Shopper Activation Manager – 12 month contract at Mars | California, USA

Mars

Shopper Activation Manager – 12 month contract

California, USA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead Shopper Activation Manager role focusing on developing and delivering shopper activations across Mars brands in New Zealand.

Own shopper marketing activations from development to execution.
Must-have: Proven shopper marketing or category experience.
Standout: Cross-functional collaboration with brand, category, and sales teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Build and maintain influential relationships with key internal & external customers.
Join our highly engaged team where you’ll work create and execute Shopper strategy which bring our brands to life instore, driving optimal physical availability, engages the shopper at key touchpoints in the shopper journey and drives conversion to deliver on retailer, segment & category strategy.
You’ll act as a ‘key link’ where you’ll be responsible for building and maintaining strong and influential relationships with key internal customers notably in marketing – brand managers /digital team and sales – across grocery and convenience account teams.
Deliver the Shopper led activation plans, from development through to execution.
Deliver shopper marketing activations that are aligned to brand and category strategies.
Work cross functionally with the brand, category, customer, digital and field teams to lead, develop and execute shopper marketing initiatives that deliver on our brand and category strategies and are tailored to our customers/channels.
Leverage shopper insights to develop triple wins for our brands, customers, and Retailers.
Work closely with key agencies, Shopper, POS & Logistics to deliver commercial plan on time and in full.
Management of multiple key projects at the same time. Working across trans-tasman to collaborate and deliver on plans

Mars

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Founded in 1911

McLean, Virginia, US

64K employees (5,033 in marketing)

www.mars.com

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