Retail Marketing Manager

Retail Marketing Manager Ceeme (South)

A part of Colgate-Palmolive since 1976, Hill's Pet Nutrition offers the highest-quality pet nutrition available through product lines Prescription Diet® and Science Diet®. Veterinarians worldwide recommend and feed their own pets Hill's products more than any other brand of pet food. Available in approximately 80 countries around the world, our extensive line of products includes more than 60 Prescription Diet brand pet foods and more than 50 Science Diet brand pet foods. We believe all animals should be loved and cared for during their lifetimes. That is why we are proud our pet foods can make a difference in your pet's life. A career at Hill's Pet Nutrition or Colgate-Palmolive is an excellent opportunity if you seek a global experience, constant challenge, and development opportunities in an environment that respects work/life effectiveness.

The Retail Marketing Manager is expected to drive execution of the marketing plans: setting up the planning for the local markets, translating regional marketing strategy into actions, leading channel-specific strategies across all countries.

Principal duties and responsibilities include:

• Is responsible for a group of countries and works closely with the Brand Marketing executives, Business Development Managers and Distributors to deliver effective plans for the markets
• Leads the coordination of 6Ps execution
• Works closely with marketing peer contacts in distributor teams
• Provides local expertise to the Consumer Marketing team for the development of brands
• Builds Budget/JBP plans and launch plans
• Owns A&P spending
• Sales and Distribution data analysis and associated corrective recommendations
• Organizes and coordinates meetings & conferences with distributors
• Drives BRMO (Brand Recommended Most Often) initiatives and Vet engagement actions
• Leads projects on CEEME level
• Tracks and reports competitive landscape

Basic qualifications include:

• Minimum 5 years marketing or sales experience, pet business as an advantage
• University Graduate
• Good English level (C1)

Expected areas of skills include:

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• High level of energy and drive, influence others
• Analytical skills
• Project management
• Presentation skills
• Team work
• Intrapreneurship

Leadership competencies include:

• Analysis/Decision Making
• Teamwork and Collaboration
• Influence/Negotiation

Functional competencies include:

• Consumer/Customer Focus
• Planning/Priority Setting
• Effective Execution

Travel requirements include:

• Expected percentage of travel: Up to 25%

What we offer:

• Competitive salary with annual bonus
• Wide range of benefits such as cafeteria, pension plan contribution, life insurance, 25 vacation days, 10 sick days, dental care contribution, yoga classes etc.
• Nice working location, close to Krizikova metro station
• Dog friendly office
• Opportunity to work closely with professionals, within an exciting region

Our commitment to inclusion:

Our journey begins with our people—developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business. Equal opportunity employer. Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please complete this request form should you require accommodation.