at Kimberly-Clark USA, LLC in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Trade Manager, RGM
Job Description
Youre not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because were out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, youll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, youll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.
A key member of KCNAs RGM team supporting the Trade Management capability, the position is an indispensable partner with internal customers. The position provides impactful analysis to deliver best-in-class strategic trade architecture development, promotional efficiency/effectiveness (trade and consumer) and customer profitability analysis to improve overall business results through strategic trade management. This individual is key in the development of analytics and insights to inform the price/pack incentive structures as well as promotional strategies by PPG, channel, and key customer to deliver against the brand strategy and price positioning vs competition in market.
In this role, you will:
- Develop the Brands principles of strategic trade architecture:
- Suggested retail pricing (e.g., SRP, EDLP pricing, Promoted Pricing)
- Promotion Strategy by brand/PPG (depth, frequency, duration, promoted partners, retailer margin)
- List price & trade structures enabling retail strategies
- Discount Curves
- Support Price Strategy projects (trade and consumer) with analytics in category, competitor, customer & consumer.
- Understand Channel pricing relationships and develop solutions to reduce channel conflict.
- Leverage and build learnings and methodologies to develop an organic and sustainable trade architecture and facilitate ongoing trade optimization.
- Support delivery of in year financials, driving gap management actions within promotion.
- Delivers promotional strategy (trade and consumer) insights, analyses, and recommendations by brand and channel, driving brand promo strategies, for incorporation into Annual Planning Guidance to sales teams.
- Actively participates in the development of new solutions, moving the organization forward in capabilities.
About Us
Huggies. Kleenex. Cottonelle. Scott. Kotex. Poise. Depend. Kimberly-Clark Professional. You already know our legendary brandsand so does the rest of the world. In fact, million of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldnt exist without talented professionals, like you.
At Kimberly-Clark, youll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. Were founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and were always looking for new and better ways to perform so theres your open door of opportunity. Its all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.
Led by Purpose. Driven by You.
About You
You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.
You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, were constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, youll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements...
Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity
