Global Perfect Store Excellence Manager

Jacobs Douwe Egberts UK; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

JDE Peet’s seeks a Global Perfect Store Excellence Manager to drive scalable frameworks, governance, and KPIs for perfect store execution across 40+ markets. You will lead international projects, collaborate with Marketing, IT, and procurement, and build a community of experts to raise retail standards globally.

You will influence without direct authority, shape global tools, and monitor performance to push continuous improvements in both physical and digital retail environments.

Qualifications

• 6–10+ years of experience in Category Management, Shopper Marketing, Sales, Commercial Excellence, or related commercial function.
• Strong expertise in Perfect Store, retail execution, category management, or in-store excellence frameworks, with experience delivering execution improvements at scale.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional and international projects while influencing diverse stakeholders without formal authority.
• Experience with planogram solutions, retail execution analytics, POSM development, or similar commercial execution tools is an advantage.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and facilitation skills, combined with a structured, pragmatic, and results-oriented approach.
• International mindset with a passion for building capabilities, leading communities, and driving continuous improvement across multiple markets.

Responsibilities

• Lead the global Perfect Store strategy by developing scalable frameworks, execution standards, KPIs, and governance across offline and online channels.
• Drive excellence in retail execution by leading global initiatives across planograms, POSM, display standards, SRP, and MSL methodologies.
• Build and continuously improve global tools, processes, and best practices that enable consistent execution and measurable commercial impact across markets.
• Lead and grow a global community of Category Management, Shopper Marketing, and Sales teams through capability building, best practice sharing, training sessions, and engagement events.
• Partner closely with cross-functional global functions including Marketing, Revenue Growth Management, Procurement, IT, and local commercial teams to ensure successful adoption of Perfect Store initiatives.
• Monitor performance, identify improvement opportunities, and champion continuous innovation to strengthen retail execution excellence globally.

Skills

Category Management

Shopper Marketing

Sales

Commercial Excellence

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Planogram solutions

Retail execution analytics

POSM development

Job description

Job Description

As the Global Perfect Store Excellence Manager, you will lead the development and continuous improvement of JDE Peet's global Perfect Store ecosystem, enabling best-in-class execution across physical and digital retail environments. Working within the Global Sales Analytics & Category Management team, you will translate category and brand strategies into scalable execution standards that drive commercial excellence across more than 40 markets. You will collaborate with cross-functional global teams and local market stakeholders to build governance, capabilities, and tools that improve execution consistency and shopper impact. Success in this role requires strong stakeholder management, community leadership, and the ability to influence without direct authority. This is an exciting opportunity to shape how our brands win at the point of purchase on a global scale.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the global Perfect Store strategy by developing scalable frameworks, execution standards, KPIs, and governance across offline and online channels.
• Drive excellence in retail execution by leading global initiatives across planograms, point-of-sale materials (POSM), display standards, secondary retail packaging (SRP), and Master Stock List (MSL) methodologies.
• Build and continuously improve global tools, processes, and best practices that enable consistent execution and measurable commercial impact across markets.
• Lead and grow a global community of Category Management, Shopper Marketing, and Sales teams through capability building, best practice sharing, training sessions, and engagement events.
• Partner closely with cross-functional global functions including Marketing, Revenue Growth Management, Procurement, IT, and local commercial teams to ensure successful adoption of Perfect Store initiatives.
• Monitor performance, identify improvement opportunities, and champion continuous innovation to strengthen retail execution excellence globally.

Qualifications

Working at JDE Peet’s is hands-on, giving you the chance to leave your mark while working together as one team. We’re a fast-paced company on a mission, focused on what matters most. Our environment demands energy, agility, and bold thinking. If you’re ready to make an impact and grow in a global team, JDE Peet’s is the place for you.

For this role, we're looking for someone who has the following skills and experience:

• 6–10+ years of experience in Category Management, Shopper Marketing, Sales, Commercial Excellence, or a related commercial function.
• Strong expertise in Perfect Store, retail execution, category management, or in-store excellence frameworks, with experience delivering execution improvements at scale.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional and international projects while influencing diverse stakeholders without formal authority.
• Experience with planogram solutions, retail execution analytics, POSM development, or similar commercial execution tools is an advantage.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and facilitation skills, combined with a structured, pragmatic, and results-oriented approach.
• International mindset with a passion for building capabilities, leading communities, and driving continuous improvement across multiple markets.

Company Description

Who we are?

We are JDE Peet’s.

What’s it like to work at JDE Peet’s?

At JDE Peet’s, we work as one team guided by our values: we Dare to Amaze, Own It, Make It Simple, and Win Together. Here, you’ll find the freedom to innovate, the courage to take bold steps, and the support to grow your career in a global environment.