Job Title: Customer Business Manager

Location: Kingston

Reports to: Customer Directo

JOB PURPOSE

The Customer Business Manager (CBM) is an externally focused role, leading Unilever business with a Key Customers. The CBM is responsible for developing strong working relationships with senior customer contacts, leading a team of Customer Account Managers (CAMs) to develop and deliver customer strategies, taking overall accountability for financial performance within their area, and helping to drive consistency of process between customer teams. Key focus areas for this role are:

Develop sustainable customer relationships at all levels and cross functionally, underpinned by a strong JBPLeverage our brand assets and Business Unit(BU)structure to deliver new and exciting innovation and category building plans. Develop and deliver plans omnichannel – Supermarkets, Convenience & Online. Loving the customer and developing a strong customer strategy. The need for extensive commercial rigour in the assessment and implementation of our Growth Strategy across channels. Leadership within the team, across teams and externally.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Build and maintain strong senior level relationships:

Develop strong relationships with both internal & external customers Work with the CAMs and Customer Operations Team to ensure significant commercial, customer service and finance issues/opportunities are resolved/exploited efficiently and that we do what we say.Own the Unilever & Customer relationship on all categories – Be the face of Unilever UK with the customer, Be at the top table of suppliers for your customer(s).

Lead customer strategy development and major customer and category initiatives

Lead the development and delivery of the customer strategic business plan and the joint customer business plan, working closely with Category Managers, Shopper Marketing and CSPResolve Customer / Category trade off’s within their areaWith Customer Marketing Managers, lead key in-store activation eventsLead range and merchandising reviews (where appropriate)Deliver key Category Team initiatives at Customer e.g. Price Increases, Brand Activation, NPD etc

Be accountable for financial performance of categories within area of responsibility

Deliver Turnover, Customer Profitability and TMI budgetsDiscuss and agree Gap Filling initiatives with Category TeamLead and develop our Growth Strategy with customers to win share whilst delivering profitability objectives for both Unilever and CustomerBe able to handle a total business (5+ categories) CBM role

Line manage and develop Customer Account Managers

Manage the performance of CAMs, Execs and cross functional team within their responsibilityProvide on-the-job coaching and guidanceFacilitate training and development opportunities – support the team in achieving their career goalsPromote the adoption of best practice and consistent processes/standards by CAM’s under their responsibilityLead for Customer knowledge and capability within the company as a whole

ALL ABOUT YOU

Customer management & selling essentials - ideally previous experience of performing a CAM roleExperience of leveraging big customer relationshipsConsistent delivery of high quality results in difficult trading/customer environmentsExperience of managing and developing othersExperience of creating and delivering JBP’sSelf Starting, Independent and Strong Conviction

NOTES

About Unilever

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. Unilever has more than 400 brands found in homes around the world, including Dove, Tresemme, Lynx, Lifebuoy, Shea Moisture, Persil, Domestos, Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, Marmite, The Vegetarian Butcher, Graze and Pot Noodle.

Faced with the challenge of climate change and the need for human development, we want to move towards a world where everyone can live well and within the natural limits of the planet. That’s why our purpose is ‘to make sustainable living commonplace’  

What We Offer

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all. 

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Unilever | Unilever.

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