Associate Business Development Manager

Job description

Associate Business Development Manager

As the Associate Business Development Manager (ABDM) you will play a key role in driving growth opportunities, influencing sound financial decisions, and solving business issues. The focus of the position is to serve as key support for the Walmart Customer Team and key stakeholders within Unilever.

You will report directly to the Business Development Manager and will work closely with Customer Business Managers, Sales Analysts, and Demand Planners to achieve our goals. This role is vital to the success of our Walmart business and will help ensure our strategic/financial heath as a Sector.

Key Responsibilities:
· Maximize ROI of investment activities through detailed analysis to improve sales, trade spend, product mix, efficiency, etc.
· Support fully integrated business planning process for customer team such as Joint Business Plan and internal planning requirements
· Engineer new capabilities that assess different business models in order to maximize customer and retailer profitability and value creation
· Work with Customer Business Managers to develop and execute programs consistent with brand strategy and customer Joint Business Planning.
· Drive forecast integrity/accuracy through understanding of business drivers and macro/micro economic trends and insights.
· Support Sector efforts and recommendations for all Go-To-Market, business planning, and business systems excellence initiatives and governance.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance/Business/Marketing required, MBA preferred.

Experience
· 3-5 years of related customer business experience including proven success in an analytical role in which you added value to the organization
· Deep understanding of the P&L, retail math, analytics, financial/strategic modeling, forecasting, etc
· Strong organizational and communication skills with the ability to multi-task & prioritize.
· Problem Solving, possess solid judgment, and decision making ability, and can deal with ambiguity.
· In depth knowledge of excel, retail link, tableau, SAP, essbase, SASS, Nielsen

Unilever offers a competitive compensation package which includes: Medical & Dental Plans, Life Insurance, including eligible spouses, domestic partners & children; Health Care Flexible Spending, Dependent Care, Retirement & Savings Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Vacation and Holidays.

Please note: as part of the job application, you will be asked to complete pre-screening questions. Completion of the pre-screening questions are mandatory in order to be considered. Please allow yourself plenty of time to complete both the application and pre-screening questions. If the pre-screening questions are partially answered or not at all, it will adversely affect the progress of your application. Please be aware that you will have to complete the pre-screening questions at once as you will be unable to return to it later.

Unilever is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities.

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Employment is subject to verification of pre-employment drug-screening results and background investigation.