Shopper Marketing Manager

At Nestle Health Science, we believe that nutrition, science, and wellness must merge, not collide. Here, we embrace the intrinsic connections of these three pillars, harnessing their collective strength to empower healthier lives. Our broad product portfolio includes renowned brands like Garden of Life, Nature's Bounty, Vital Proteins, Orgain, Nuun, BOOST, Carnation Breakfast Essentials, Peptamen, Compleat Organic Blends, and more. We also have extensive pharmaceutical expertise, offering innovative medicines that aim to prevent, manage, and treat gastrointestinal and metabolic-related diseases.

At Nestle Health Science, we bring our best for better lives. Our people are challenged to bring fresh, diverse views and make bold moves to empower healthier lives through nutrition. We know brilliant ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. Here we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit and collaborate with teams that champion focused and forward thinking. We are committed to fostering professional growth and celebrating the achievements of our people along the way. We offer dynamic career paths, robust development, opportunities to learn from talented colleagues around the globe, and benefits that support physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.

Join us to innovate for impact and reimagine the future of health and nutrition for patients and consumers.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Shopper Marketing Manager will lead the Shopper Marketing strategy, development and execution of Omnichannel shopper activation plans for the retail channel (or select customers). This role will partner with the Sales Team in developing and executing plans that influence shopper behavior along the path to purchase, while driving shopper loyalty and profitable growth for our brands. The Shopper Marketing Manager will work across brands and customers to align on priorities, develop shopper marketing plans, implement creative, and execute tactical elements against allocated budgets.

The role will report to the Director of Shopper Engagement. The candidate must demonstrate strong creative and analytical skills, the ability to influence others, strong interpersonal communications skills, and a passion for leveraging shopper insights to deliver desirable results.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Shopper Strategy, development and execution of strategic marketing plans, new item launch plans, shopper insight exploration across the path to purchase, retailer loyalty insights and targets, project management, budget planning and management, analytics, and strong communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Drivingbrands with shopper insight-led strategy and shopper activation plans at select customers using both in-store and digital (Omnichannel) executions along the shopper's path to purchase in the given category/retailer.
• Understanding brand and retailer strategies/objectives and partnering with customer teams to develop and execute integrated customer business plans driven by strong insight led Omnichannel shopper programs that achieve customer, brand and company goals.
• Partnering with cross functional teams internally including, but not limited to: Brand Marketing, Customer Teams, Customer Strategy, Shopper Insights, Visual Merchandising, Category Management, Creative Solutions, Digital Activation, Media Services, Legal & Regulatory, and others, as necessary, to align objectives across all key stakeholders to enable the successful execution of shopper marketing programs.
• Developing and managingcreative process and obtaining approval of programs, claims, and assets across various shopper activation tools, including circulars, retail connection print ads, in store signage, digital and mobile marketing campaigns and others.
• Developing clear creative briefs for internal and 3rd party vendors/agencies for creative and/or campaign development to enable successful execution.
• Identifying new and differentiatingopportunities and vendors/agencies that drive awareness, trial, growth and consumption for Nestle Health Science brands.
• Supporting critical corporate and brand initiatives short term/medium term at assigned retailers to drive profitable company/brand goals and objectives including corporate scale events, themed events, brand innovation, and others.
• Managingand tracking programs to allocated budget.
• Developing critical KPIs for every program and performing post-analytics on programs to understand ROI/ROAS and other key learnings to improve efficiency and effectiveness of future programs.
• Participating in theannual business planning process by sharing retailer specific key learnings and prior program results.
• Working collaboratively with other Shopper Activation associates to share best practices by channel and establishing KPIs across various retailer-specific programs.
• Other assigned responsibilities by Director of Shopper Activation.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

• At least 5 years of experience within the CPG industry (relative experience in Shopper Marketing, Sales, Marketing, Shopper insights, Analytics, Brand Management, Category Development or relevant agency) is strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's Degree is desired but not required.
• Experience within the Vitamin or Diet/Nutrition categories a plus.
• Knowledge of digital marketing and conversion tactics a plus.

SKILLS:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written)
• Strong influencing skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Driven self-starter with theability to take on and lead multiple projects and meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to develop strong relationships across many functions and external partners.
• Knowledge of Pinpoint and Coupon management (NCH/Inmar/Quotient) a plus.
• Works well in a team environment.

This position will be either a remote or hybrid role based on the selected candidate's geographic location. Preference will be given to applicants who live within a commutable distance of Bridgewater, NJ, Chicago, IL, Palm Beach Gardens, FL or Long Island, NY.

Theapproximate payrange for this position is $110,000 to $130,000.Please note that thepay rangeprovided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills and abilities as well as geographic location.

Nestle offers performance-based incentives and acompetitive total rewards package, which includes a401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range ofother benefits. Incentives and/or benefit packages may varydepending on the position. Learn more atAbout Us |Nestle Careers (nestlejobs.com).

Requisition ID:348881

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