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At Nestlé USA, we’re all working towards the same goal – to delight and deliver for our consumers. With a rich portfolio of beloved brands, including DiGiorno, Toll House, and Coffee mate, in 97% of U.S. households, we have a unique opportunity – and responsibility – to be there for every moment in our consumers’ lives.
Joining Nestlé means becoming part of an inclusive workplace that inspires innovation, encourages strategic thinking and creativity, and celebrates your achievements. No matter where you work within the organization, you are empowered to challenge the status quo, embrace risk-taking, and pioneer new ideas. Our supportive and collaborative environment encourages bold ambitions and continuous learning so that everyone can grow and thrive.
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Develops, influences and enables commercial planning across businesses, working across all Divisions to identify and execute planning or planning-related projects to strengthen sales processes and practices, with emphasis on accelerating our ability to execute Commercial Planning flawlessly. Detect and solve emerging issues by leading cross-functional teams through solution development and implementation. Influence decision-makers as needed to move on actionable items that will impact our ability to win with customers and consumers and driving accountability through end users. Guide organization through process improvements and changes to produce net positive effect.
Responsibilities
It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.
To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you’ll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.
The Nestlé Companies are an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer seeking diversity in qualified applicants for employment. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, gender, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, perceived disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected status, as defined by applicable law. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience. Contact us at accommodations@nestle.com or please dial 711 and provide this number to the operator: 1-800-321-6467.
This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.
Review our applicant privacy notice before applying at https://www.nestlejobs.com/privacy
At Nestlé USA, we’re all working towards the same goal – to delight and deliver for our consumers. With a rich portfolio of beloved brands, including DiGiorno, Toll House, and Coffee mate, in 97% of U.S. households, we have a unique opportunity – and responsibility – to be there for every moment in our consumers’ lives.
Joining Nestlé means becoming part of an inclusive workplace that inspires innovation, encourages strategic thinking and creativity, and celebrates your achievements. No matter where you work within the organization, you are empowered to challenge the status quo, embrace risk-taking, and pioneer new ideas. Our supportive and collaborative environment encourages bold ambitions and continuous learning so that everyone can grow and thrive.
This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.
Develops, influences and enables commercial planning across businesses, working across all Divisions to identify and execute planning or planning-related projects to strengthen sales processes and practices, with emphasis on accelerating our ability to execute Commercial Planning flawlessly. Detect and solve emerging issues by leading cross-functional teams through solution development and implementation. Influence decision-makers as needed to move on actionable items that will impact our ability to win with customers and consumers and driving accountability through end users. Guide organization through process improvements and changes to produce net positive effect.
Responsibilities
- Oversee Integrated Commercial Planning (ICP) for Commercial Excellence
- Influence and advise key cross-functional partners, set timelines, templates, roles, and responsibilities.
- Collaborate within Commercial Acceleration and Dynamic Planning leadership team to embed critical components of planning; category and aisle insights, shopper trends, merchandising excellence, advanced technology, Scale Events and Retail Marketing all executed through strategic selling and commercial excellence.
- Guide organization through ICP process, removing roadblocks as needed.
- Develop best in class training programs, embracing continuous improvement mindset
- Acknowledge tension points and collaborate internally to develop solutions
- Actively partner with strategy and leadership teams, identify areas of improvement, confirming updates with decision makers before implementation.
- Guide total organization through implementation of all updates.
- Lead Nestlé key work processes for short, mid and longer-term Commercial Planning
- Account Review Principal
- Responsible for leading strategic integration of Account Reviews within the company.
- Collaborate and connect Account Reviews to the Integrated Commercial Planning (ICP) process as we know it today, and evolve it for the future state
- Influence key discussion points based on organizational KPIs
- Develop cross-functional template and after-action planning model to enhance and accelerate commercial and dynamic planning
- Cross-Functional Collaborator on Customer Segmentation
- Align with RGM and Divisions on annual customer segmentation modeling and output, embedding into ICP and Customer Engagement strategies
- Industry Planning Insights lead
- Research and evolve our commercial strategies based on what is happening in the industry. Understand who is winning with customers and consumers and why, and develop ways to accelerate integrating these strategies into our Ways of Working.
- CPG and Sales Experience preferred
- Cross-functional experience a plus (HQ Sales, Field Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance)
- Strong verbal and oral communication & presentation skills
- Ability to self-manage, juggle multiple priorities, and pay strong attention to details
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to connect the context of the marketplace, organization, and Nestlé roles and responsibilities
- Embrace change, lead by example, maintain a positive work environment and ongoing learning culture
- Knowledge of interrelationship of key functions and their key initiatives (Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, Supply Chain, IT)
- Demonstrated knowledge of business driving technology solutions and internal/external industry insights and trends
- Knowledge of core Business Processes and Fundamentals (Sales/Distribution, Customer Planning and Managing, Financial Reporting, Training, HR Policies, Integrated Commercial Planning, Nestlé Management and Leadership Principles).
It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.
To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you’ll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.
The Nestlé Companies are an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer seeking diversity in qualified applicants for employment. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, gender, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, perceived disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected status, as defined by applicable law. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience. Contact us at accommodations@nestle.com or please dial 711 and provide this number to the operator: 1-800-321-6467.
This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.
Review our applicant privacy notice before applying at https://www.nestlejobs.com/privacy
