Job Description

A part of Colgate-Palmolive since 1976, Hill's Pet Nutrition offers the highest-quality pet nutrition available through product lines Prescription Diet® and Science Diet®. Veterinarians worldwide recommend and feed their own pets Hill's products more than any other brand of pet food.

Available in approximately 80 countries around the world, our extensive line of products includes more than 60 Prescription Diet brand pet foods and more than 50 Science Diet brand pet foods.

We believe all animals should be loved and cared for during their lifetimes. That is why we are proud our pet foods can make a difference in your pet's life.

A career at Hill’s Pet Nutrition or Colgate-Palmolive is an excellent opportunity if you seek a global experience, constant challenge, and development opportunities in an environment that respects work/life effectiveness.
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Job Title:  Science Plan Brand Manager
Travel Required:  Travel - up to 10% of time
Posting Start Date:  1/20/21
Temporarily Remote

No Relocation Assistance Offered
# 96778 - Surrey, England, United Kingdom

 

Why Work For Hill's Pet Nutrition:

  • The learning & development opportunities: You will refine your commercial mind-set and continue to learn new skills working closely with a cross-functional team giving you exposure to all local market departments.

  • The challenge & variety: You will operate in a fast paced operational environment, directly impacting the day-to-day performance of the business, with personal accountability for your business.

  • The global experience: You will have the opportunity to work with global brands, participate in global strategies with potential to develop your career internationally.

  • The Hill's Pet Nutrition Values: To help enrich and lengthen the special relationships between people and their pets.

 

JOB PURPOSE:

The Science plan Brand Manager is responsible for executing Hill’s go to  market strategy in Pets at Home, our largest retailer.  Working closely with cross functional commercial and Pets at Home marketing teams to ensure our in store and online execution is best in class.   Driving increased engagement and collaboration with Pets at Home is critical in this role by demonstrating category knowledge and shopper insights that will drive both pets at Home category and Hill’s business growth. 

 

The ideal candidate will be highly competent at assessing different data points (both internal and external) and competitive activity and have an ability to translate this learning into developing GTM Plans,  with a high focus on 5Ps and shopper execution to deliver against determined brand and business objectives.  

 

This role is responsible for supporting the Senior Brand Manager in translating Hill’s global brand strategy into local growth plans, working collaboratively in synchronisation together to be the ambassadors for the brand in the UK & IRE.  The ideal candidate is a self starter with a growth mindset, who understands what it takes to effectively execute brand plans in retailers to achieve our growth goals and outperform the competition. You will report to our UK & IRE Science Plan Senior Brand Manager. 

 

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Understand brand & customer priorities in order to build shopper activation plans across both in store and eCom that unlocks mutually beneficial growth 

  • Maximize the use of existing insights in the business to craft plans and demonstrate thought leadership with retail partners 

  • Own the execution of Pets at Home shopper calendar ensuring Hill’s brand is executed in line with global guidelines 

  • Review performance of shopper plans against set KPIs, building on learnings and optimising shopper execution in order  to improve return on investment, return on objectives  and unlock incremental growth

  • Regular monitoring of competitive activity and 5P tracking in Pets at Home to influence plans 

  • Support the Senior Brand manager in setting and implementing Hill’s Science Plan mandated assortment and over all sku simplification processes  

  • Manage the annual shopper budget, working with procurement to achieve competitive costs 

 

KEY COMPETENCIES:

  • Shopper Execution 

  • Category Management 

  • Consumer/Customer Focused

  • Analytical Thinking & Decision Making 

  • Project Management / Planning / Priority Setting

  • Teamwork & Collaboration & Communication 

  • Influence & Negotiation

  • Self-awareness/Personal Impact

 

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

  • Educated to degree level

  • Shopper/Retail marketing experience 

  • Digital marketing experience 

  • Ability to identify local issues & opportunity and articulate & deliver growth plans against these 

  • Excellent analytical skills, able to interpret data across multiple sources 

  • Strong communication and stakeholder engagement

  • Proactive / Self starter 

  • Confident, able to lead and work effectively in a cross functional team


Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

 

Are you interested in working for Hill's Pet Nutrition?

You can apply online and attach all relevant documents such as a cover letter and resume or CV. Applications received by e-mail are not considered in the selection process. Become part of our team. We look forward to your application.

Work that matters, fueled by passion for pets!  At Hill’s we have a purpose.  Every day around the world, we transform the lives of millions of pet families through pioneering innovation, amazing nutrition, and the best and brightest people. Founded more than 75 years ago with an unwavering commitment to pet nutrition, Hills' mission is to help enrich and lengthen the special relationships between people and their pets. 

 

HILL'S® Prescription Diet® therapeutic pet foods, HILL'S® Science Diet® and HILL'S® Ideal Balance™ wellness pet foods are sold worldwide. Hill’s is a division of Colgate-Palmolive, a leading global consumer products company, tightly focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, with sales of products in more than 200 countries.  To learn more about Hill's and Colgate, please visit http://www.hillspet.com and http://www.colgatepalmolive.com, or find us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please contact Application_Accommodation@colpal.com with the subject "Accommodation Request" should you require accommodation.
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