Sr. Manager, Trade Marketing, Retail Hair

USA (Hybrid)

$132K/yr – $175K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Lead the end-to-end trade marketing strategy for the Hair Retail and Prosumer portfolio, directing cross-functional activation, Go-To-Market frameworks, and category growth initiatives while developing the trade marketing team and aligning brand priorities with commercial goals.

  • Owns go-to-market strategy, activation plans, and performance analytics across channels.
  • Leads and develops direct reports, fostering capability and alignment with senior commercial leadership.
  • Partners across Brand Marketing, Sales, and Customer teams to drive growth opportunities and category expansion.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Leads the end-to-end trade marketing strategy across Retail Hair and Prosumer businesses, ensuring alignment across brand priorities, customer needs, and commercial objectives
  • Manages and develops direct reports across the Hair trade marketing organization, providing leadership, prioritization, coaching, and capability development
  • Drives cross-functional integration across Brand Marketing, Sales, Commercial Strategy, Activation, and Customer teams to improve speed, consistency, and executional effectiveness
  • Oversees trade marketing activation across multiple channels, customer models, and business segments, balancing strategic priorities across both Retail and Prosumer businesses
  • Establishes integrated go-to-market frameworks and scalable operating models to support portfolio complexity and future growth ambitions
  • Partners with senior commercial leadership to identify growth opportunities, category expansion strategies, and customer-specific business development initiatives
  • Analyzes the business and 4Ps to define key business drivers across channels and categories
  • Defines category growth platforms and KPI frameworks aligned to commercial objectives
  • Delivers best-in-class innovation launches leveraging sales enablement tools, seasonal materials, and customer activation plans
  • Partners cross-functionally to deliver stronger business outcomes and organizational alignment

Requirements

  • 7+ years prior experience in CPG sales/trade marketing environments
  • Experience managing cross-functional commercial initiatives
  • Experience leading and developing direct reports
  • Strategic thinking with ability to balance high-level planning and detailed execution
  • Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to manage complexity across multiple channels, customers, and business models

Benefits

  • In addition, Wella Company provides a rich variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance, life and disability insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
691.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
55.8%
Direct
33.3%
Referral
5%
Social
4.6%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~804

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
33 (4% of company)
Median Career Experience
17 years
Median Tenure
11.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
6

Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Oct 2021
    Private Equity Round