Data and Category Management Executive

Unilever; Kingston upon Thames; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global FMCG company is seeking a Data & Category Management Executive in Kingston upon Thames. This full-time role involves driving data strategies to enhance customer experience and support business growth. Candidates should possess strong data management, communication, and stakeholder management skills, along with relevant business experience. The position also offers a mix of remote and onsite working arrangements in a vibrant FMCG environment with excellent support and facilities.

Benefits

Free parking at local carpark

Discounted Unilever products

Onsite gym access

Canteen available

Qualifications

• Relevant business experience within data and insights.
• Experience in advanced data, analytics, AI & machine learning.
• Good commercial awareness and business acumen.
• Strong networking ability and cross-functional team working.
• Project management experience delivering on time.

Responsibilities

• Drive the data and customer experience strategy across UFS UKI ANZ.
• Collaborate with global & local counterparts for enhanced data use.
• Develop relationships with strategic customers for growth.
• Support AI/machine learning integration into UFS strategy.

Skills

Data management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Networking

Education

Degree preferred, A level or International Equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

CRM systems

Job description

Manpower are currently seeking an interim Data & Category Management Executive, to work with our global FMCG client Unilever, renowned for brands such as Dove, Sure, Persil, and Simple, and become an integral part of their fast-paced FMCG environment.

The position is based in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. This is a full-time temporary role to run for 12 months, requiring 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Compensation for this role is competitive, paying up to £60,000 per annum, pro rata, depending upon experience.

The role currently offers a mix of remote and onsite working, subject to adjustment based on business requirements.

Unilever Food Solutions (UFS) is the 2nd largest Business Unit of Unilever, is one of the 3 Power brands of the Foods Business Group, and a global market leader in Food Service. This is a fantastic opportunity for the right individual to join the UFS Data & Category Management team.

Job Purpose

As the Data & Category Management Executive, you will be responsible for helping to drive the data, category management and customer experience strategy across UFS UKI ANZ, partnering in a number of areas, critical to enabling our Customer Development and Marketing teams to succeed in driving business growth. You will work closely with your local with Brand, Trade & Digital Marketing, CSP (Customer Strategy & Planning); teams as well as collaborating with global partners from Data & Analytics to Customer Experience and Business Operations to drive optimal ways of working enable key stakeholders to drive UFS market share & performance. You will also help build and develop our category relationships externally with our most strategic customers in order to identify and capitalise on areas of mutually beneficial growth and improve the level of collaboration and data sharing to help fuel & enable the 2030 Data & CX Strategy.

Your role in owning, developing and delivering in this role is dependent on your ability to communicate well both written and orally, as well as your passion for supporting business and category growth.

Key Accountabilities

• Collaborate with global & local counterparts to better leverage data to inform our Digital nurturing, lead management & sales conversion via enhanced & personalised Customer Journeys
• Collaborate with global data & tech teams to develop & support a future-proof tech stack (inc. CRM) to fully enable our sales & marketing community to win in the market.
• Drive business & category growth. Provide training & on-going Implement a strategy to enhance data-driven decision marking across UFS UKI via 1st party data, secondary sales data & named-sales acquisition & utilisation
• Develop a category management toolkit for Sales & marketing support to embed toolkit with sales team.
• Develop external category management relationships with strategic customers, providing actionable recommendations to capitalise & drive areas of mutually beneficial growth.
• Support integration of AI/machine learning into UFS strategy by identifying right toolkit, upskilling relevant teams & lead change management to bring these to life.

Key Requirements

• Relevant business experience within data, insights & category management, managing stakeholders across Sales & Marketing to drive efficiencies, optimal ways of working.
• Experience in advanced data, analytics, AI & machine learning, insight generation, customer engagement desirable but not essential.
• Good communication, influencing skills & ability to manage internal & external stakeholders at all levels.
• Good commercial awareness and business acumen; highly numerate and adept at working with data.
• Experience of translating continuous data sources & ad-hoc research into actionable insights
• Advanced Microsoft skills & an ability to understand and utilise new systems & toolkits.
• Experience in applying AI/machine learning to drive efficiencies & value in a business context (preferred)
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines & deliver to high standard.
• Strong networking ability and strong cross-functional team working.
• Equally able to work independently & form long lasting working relationships with colleagues & customers.
• Project management experience – examples of delivering on time, in full to drive tangible value.
• Strong organisational skills and an ability to meet timelines in a disciplined manner.
• Degree preferred, education to A level or International Equivalent essential.

Additional Information

Kingston working environment:

• Contractors who are based at Kingston will be eligible to get free parking at a local carpark
• There is a Unilever Staff Shop located on the Ground Floor next to the main entrance, where Contingent Workers can buy discounted Unilever products.
• A canteen
• A Gym is available for use on the Ground Floor (with subscription).
• Facilities in the gym include cardiovascular equipment, resistance machines, spin bikes, free weights area, boxing equipment and a stretch/matted area. Classes are also available and can be booked directly with the Gym. Shower facilities are available in the changing rooms, along with hairdryers.