S & CM Manager (all genders)

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Date: Jan 14, 2025

Location: Durban, ZA

Company: Beiersdorf

At Beiersdorf, we want to help people feel good about their skin – and our commitment goes far beyond caring for skin. For 140 years, we have developed innovative skin and body care products for well-known brands such as NIVEA, Eucerin, La Prairie, Hansaplast, and Labello. We act according to our purpose, WE CARE BEYOND SKIN, and take responsibility for our consumers, our employees, the environment and society.

Behind every brand, every product and every accomplishment are our more than 20,000 employees. It is for them that we live a culture of inclusion, respect and trust that is strongly aligned with our values CARE, COURAGE, SIMPLICITY and TRUST. We embrace diversity by valuing the uniqueness of each individual and being committed to equal opportunities for all.

Your Tasks

  • Support the mapping of the needs of all activation markets and incorporate it into lead market workstreams
  • Business reviews: Align and build S&CM workstreams for Category/RE for all markets in the cluster
  • S&OP: Build SA forecast for Category/RE
  • Base business and innovation: Build base business and innovation packages for all markets in the SSA
  • Pricing: Build, together with the Shopper Category Insights & Analytics, comprehensive pricing guidelines by Category/RE
  • Insights: Build, collect and communicate insights by Category/RE. Take data analysis to the next level so that the company becomes even more inside driven for defining right commercial strategies
  • Engagement: Support Sales with category information/insights as needed by Category/RE for all markets in the cluster SS
  • Performance Management: Understand category performance by Category/RE and work with markets in the cluster on identified issues/opportunities
  • Field immersion: Do trade visits to verify retail context and collect information / insights about execution, trends and competitors

Your Profile

  • At least 5 years of experience in Marketing, Sales or Shopper Marketing/Trade Marketing areas, preferably FMCG company
  • Good knowledge of Sub Saharan Africa retail landscape and multi-channel experience preferred
  • Tertiary qualification (BCOM/BA/IMM)
  • Commercial and Strategic thinking
  • Relationship building
  • Financial Analysis skills required
  • Proven experiences of matching brand strategies and channel strategies, and translating it into execution
  • Customer-centric thinking
  • Able to identify customers ‘needs and build business strategies based on them.
  • Pragmatic, Dynamic, results-oriented individual with a "hands on" style
  • Able to adapt, navigate and have a protagonist role in a fast-paced, high-growth, changing environment
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills; team player
  • Strong cross functional collaboration
  • Personable, Energetic, Responsive, Confident and Honest

We embrace Diversity and Inclusion and are committed to providing equal opportunities to all of our applicants – regardless of race, gender, age, religion and beliefs, sexual orientation and gender identity, disability, cultural, ethnic or national origins. We would therefore kindly ask you to include only information and data in your documents which are relevant for the assessment of your application (e.g. curriculum vitae, salary expectations, relevant references and certificates) and encourage you to upload your CV without a picture.
If you have any questions, please contact our recruiter Nouthando Madonsela.

Have a look at our benefits: What we offer – Our Benefits | Beiersdorf