Shopper Executive (North Rocks)

**Who we are?**

On any given day, 2.5 billion people globally use Unilever products to feel good, look good and get more out of life. Many of our brands are well-known, household staples and old-time favourites including Dove, Rexona, Lynx, Vaseline, OMO/Persil, Surf, TRESemmé, Continental, Ben & Jerry’s and Streets.

We have a long tradition of being a progressive, responsible business. It goes back to the days of our founder William Lever, who launched the world’s first purposeful brand, Sunlight Soap more than 100 years ago, and it’s at the heart of how we run our company today. In 2022 Unilever Australia & New Zealand became a Certified B Corporation (B Corp), joining a growing network of organisations committed to galvanising a stronger, more inclusive, equitable and regenerative economy for all.

A job at Unilever is a career made by you, with development opportunities, benefits and a working culture that embraces diversity and is pioneering flexibility. There’s no better time to join our team!

**Job Summary**

We are looking for a **Shopper Executive**who will be responsible for delivering superior customer experiences when engaging with our brands. These customer experiences are not limited to but include all elements of Range & Space in both the physical and digital store environments, management of Point of Sale (POS) delivery from concept design through to execution and supporting the omnichannel activation of brand campaigns within our retail partners. Working across the Deodorants and Homecare portfolio, the role encompasses some of our biggest brands, including Rexona, Dove, Lynx and Omo.

The **Shopper Executive** will be critical to developing shelf & layout recommendations for our retail partners, as well as ensuring our brand activations are delivered on time, in full and with impact. Reporting to the Shopper Marketing Lead, you will work closely with the Shopper Marketing Manager, Marketing and Customer Strategy and Planning (CSP) teams, as well as Customer Managers, to achieve brand & category objectives.

**Role Responsibilities**:

- Develop and translate customer & shopper insights into actionable opportunities online & in-store.
- As part of retailer yearly range review cycles, develop planograms for instore layouts & recommend online optimisations, utilising best practice and learnings from other markets.
- Own Retailer assortment optimisation & space efficiency.
- Optimise Unilever’s portfolio mix across each customer & category, aligned to category objectives.
- End to end project management of POS, managing stock on hand & coordinating brand requirements, to ensure fulfilment on time & in full.
- Support execution of shopper activation plans with the marketing teams.
- Partner with the Customer Strategy and Planning Lead, Marketing and Customer Teams to ensure all elements of the shopper plan are aligned with the category objectives.

**What You Will Need to Succeed**

**Experiences & Qualifications**
- 2+ years of business experience, preferably cross-functional with Shopper Marketing, Brand Management, Category management and Customer facing responsibilities.
- Customer and Retailer Understanding.
- Standards of Leadership (Stakeholder Management; Lateral Influence without Authority, Ability to join the dots and show the big picture).
- Demonstrated project management skills, with a focus on POS management highly desirable.
- Experience using Nielsen, Quantium and JDA/Blue Yonder is desired.
- Experience within Consumer Goods industry preferrable.

**What awaits you at Unilever?**

The core of Unilever’s culture is captured as Human, Purposeful, Accountable. You will be joining a dynamic, flexible, and inspiring work environment that truly cares about your wellbeing, values what you do and celebrates your success.

This is your opportunity to be part of a purpose-led business and a global community where you can progress your career both locally and internationally. You will also benefit from amazing discounts on external company products, attractive employee referral reward program amongst other benefits.

This is a outstanding opportunity to work within an iconic and global organization. We have gained our reputation as one of the world's most admired employers by providing an environment where individuals can achieve their goals, both professionally and personally.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life!

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.

Unilever is an organization 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.

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