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.

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.