As a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, you will champion brand, category and shopper excellence, ensuring delivery of best-in-class strategies that connect with consumers and deliver sustainable commercial success. You will hold full P&L responsibility and act as a senior client lead, building trusted partnerships with some of Ireland’s most recognisable brands.
This role is ideal for a forward-thinking FMCG leader who combines strategic vision, data-driven decision making and strong stakeholder management with a passion for innovation and team development.
Key ResponsibilitiesLeadership & Strategy- Lead the client management function with full P&L ownership across your portfolio
- Act as a senior strategic partner to key clients, building long-term, collaborative relationships
- Provide expert guidance on brand strategy, category management and commercial planning
- Inspire, coach and develop high-performing teams to deliver exceptional results
- Oversee end-to-end development and execution of brand growth strategies
- Lead annual planning cycles, ensuring robust and commercially optimised plans
- Evaluate and refine brand plans to drive incremental growth and ROI
- Monitor external trends and the macro environment to future-proof brand strategies
- Drive best-in-class brand activation grounded in shopper and consumer insight
- Oversee agency partnerships, ensuring quality, performance and cost efficiency
- Use data and performance metrics to optimise campaigns and respond to market shifts
- Embed a culture of continuous improvement and innovation
- Partner with Customer Controllers and National Account teams to deliver customer plans
- Support key customer meetings and strategic initiatives
- Ensure service excellence and delivery against client expectations and SLAs
- Identify new opportunities across markets, categories and channels
- Contribute to business growth strategy alongside the Executive Team
- Lead client tenders and proposal development
- Expand brand reach through innovative go-to-market approaches
- Champion talent development, performance management and succession planning
- Create an inclusive, collaborative and high-performance culture
- Lead recruitment and capability building within your function
- Significant senior leadership experience in FMCG, CPG, brand, marketing or commercial functions
- Proven track record of delivering high-impact brand strategies and growth plans
- Experience managing P&L, forecasting, budgeting and commercial negotiations
- Strong understanding of the Irish grocery and pharmacy retail landscape
- Experience working with or within a distributor model is advantageous
- Demonstrated success in leading, coaching and scaling teams
- Expertise in brand strategy, category management, shopper insight and go-to-market planning
- Strong commercial acumen including ROI analysis, sales modelling and margin management
- Advanced stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
- Confident presentation and communication skills
- Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint for analysis and storytelling
- Awareness of economic, market and industry dynamics impacting FMCG
- Degree-level qualification in business or a related discipline is beneficial, but not essential
- Car Allowance
- Bonus Scheme
- Enhanced Pension Scheme
- Health Insurance
- Life Assurance
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Skills Required
- Significant senior leadership experience in FMCG, CPG, brand, marketing or commercial functions
- Proven track record of delivering high-impact brand strategies and growth plans
- Experience managing P & L, forecasting, budgeting and commercial negotiations
- Strong understanding of the Irish grocery and pharmacy retail landscape
- Demonstrated success in leading, coaching and scaling teams
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IQVIA (NYSE:IQV) is a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions, and clinical research services to the life sciences industry. IQVIA creates intelligent connections across all aspects of healthcare through its analytics, transformative technology, big data resources and extensive domain expertise. IQVIA Connected Intelligence™ delivers powerful insights with speed and agility — enabling customers to accelerate the clinical development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments that improve healthcare outcomes for patients. With approximately 70,000 employees, IQVIA conducts operations in more than 100 countries. To learn more, visit www.iqvia.com.
