Trade Marketing Manager Italy

TN Italy; Milano; Remoto; EUR 45.000 - 65.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading company in the FMCG sector is seeking a Trade Marketing Manager in Italy for a temporary contract. The role involves driving marketing strategies, managing partnerships, and executing product changes. Candidates should have significant marketing experience and fluency in Italian and English. This position is remote for local candidates.

Competenze

• Significant marketing experience in FMCG or similar environment.
• Fluent in Italian and English.

Mansioni

• Drive deployment of channel value proposition.
• Lead strategic evaluation of channel access.
• Monitor performance at the country level.

Conoscenze

Marketing

Communication

Project Management

Collaboration

Data Analysis

Descrizione del lavoro

Trade Marketing Manager Italy Job Description

This will be a temporary contract for maternity leave (9-12 months).

Your Job

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

About Us

Kleenex. Huggies. Cottonelle. Scott. Kotex. Poise. Depend. Kimberly-Clark Professional. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you. At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark. Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

About You

As the Trade Marketing Manager Italy in Kimberly-Clark Professional, you will play a leading role in your market to drive the agenda of the country level plan, the priorities of the channel sales team and execute product changes and introductions in your market. You will report to the EMEA Field Marketing Leader International Family Care & Professional (IFP) for Kimberly-Clark Professional and will be an individual contributor (no direct reports). We can offer a temporary contract for a maternity leave (9-12 months contract). Location: the role is remote for candidates already based in Italy.

Your Key Accountabilities

1. Input into creation and drive deployment of channel value proposition – demonstrating Kimberly-Clark Professional value to our partners through planning meetings.
2. Champion and drive excellence in channel partner marketing across markets.
3. Lead strategic evaluation of channel access to key market segments and collaborate with Distributor sales teams to unlock white space by onboarding new channel partners.
4. Develop and evolve the Commercial Partnership Programme with treatment strategy alongside Distributor sales leaders.
5. Lead team in delivering ongoing channel engagement and enablement initiatives such as incentives, Price Lists, Channel Catalogues, Promotions, and trade shows/exhibitions.
6. Lead work to capture, collate, and feed in local market, portfolio, and competitor insights to the category team.
7. Drive execution of innovation launches, owning seller and channel/Key Account engagement, product listings, and training plans.
8. Lead communication and execution of Product Changes and deletions efficiently with Channel and End Users customers.
9. Monitor performance at the country level and develop mitigation plans in local markets.
10. Manage arrangements with local fulfilment houses and suppliers for samples and marketing materials.
11. Monitor local websites and address issues or implement initiatives as needed.

What We Need From You

• Significant marketing experience in FMCG or similar environment, preferably in B2B Trade Marketing.
• Strong storytelling ability leveraging data, experience, and team input.
• Effective communication skills with multiple stakeholders.
• Project management skills to lead stakeholders through projects.
• Understanding of financial and market data; ability to interpret and use insights for decision-making.
• Proficiency in visual management and dashboarding.
• Highly collaborative with strong relationship-building skills across functions and cultures.
• Fluent in Italian and English.

We Offer

Enjoy various benefits working with Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, visit www.mykcbenefits.com. To be considered, click the Apply button and complete the online application. Submit your CV in English. Check out our careers website for more info.

Additional Notes

Kimberly-Clark values diversity and inclusion, actively seeking to reflect our consumers' experiences. We are an equal opportunity employer. This role is available for local candidates authorized to work in Italy only. Kimberly-Clark will not support relocation or visas for this position.