National Retail Manager, Walmart
Job Location: Remote
Company description
Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 40,000 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.
About the Role:
Step into a high-impact role where strategy meets execution as our National Retail Manager, Walmart. In this position, you'll work closely with the VP of Retail Operations, Channel Retail Team Lead, and the Broker Retail Team, playing a key role in bringing Ferrero’s vision to life on the nation’s largest retail stage. As the driving force behind the execution of strategic plans, you'll oversee retail analytics, performance evaluations, and the achievement of Ferrero’s Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Distribution, Shelving, Merchandising and Pricing (DSMP) goals. By fostering collaboration across teams, you’ll ensure that our brands make an impressive impact at every touchpoint in the Walmart channel.
The National Retail Manager, Walmart is remote and will be based in the Midwest or on the East Coast. Preference is Chicago, IL area.
Main Responsibilities:
- Manage KPI and DSMP standards, execution, and expectations of assigned customer account within the broker organization
- Enforce, execute and ensure quality standards for assigned account responsibility
- Execution and enforcement of tactical and account specific retail sales plans
- Communicate and educate account strategy and tactics during broker retail team touchpoints
- Execute and maintain all KPI and DSMP goals, initiatives and expectations within assigned account responsibility
- Track, audit, and scorecard against Ferrero KPIs in relation to broker retail execution
- Provide analytics and evaluations on complex data reporting and identify opportunities within areas of improvement – put plan in place an execute for improvement
- Conduct review sessions with brokers and internal cross-functional teams to align on scorecarding, priorities and implementation of improvement plans
Who we are looking for:
- Bachelor’s Degree, Associates Degree, or some college preferred
- Significant field experience within the CPG industry; Food or Confection Industry preferred
- Significant Retail/Field Broker experience; Preferably within assigned customer
- Well established knowledge of the assigned customer
- Possess critical thinking skills, problem solving skills with an ability to adjust to markets/customer demands
- Able to work in a team environment and build consensus
- Self-motivated , results oriented and great attention to detail
- Basic Computer skills is a must; Strong computer skills in Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook
- Analytical ability to evaluate data (retail reporting) and identify key opportunities
- Significant working knowledge of Broker Retail Structure and Go-to-Market strategy
- Willing to travel 60% - 75% of the calendar year
How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:
Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.
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Diversity Statement
Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.
Ferrero N.A. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.