Commercial Planning Executive

Nestlé; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food and beverage company is seeking a Commercial Planning Executive in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. This role involves driving the commercial planning process and executing brand, customer, and field sales plans to meet targets. Candidates must have a Bachelor's Degree and at least 2 years of relevant experience. The position requires strong analytical skills and the ability to work cross-functionally to support decision-making and streamline commercial operations. Join the team to make a significant impact locally and globally.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years experience in FMCG, Trade Marketing, or Marketing.
• Strong functional skill and leadership capabilities.
• Well versed in analyzing financial systems, processes, and controls.

Responsibilities

• Assist in driving ICP process and continuous refinement.
• Ensure winning commercial propositions are developed and executed.
• Collaborate with Shopper Insights team for inputs and outputs.
• Ensure NPD guidelines and timelines are followed.
• Drive MBP process alignment across stakeholders.
• Lead Quarterly Promotional Evaluation reviews.
• Streamline data reporting through data analytics.
• Oversee ICD management processes.

Skills

Analyzing P&L

Collaboration

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Finance, or a related field

Job description

Position Snapshot

Location: Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MY
Company: Nestle Malaysia
Full-time
Bachelor’s Degree
2+ years of experience

Position Summary

Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest Food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment – passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. A Nestle career empowers you to make an impact locally and globally, as you are provided with the opportunity to make a mark and stand out, as long as you seek it. With Nestle, you are enabled and encouraged to grow not only as professionals, but also as people.

We are looking for a Commercial Planning Executive to drive the commercial planning process, on-going alignment of executable brand, customer & field sales plans that deliver on annual business targets and Co-ordinate execution and track delivery of commercial plans.

A day in the life of a Commercial Planning Executive

• Assist Manager in driving ICP process and continous refinement in accordance to best practices. This includes establishing governance on the ICP process & framework.
• Responsible to ensure winning commercial propositions are developed, executable and in line with category objectives and properly embedded in customer and field sales plans.
• Responsible to collaborate with Shopper Insights team for the common inputs (e.g. include macro-economic, industry trend, consumer & shopper trend, media evolution and competitor analysis) and outputs.
• Assist Manager to ensure the guidelines & timelines of NPDs are followed through the category development manager.
• Responsible in driving quality MBP process within Sales Division by aligning processes, timeline and templates across stakeholders. Ensure discipline and optimal ways of working for MBP preparation and Commercial Review leveraging available tools and analytics.
• Assist Manager for Quarterly Promotional Evaluation reviews; ensuring that learning is actively used to refine current year promotions and future category/ channel plans. Continous review of criteria in selecting promotions to be evaluated by liaising with Category/ Channel teams to produce promotional guideline.
• Responsible for Quarterly Activity Briefing by driving alignment of Marketing & Sales Team to ensure that the activities in the quarter is driving total NIM commercial objectives.
• Responsible to streamline data reporting through data analytics and automation to assist in decision making & adjustment of commercial plan.
• Accountable and responsible in overseeing ICD management, which include process inprovement, systematic checks of promotional entries into SAP and system support.

What will make you successful

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Finance, or a related field.
• With a minimum of 2 years experience in FMCG, Trade Marketing or Marketing experience or exhibits strong functional skill and leadership capabilities.
• Well versed in analysing P&L, Financial Systems, Processes and Controls.
• Successful in working cross functionally.