Customer Strategy & Planning Senior Executive - Laos PC

JOB PROFILE

Company           : Unilever Laos                                                                     

Job Title            : Customer Strategy & Planning Senior Executive - Laos PC

Work Location : Vientiane Capital

Open For Lao Nationality Only

About Unilever

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world. 

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

Job Purpose

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world.  If you are eager to develop and lead Category thought leadership and category growth for the Personal Care business with integration of shopper, customer, and channel insights, and deployment of customer facing category strategies, then this role is just for you!

Main Responsibilities

• Drive and deliver yearly business results of PC categories in Laos

• Lead category strategy development & guideline and Co-developed innovation launch with marketing team since campaign development, financial P&L, channels & activation plan, pack, price, promotion suggestions

• Provide a detailed analysis of actual sales vs forecast result and propose the rolling channel or action plans to the management.

• Work jointly with marketing team to assess category opportunities and analyze competitor and channel behavior for the annual plan, forecast and identify areas of opportunity.

• Plan, execute and evaluate options jointly with CBD – Sales Team for tailor made activities to enhance retailers' commitment and integrating support plans

• Communicate to the Sales and retail partner team on any marketing/trade marketing initiatives to ensure smooth operation during implementation.

• Development category specific to each channel and customer, lead the development and execution of category plan, category JBP, D4R and D4C

• Managing and optimizing category investment, BMI, CCP to achieve turnover with optimal investment.

Candidate Criteria

Experience & Qualification & Skill

• Bachelor degree in job related field.

• 1-3 years of sales, trade marketing, category analyst, net revenue management (NRM) and FMCG environment experiences.

• Experience in beauty & personal care industry/company/channel is a plus

• Good in presentation and negotiation

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.

• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.

  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.

  • CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.

  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.

  • AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

How to Apply:

The Interested candidates are invited to apply online and submit your updated resume to Unilever Careers Site before the closing date of 31 March 2025.

Your application will be reviewed against our requirements and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

If you have any questions about your application, please kindly contact our HR team via recruitment.laos@unilever.com

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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.