percent of their salaries, while working 80 percent of the time and delivering 100 percent of business outcomes. The Category Manager – Out of Home Ice Cream is designed to be fully functional in the 4-Day work week trial.

What you'll be responsible for

• 📈 Sales Analytics and Forecasting
  

  Manage sales data, compliance, performance, target setting, analytics, and commission plans to drive strategic growth and decision-making within the business

• 💼 Purchasing and Vendor Management
  

  Manage suppliers by negotiating contracts, controlling costs, reducing risks, and ensuring business needs are met

• 🔋 Sales Team Enablement
  

  Identify opportunities to enhance processes and resources that enable team performance and time spent with prospects or customers

Skills you'll need

• 👥 Collaboration
  

  Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals

• 📊 Results orientation
  

  Focuses on outcomes and the steps it takes to achieve them

• 💡 Problem solving
  

  Identifies problems and develops logical solutions that address the problems

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