Retail Execution Executive

Job Title: Retail Execution Executive
Location: Kingston
Function: Retail Execution, Customer Development
Reports to: Retailer Execution Manager
Scope: Local UK
Terms & Conditions: Full time, UK right to work requirement

CATEGORY/FUNCTION/TEAM INTRODUCTION
Join the UKI 1UL Retail Execution Team and be part of a team that delivers innovative retail media activation and best in class partnerships to make our brands unmissable at the point of purchase for our shoppers. We utilise relevant insights and identify opportunities to reach more shoppers, engaging with them across the shopper journey and encouraging more of them to choose our products. We are a highly energised and creative team that can truly impact how our brands show-up in the retail environment.

JOB PURPOSE
The core purpose of this role is to plan and execute effective retailer media activations with UK retailers for our customers across all business units, maximising the impact of Unilever’s brands at the point of purchase.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Retailer Execution Executive, you will be externally facing and sit at the heart of the business, delivering insight led retail media activations for Unilever brands to influence shoppers at the point of purchase.
This will require you to engage with our retailers, agency partners, commercial customer account teams and business unit brand marketing teams. We work in an agile manner, meaning you will need to be adaptable, depending on where the biggest priorities lie, concentrating your efforts to meet key project deliverables across the Retailer execution team and will find yourself working across a variety of campaigns and brands.
This role has a particular focus on Morrisons requiring you to build relationships with the retail media agency MMG, though you may also find yourself working across other key retailers.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
The role requires strong project management, communication and collaboration skills, whilst working in a fast-paced environment. Effective stakeholder management is key for success, as you’ll be working with numerous stakeholders across commercial, brand marketing, media, digital, creative, insight and the wider retail execution and shopper marketing team regularly.
Attention to detail will be important to harness data insights, evaluate campaigns and manage investment effectively to drive improved performances.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to forge meaningful relationships with external stakeholders (marketing, commercial, communications and community teams) and with media agencies.

Experiences & Skills required
• Strong Project Management skills and experience in developing and landing differentiated brand media activations across print and digital channels.
• Engage and negotiate with internal and external stakeholders (Agencies, customers, colleagues, and industry experts). Be comfortable challenging retailer media agencies on their media offering and carry ambition to always better what has been done before.
• Track and evaluate media activations and share the learnings. Measuring them against KPI’s and the defined Job to be done.
• Be comfortable challenging retailer media agencies & media sales managers on their media offering and carry ambition to always better what has been done before.
• Strong budget management skills, ensuring campaigns are executed to budget and with accurate forecasts, as well as the ability to raise Purchase Orders.
• Stay current with new ways of shopping and media associated with an omnichannel world through regular store visits and online walk throughs.
• Harness relevant shopper data and insights and turn it into strategic actions. (Using Kantar, Nielson, CMI and retailer Agency data)
• Understand retailer dynamics and strategy and put the shopper at the centre of what we do.

NOTES

Location

In September 2020, Unilever announced the intention to build a new sustainable campus site in Kingston, London.This site will house some employees who currently work in 100 Victoria Embankment in Blackfriars together with colleagues who are currently located in Lever House in Kingston. We are excited to be creating our own Unilever sustainable, agile work environment. The campus is due to be completed in 2026.

What We Offer

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Unilever | Unilever.

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