Head of Commercial Strategy and Planning

2 weeks ago

Bryanston, South Africa Danone Full time
About the job

The Sales Strategy & Planning Manager is responsible for driving the Commercial Strategy, policy and business development, monitoring and enforcement of the Strategy and action plan execution within the department.

This role defines and activates business development opportunities, manages and improves organisation profitability, creates and sustains the company brands' competitive edge, drives operation efficiency, manages the route to market strategy and effectively manage pricing and promotions by brand and format.


KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
10.1. Strategy and Planning

  • Develop the department's strategy, structures, and KPI's, and cascade them to the team
  • Continuously provide direction to the team
  • Take accountability for the quality of the technology and processes within the department, and implement changes and best practice as required
  • Drive change and lead the implementation of best practice
  • Manage and monitor adherence to best practice and performance
  • Understand and define areas for improvements within the department
  • Review the weekly KPI reports, comparing with other CBU's, and define and follow up improvement action plans (internal/external)
  • Compare KPI's with other SA FMCG companies and lead improvement
  • Analyse/present retail audit data and identify key opportunities per Channel, Key Account, per region, per brand, and recommend actions and next steps with focus on 4 Ps
  • Lead the marketing interface and communicate information to the team that could effectively improve brands performance
  • Support the monthly forecasting process (demand planning, S&OP, spend)
  • Lead, with Marketing involvement, to create an effective and proactive promotion strategy and agenda
  • Support KAM in tailoring and initiating trade promotions that deliver high share of stocks and accelerate push
  • Study and recommend sales incentives that best fit and motivate team against company priorities and KPI's
  • Develop actions to sustain a motivated sales force
10.2. Finance and Budgeting

  • Manage the Sales Development calendar and budget, and recommend spending priorities
  • Identify and improve profitability by channel
  • Monitor channel contribution and highlight key elements to improve it
  • Lead the pricing strategy (Including price increases, reset) and implementation by channel
  • Provide input into the budget setting process, and take overall accountability for working within budget
  • Oversee the daytoday management the department's budget
  • Give feedback against the budget tracker
10.3. Trade Marketing

  • Understand and monitor trade dynamics evolution, and communicate trade structure changes that could affect company route to market strategy
  • Define Key Channels under company coverage and identify parameters and Route to Market
  • Identify Brand/Category KPI channel and how it can be achieved
  • Identify the service package per channel
10.4. Category Management

  • Develop with marketing, a category vision with consumer, shopper action plan in order to drive PCC
  • Enforce implementation of the vision internally and externally
  • Develop and maintain best in class shopper to maximize shopper preferences during the "path to purchase", and drive the top line team to become Shopper 1st Choice
  • Develop and implement merchandising and instore activity strategy
  • The ambassador of the "1 yoghurt a Day" category vision to Modern Trade and contribute to gain category captainship
10.5. Field Sales Execution

  • Define the trading calendar requirements down to FSEM/Merchandiser level
  • Ensure organization performance efficiency is in line with Global and local standards
  • Recommend, manage and leverage tools that improve performance and reduce cost
  • Import and implement best practice tools from Dan Sales, Direct contact with other CBU's
10.6. Market and Product Development

  • Lead brands action plan within overall Top Line growth plan
  • Create effective tools that support new launches and existent brands growth
  • Define brand strategies per channel to create end endure push
  • Create programs that build and sustain trade loyalty and satisfaction
  • Identify POS strategy per channel and monitor implementation
  • Manage communication (To sales Force) and Trade effectively and simply
  • Monitor brand awareness life time, and create sustainable communication to make company brands perceived profitable and attractive to the trade
  • Optimise availability of product to meet customer needs
  • Review category and department performance on an ongoing basis
  • Influence all replenishment and forecasting processes and system requirements
  • Product and category reviews
  • Conduct competitive marketing research projects
  • Analyze competitive strategies through analysis of product, solution, services, customer, channel etc
10.7. Integration

  • Lead and manage a team of planners to achieve the maximum possible on shelf availability of product across the portfolio
  • Provide guidance and support to

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