Customer Partnership Manager (12 month contract)
Nestlé
Date: 11 hours ago
City: Mississauga, Ontario
Contract type: Contractor
Position Snapshot
Business area: Nestlé Purina PetCare Canada
Location: Mississauga ON located at 2500 Royal Windsor Dr, Mississauga ON L5J 1K8;
Hybrid
A little bit about us:
As a company made up of pet owners, we believe that pets and people are better together. If you share our passion for pets and you're looking for a career where you can take ownership, collaborate and contribute to challenging, satisfying and meaningful work, then you are the type of person we want at Nestlé Purina PetCare Canada. We are a leader in the pet care and pet nutrition industry, producing Canada’s best loved brands including Alpo , ProPlan Veterinary Diets, Pro Plan, Purina ONE , Beneful, Beyond , Dog Chow , Cat Chow , Fancy Feast, Friskies, Tidy Cats, and many more. Join us in enriching the lives of pets and the people who love them.
Position Summary
We are seeking a dynamic Customer Partnership Manager to join our team on a 12-month contract. In this role, you will leverage sales data, customer research, market insights, and industry information to enhance our understanding of consumer needs and optimize performance. Your responsibilities will include developing, formulating, and executing strategic initiatives such as assortment planning, shelving recommendations, and delivering best-in-class solutions across the 4Ps for the pet category. Join us to make a meaningful impact in our customer partnerships and drive success in the pet market.
A day in the life of a Customer Partnership Manager
We will be considering applicants as they apply, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.
Nestlé Canada is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. We welcome qualified applicants to bring their diverse and unique experiences as a result of their education, perspectives, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.
If you are selected to participate in the recruitment process, please inform Human Resources of any accommodations you may require. Nestlé will work with you in an effort to ensure that you are able to fully participate in the process.
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Business area: Nestlé Purina PetCare Canada
Location: Mississauga ON located at 2500 Royal Windsor Dr, Mississauga ON L5J 1K8;
Hybrid
A little bit about us:
As a company made up of pet owners, we believe that pets and people are better together. If you share our passion for pets and you're looking for a career where you can take ownership, collaborate and contribute to challenging, satisfying and meaningful work, then you are the type of person we want at Nestlé Purina PetCare Canada. We are a leader in the pet care and pet nutrition industry, producing Canada’s best loved brands including Alpo , ProPlan Veterinary Diets, Pro Plan, Purina ONE , Beneful, Beyond , Dog Chow , Cat Chow , Fancy Feast, Friskies, Tidy Cats, and many more. Join us in enriching the lives of pets and the people who love them.
Position Summary
We are seeking a dynamic Customer Partnership Manager to join our team on a 12-month contract. In this role, you will leverage sales data, customer research, market insights, and industry information to enhance our understanding of consumer needs and optimize performance. Your responsibilities will include developing, formulating, and executing strategic initiatives such as assortment planning, shelving recommendations, and delivering best-in-class solutions across the 4Ps for the pet category. Join us to make a meaningful impact in our customer partnerships and drive success in the pet market.
A day in the life of a Customer Partnership Manager
- You are a subject matter expert with the pet category and up to date with industry trends.
- Actively develop relationships with retail partners at buyer level
- Passionate about storytelling, evaluating market trends and customer behaviour.
- Drive strategic recommendations for customers thorough category review and analysis of 4P’s: Price, Presence, Placement, and Promotion.
- Skilled in developing assortment strategies and future state planograms recommendations.
- Acts as the “store-level” and Industry expert for our customers through continual retail visits and analysis of industry resources.
- Create and build fact-based tools, scorecards, and presentations to provide category insights to customer.
- Leverage Power BI reporting that highlight performance gaps or growth opportunities
- Challenge existing strategies and concepts, increase current knowledge base and insight through testing of new ideas.
- 3+ years of experience in Category Management/Insights or Key Account Sales in CPG industry
- Completion of a University Degree in Business Administration with a focus on sales or marketing
- Knowledge of CPG industry sources and uses, vendors and their tools syndicated sales data, Nielsen, space management software (JDA), Numerator, Retailer POS portals
- Planograms building expertise, JDA space planning experience is an asset.
- Effective communication and management skills are required to express analytics and deliver presentations to various levels within the organization and externally to customers.
- Proficient in gathering data and storytelling to deliver actionable insights and effectively communicating them to both retailers and internal teams through compelling narratives.
- Understanding of the Canadian retail environment is an asset.
- Flexible and hybrid work arrangements
- Excellent training and development programs as well as opportunities to grow within the company
- Up to 50% off – Nespresso Coffee Machine, Capsules and accessories
- Access to the Discount Company store with Nestlé, Nespresso, and Purina products (Located across various Nestle offices/sites)
- Additional discounts on a variety of products and services offered by our preferred vendors and partnerships
- Bring your dog to work!
We will be considering applicants as they apply, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.
Nestlé Canada is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. We welcome qualified applicants to bring their diverse and unique experiences as a result of their education, perspectives, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.
If you are selected to participate in the recruitment process, please inform Human Resources of any accommodations you may require. Nestlé will work with you in an effort to ensure that you are able to fully participate in the process.
#NestleSJ
#Salaried
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