Merchandising specialistJapan Tobacco International

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Merchandising Specialist
You will lead the overall management of merchandising strategies, plans, and activities for the General Trade channel nationwide. The Merchandising Specialist will be responsible for the implementation of merchandising strategies, guidelines, agencies, and campaigns.
What will you do?
Manage operations of Third-Party Merchandising Agency to ensure programs are executed on-time and in-full at store level based on the approved and agreed merchandising programs. Create effective and efficient KPIs that will be used by agency and sales for improvement of trade execution.
Develop efficient merchandising monitoring dashboards and reports from Third Party Agency and Sales that includes progressive execution monitoring, materials deployment to sales, utilization report and weekly inventory of POSMs, availability, competitive activities and price movements. Use these data and creates analyses, recommendations,and action plans.
Develop innovative and effective communication materials by brand per channel. Work with with internal stakeholders (i.e. Brand, Procurement, Finance) from planning to execution.
Manage total General Trade budget allocation for all merchandising related activities. Perform on-time processing of Purchase Request (PR), Purchase Order (PO) and facilitating Good Receipts (GR) accurately and on a timely mannner.
Develop and execute local and national merchandising standards along with Merchandising Manager and other internal stakeholders.
Recommend timing, ideal distribution level and installation of brand POSM according to channel cycle drive. Perform regular field & customer visits in order to understand market trends, channel dynamics, competitor practices, customer & consumer behaviour and evaluate field force execution. Prepare summary reports after those visits highlighting opportunities related to JTI execution and competitor activities
Respect actual legislation, company procedures and working instructions and comply with JTI Policies and J-SOX controls
Who are we looking for?
A college graduate
Has at least 3 years or more of relevant experience in an FMCG or large multinational company - in a similar Marketing & Sales function
Experience in handling Trade Activations and merchandising
Knowledgeable in Merchandising, Project Management, Budget Management and Execution planning
Skilled in Stakeholder Coordination and Management
Fluent in both oral and written English communication
Results-oriented with a high level of competence
Has strong interpersonal skills and possesses the ability to positively influence and collaborate with different kinds of people
Excellent planning and organization skills
A driven and accountable professional
Proficient in using MS Office applications
What's in it for you?
Be covered with medical insurance upon hiring, with dependent coverage and medicine allowance
Receive cash allowances such as meal and transport allowance
Flexible working arrangements
Have access to over 200 company training
Be part of a truly international and diverse company with over 40,000 employees in 130 countries.
Experience the culture of an Investors in People certified company
Find out why 9 out of 10 employees recommend us to a friend.
Understand why 9 out of 10 employees say they feel free to be themselves.
Japan Tobacco International

Taguig City, Metro Manila
Permanent
Full-time