Shopper Marketing Manager

Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Potential discretionary annual bonus

Generous pension scheme

12 flexible days on top of 25 days pro

2 paid volunteering days

Focus on personal development and grow

Job summary

Nestlé Nutrition & Health in Gatwick is seeking a Shopper Marketing Manager to lead activation plans across retail and digital channels, managing campaigns from brief to execution.

You will collaborate with Sales, Category, Marketing and agency partners, ensuring delivery on time and within budget while driving shopper insights and commercial outcomes. This is a hybrid role with development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering shopper activation campaigns across retail and digital channels.
• Ability to manage budgets and timelines with attention to detail.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with internal teams and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Deliver shopper activation programmes that support customer priorities across channels.
• Coordinate assets and content for in-store and digital environments.
• Build relationships with customer marketing contacts and retailer teams.
• Track campaign performance and translate insights into future plans.
• Ensure on-time delivery within budget and high-quality execution.

Skills

Shopper Marketing

Activation campaigns

Budget management

Project management

Stakeholder management

Job description

Business Area: Nestlé Nutrition & Health

Shopper Marketing Manager

Location: Gatwick: Hybrid working: 2 days per week in the office

Salary £37,500 to £47,500 depending on experience

Some of our other fantastic benefits

• Potential, discretionary annual bonus
• Generous pension scheme
• 12 flexible days on top of 25 days annual holiday entitlement pro rata
• 2 paid volunteering days
• A focus on personal development and growth

Although this is a full-time opportunity, please speak to us about what flexibility means to you as we are always open to discussing individual's flexible working needs, don't let this stop you from applying.

Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Shopper Marketing Manager to join our Nestlé Nutrition & Health team to manage the development and execution of shopper activation plans across all customers and channels, including in-store and digital touchpoints.

You will manage activation delivery from brief to execution, ensuring activity is delivered on time, in full and within budget while achieving agreed shopper and commercial objectives.

Reporting directly to the Shopper Marketing & Retail Excellence Lead, you will be working for the world's largest food & drink manufacturer with some of the worlds most loved Supplement brands, think Solgar, Vital Proteins, Pure Encapsulations and more!

Your impact

Collaborating cross-functionally with Sales, Category, Marketing, Field Sales and agency partners, you will deliver best-in-class shopper activation programmes across retail, e-commerce, customer and trade touchpoints, driving excellent execution while generating learning and insights to improve future plans.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Deliver shopper activation programmes that support customer, category and brand priorities across retail and digital channels
• Deliver in-store, digital and customer-facing experiences to agreed standards
• Manage POS, digital content and activation assets across physical and online channels
• Support customer planning and joint business priorities through tailored activation recommendations
• Build relationships with customer marketing contacts and retailer media teams
• Coordinate external partners to ensure high-quality execution delivered on time and within budget
• Track campaign effectiveness, evaluate results and use insights to improve future activity
• Identify opportunities to enhance activation processes, ways of working and shopper outcomes

Your ingredients for success

We are looking for a passionate self-starter with a curious and creative mindset to succeed in an exciting and fast paced channel. Experience within Shopper Marketing and delivering activation campaigns and customer programmes across physical and digital channelsis essential.

Essential skills:

• Experience supporting NPD or innovation launches
• Ability to build strong relationships internally within matrix and multi-functional teams and external stakeholders
• Budget management experience
• Strong project management capability.
• Ability to prioritise and juggle multiple projects with a strong attention to detail

Desirable skills:

• Experience within category, marketing or sales.

• Experience working with retailers and agency partners.

What you need to know

Advert posting date: 19/10/2026

Advert closing date: 02/11/2026

Our Commitment to Inclusive Hiring

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect. We believe that embracing diversity and creating an inclusive environment enables everyone to reach their full potential and drives innovation. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

We know that not everyone will meet every requirement listed in this advert.

Accessibility & Adjustments

At Nestlé, we're committed to creating an inclusive and supportive recruitment experience where everyone can perform at their best.

If you require any adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know. We'll work with you to understand your needs and make appropriate arrangements. Any information you share with us will be treated in the strictest confidence and used only to support you throughout the recruitment process.

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