About this role
Diageo
Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company, a business built on the principles and foundations laid by the giants of our industry.
Shopper Manager - Chrome
- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification BA/BSc/HND
- Experience 4 years
- Location Nairobi
- Job Field Sales and Business Development
About the Role
Dimensions of the Role:
Financial
- The programmes developed by the Shopper Manager contribute to the delivery of KBL's P&L and the performance of their designated categories and brands.
- Accountable for the in-outlet programme creation budget.
- Measured against KBL growth targets and key battlegrounds related to their designated categories.
Market / Environment Complexity
- The Shopper Manager has a broad reach across KBL, covering all channels and brands within their designated category.
- The individual will work within the parameters of Marketing Business Plans, while demonstrating country, category, and customer insights to deliver initiatives that can be scaled across multiple countries and channels.
- The individual will be regarded as the specialist in developing world-class in-store and on-premise activation programmes, with the freedom to deliver the best work to drive category growth and ensure brand performance ahead of the category.
- The role requires mobility, with approximately 30% travel across KBL divisions.
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities
- The Shopper Manager is responsible for in-store and on-premise programmes for their designated category and brand.
- Responsible for creating category and brand Shopper Marketing programmes for scaled execution across multiple channels.
- Responsible for the end-to-end development of in-store and on-premise programmes, from initial brief through to toolkit development, customer proposition creation, execution support, and post-implementation measurement and evaluation.
- Responsible for ensuring programmes are commercially viable and drive category growth, with brand performance exceeding category performance.
- Responsible for the in-outlet programme creation budget.
Key Stakeholders
- The Shopper Manager reports to the Shopper Marketing Manager.
- This role forms part of the team that bridges Brand/Consumer Marketing and Customer Marketing. Key internal stakeholders include Marketing & Brand Managers, Innovation Managers, Innovation Commercialisation Managers, and Channel Development Managers.
- Externally, the role is responsible for building strong relationships with BTL and Shopper Marketing agencies and will work closely with some of KBL's largest customers (>£100K NSV) to deliver differentiated solutions.
Experience / Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Commerce, Sales, Marketing, Business, or a related field.
- Minimum of four years' experience within a commercial environment.
- Demonstrated leadership experience, including people leadership and/or leading through influence.
- Consistent track record in Marketing and/or Sales (Customer Marketing).
- Strong creative judgement and commercial understanding of customers and shoppers.
- Multi-channel experience, preferably across Customer Marketing, Trade Marketing, Key Accounts, and Field Sales.
Skills
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An individual who understands how to get things done within KBL and can influence across a broad network. While critical thinking is important, success in this role also requires the ability to make decisions and act with pace.
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Ability to inspire agencies to deliver exceptional work and ideally experience working with key customers.
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Ability to influence across different business units.
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Strategic capability to see opportunities, develop strategies, and lead successful execution.
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Ability to synthesise sophisticated data sets into actionable insights that inform commercial plans and drive business objectives.
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Strong personal and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work optimally across cross-functional teams, including Supply, Commercial Leadership, Brand Teams, and Executive stakeholders.
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Strong project management skills, with the ability to take ideas from concept through to execution and completion.
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Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate strategy into clear and actionable execution plans for distributor and field teams.
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