Assistant Customer Manager, Foodstuffs

The Assistant Customer Manager & Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) for Foodstuffs is responsible for supporting the Customer Managers in the delivery of specific elements of the Joint Business Plan.

The Assistant Customer Manager will support the Customer Managers in all elements of business processes including forecasting, promotional planning/evaluation, category reviews, analysis, business and market reporting. The Assistant Customer Manager will be the preferred contact for Foodstuffs customer supply and replenishment. The Assistant Customer Manager role will have ownership of the 4SQ account and represent KCNZ with this customer.

**It starts with you right here at KCNZ.**

You may have heard of us, you may not. But you will know our trusted brands, like Huggies, Kleenex and U by Kotex. In fact, you’ve probably used our products recently

Kimberly-Clark is a global personal care company. Spanning over 300 locations, our notable brands are an essential part of life for one-quarter of the world’s population.

We’re proud of our size, scale, and impact. But when you join us, you’ll find there’s much more to who we are. Because a role with us is about the care you take, the connections you make and the opportunity to build a better world.

Bring your big ambition and make a visible, meaningful difference, right here, with KCNZ.

**Responsibilities**:

- Delivery of sales, profit and share targets for the Foodstuffs Customer within allocated categories
- Work with the Customer Managers to prepare for customer meetings. Provision of scan/consumer insights data by agreement with Customer Manager
- Field Engagement including store ranking reports and opportunities, distribution opportunities and field focuses are communicated on time and accurately. Be the first point of contact for Field enquiries
- Ownership of field reporting tools
- PNS spreadsheet, store reports, store JBP reports Timely communication of these tools to the field team
- Attend customer meetings and play an active part in engaging the customer
- With the relevant Marketing Managers, develop GTM plans to execute specific activation events within the customer
- Customer specific projects as allocated
- Provision of clear up to date inputs to business processes, e.g., promotional evaluation, customer business planning, forecasting and business reporting
- Weekly review of in-store promotional activity and pricing and share with the team
- VMI for Foodstuffs with occasional time spent at FS offices
- Working with the supply team to communicate proactively regarding supply issues
- Communicate proactively with customer teams regarding forecast changes/needs

**RELEVANT EXPERIENCE**
- Two-plus years of FMCG sales experience; with ideally some cross-functional experience (eg Category/Marketing)
- Relevant tertiary qualifications
- Experience working with
- Understanding of Supply Chain networks

**Why Kimberly-Clark NZ?**

At Kimberly-Clark, we’re about delivering incredible results, making things happen, and working together. And when we get that right, we win.

There's a reason why we've made the Forbes World's Best Employers list in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Here, our culture of care and inclusion really matters, and so does high performance. We continue to push ourselves to improve. Because we’re proud of how far we’ve come. And we’re excited about where we’re headed.

Here’s what you’ll love about a career with us:

- ** Drive local impact on a global scale**: A career with Kimberly-Clark is about delivering _Better Care for a Better World_. We do this through local care and connection. Join us and you’ll find over 800 dedicated team members helping to deliver our brands to over 2.1 billion people in 175 countries. And counting. Now THAT is impact at scale
- ** Win in a culture of inclusion and care**: We’re all different and so is every K-C ANZ team. But you’ll soon find the common ground that keeps our high-performing teams connected. You’ll see that here, it’s not politics and egos that propel you forward; it’s integrity and trust
- ** Be bold and own your incredible career opportunity**: You don’t have to move abroad to build a global career, but here, you have the choice if you want to At K-C ANZ, you’ll find opportunity for the taking. You won’t get lost in the noise and you’ll thrive and grow professionally and personally.

You’ll also enjoy a range of other benefits including:

- Find a better work/life balance with hybrid and flexible working options, tailored to suit your lifestyle plus Flex Fridays
- Access 16 weeks of paid parental leave for primary carers and 6 weeks for secondary carers
- Take advantage of 2 recharge days and 1 volunteer day each year
- Enjoy discounts across the range of Kimberly-Clark products
- Benefit from a variety of discounted products and services including health insurance, loan rates and novated leasing
- Purchase up to 2 weeks extra annual leave
- Look after your social, physical and mental wellbeing with