Location: Fairland, South Africa
Overview
About the role:
As a Category Specialist, you will be working directly with Associate Customer Marketing Manager, to The purpose of this role is to rotate within the marketing and sales department to gain enough experience to be absorbed within the company.
If youre looking for an exciting opportunity to for your career in Sales in SC Johnson this is the right position for you!
Responsibilities
- In this position you will have hands on experience working within our sales team. You will have exposure to the following key areas; Business Analytics, Executing Promotional Strategy, Retailer NPD process and General Account Management.
- Supporting Promotional Strategy both internally and externally from forecasting to retailer promotional forms.
- Working closely with Marketing and Category Management to recommend new ranges to the retailer and submit the retailer forms in the New Line process.
- Gathering, interpreting, and sharing insights on promotional activity and NPD listed within the accounts.
- Collating and preparing data, presentations, materials needed for meetings with Buyers and Top-2-Top meetings.
- Working alongside customer marketing in the organization and preparation of brand days.
- Supporting the account manager within the internal planning process with forecasting, financial promotional planning, and financial accrual process.
- Graduate degree in BCom Accounting + Hons
- Min. 1 year work experience (preferably within FMCG industry)
- Fluent in English
- Advanced computer skills (Excel, PowerPoint)
- Adaptability
- Values others, and cultures
- Self-starter and acts with integrity
SC Johnson is a fifth-generation family company built on a spirit of adventure and winning the right way. We have been leading with purpose for over 130 years, building top brands such as Raid, Glade, Kiwi, OFF!, Windex, Ziploc and more, in virtually every country. Through these household names, we are making a positive difference to the world around us. But we only succeed with the combined vitality and strength of our 13, 000 people who we truly value and support in their pursuit of individual and shared goals.