Associate Sales Operations & Strategy Manager – Elida Beauty at Unilever

Associate Sales Operations & Strategy Manager – Elida Beauty

Job Type: Full-time (Remote Based in Canada)

Who we are … we are Elida Beauty

Elida Beauty is a very exciting new beauty business within Unilever.  We are re-found iconic brands by remixing them for today’s generation, making them even bigger beauty hits than they were first time around. 

Our remixes democratize beauty, because we want everyone on the ‘beauty dance floor’ with our top-quality products at a great value. 

Driven by our colleague’s creativity, agility and close connection with consumers, customers, and suppliers we are able to unleash the true potential of our loved brands with a fresh start.  We ‘Re-Found’ them using a start-up mentality that always ‘finds a way’.  Our ‘no silos’, one team approach drives both personal and business growth so that together we deliver outcomes that are music to the ears of consumers, customers, colleagues, and the planet alike. 

This role is part of the Sales Strategy and Operations team and critical for the Canada Elida Beauty business to deliver topline and bottom-line growth. 

The Associate Business operations manager is responsible to support the Sales Strategy Manager and help run smooth and effective back-end operations to support the commercial development team & customers

You will be responsible to support the development and operationalization of category plans across top customers and key channels. You will be in charge of operationalizing displays, innovations, renovations and gift packs.

Responsibilities:

• Help lead the development of Trade Category Plans (including Pricing & Assortment), Trade budgets as part of the annual business planning process.

• Help manage the Trade budget monthly and delivered savings where possible to improve financial health of the brands/business.

• Ensure innovations are optimized and ready to sell (plannable in ordering system, priced, ready to ship) 

• Develop innovation vehicles (sell sheets, sales samples displayers, asset CDs, listing fees and other execution tools) to support Brand Innovation and Knorr MB activation programs. 

The role should be seen as “Nerve Centre” for the business unit for ensuring smooth back-end support for day to day operations, delivery of business unit targets & seamless projects execution on time. 

Competencies and experience:

• Holistic business thinking and ability to address business challenges

• Strong P&L understanding

• Strong analytical skills

• Problem solving, you are able to anticipate and recognize issues, putting in place corrective (and sometimes creative!) actions, at speed 

• Project Management: you know what it takes to deliver a project on time and in full, can anticipate risks and communicate throughout the process to relevant parties 

• Desire to work in a team environment and foster cross-functional support and learning

• You demonstrated the ability to work in a cross-functional team (Sales, Marketing, Artwork excellence, Supply Chain, Finance) 

• Detail oriented: you understand what it takes to execute brilliantly therefore can look at a delivery at depth, challenging the relevant parties if necessary to make the launch a commercial success 

• Experience in either customer development operations or Trade Category operations.

• Very entrepreneurial

This role is an internal role, will reports into the Sales Strategy Manager and will partner with Supply Chain, Sales and Marketing Managers.

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Unilever Canada is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national or ethnic origin, marital status, family status, disability, genetic characteristics, and a conviction for which a pardon has been granted.

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Unilever Canada est une organisation engagé à la diversité et à l'inclusion pour stimuler nos résultats d'affaires et créer un meilleur avenir chaque jour pour nos employés, les consommateurs globaux, les partenaires et les communautés. Nous croyons qu'un effectif diversifiée nous permet de faire correspondre nos ambitions de croissance et de stimuler l'inclusion dans l'entreprise. Tous les candidats qualifiés recevront la considération pour un emploi sans égard à la race, la couleur, la religion, le sexe, l'orientation sexuelle, l'identité ou l'expression de genre, l'âge, l'origine nationale ou ethnique, l'état matrimonial, la situation familiale, l'invalidité, les caractéristiques génétique, et une condamnation pour laquelle un pardon a été accordée.

Si vous êtes une personne handicapée qui a besoin d'aide à tout moment au cours de notre processus de recrutement, veuillez communiquer avec nous au NA.Accommodations@unilever.com. Veuillez noter: ces lignes sont réservées aux personnes handicapées ayant besoin d'aide et ne sont pas un moyen d'enquêter sur les postes.

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