Customer Business Manager

We Offer:

• Great development opportunities
• Hybrid working
• An additional 5 wellness days per year
• Health and Wellbeing benefits and program
• On-site parking
• Bonus

About Haleon

Hi. We’re Haleon. A world-leading consumer healthcare company with exceptional category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Centrum, Panadol, Otrivin. We have a clear purpose: to deliver better everyday health with humanity. For billions of people around the globe.

As a Customer Business Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving the commercial success. The position will partner with key customers across Independent Grocery and Alternate Channels by developing business strategies. We are looking for a leader who will guide, coach and manage a team of 9 and can balance operational, analytical, and interpersonal skills to achieve our shared goals.

Your day to day:

• Provide leadership for their specific account, demonstrating an ability to unlock value and collaborating internally to deliver.
• Drive revenue and operating income for specified accounts within their budget limitations.
• Monitor and optimise trade spend investment to ensure both Haleon and the account maximise the return
• Plan and directly manages the activities for the customer. Coordinate all category reviews for core brands, and complete business reviews with the customer as required.
• Maximise Haleon's range and distribution, ranging new products as per launch plans and delivering sales in line with forecast bias expectations.
• Execute promotional plans in line with category strategy
• Develop a deep understanding of the key drivers that underpin their account’s joint business plan, ensuring that it is delivered.
• Achieve Total Net Sales Target for your customer.
• Manage Trade spend for your customer within budget.
• Develop growth initiatives to incorporate into JBP and execute these.
• Lead the execution of all plans across accounts to ensure execution consistency.
• Monthly field visits in each state/territory with TM's when in their state/territory.

You are:

• Commercially savvy, with experience in commercial positions- sales, category, business management
• Can demonstrate exceptional leadership by guiding and coaching direct reports to achieve their full potential, fostering a culture of continuous growth and collaboration
• Proven experience in strategic business planning, preferably within the retail or consumer goods industry.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and make informed decisions.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate at all levels.
• Proficiency in digital tools and platforms, with a forward-thinking approach to technology and innovation
• Experienced in sales within consumer goods

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 

At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone.

We’re striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives.

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are. To be eligible to apply, you must have Australian work rights.

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At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone. We're striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.
As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information and we will treat your information confidentially.
Haleon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Accommodation Requests

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