Trade Marketing Manager

Are you someone who enjoys owning a channel end to end and translating commercial strategy into in market execution? We are partnering with a leading FMCG organisation to support the delivery of channel level performance across the KSA market. This role sits at the intersection of commercial planning and execution, acting as the link between sales, marketing, distributors and key retail partners.

This is a highly visible role that will provide exposure across multiple functions including sales planning, forecasting, customer profitability and channel performance tracking, with the opportunity to influence decision making through data led insights and market intelligence.

• You will be responsible for driving operational planning, analysing channel performance and supporting the execution of promotional and activation plans across key customers.
• Working closely with both internal stakeholders and external partners, you will ensure the successful rollout of commercial initiatives while monitoring sales performance, stock availability and distributor effectiveness across the market.
• You will collaborate across functions to enable in market execution and performance improvements.

• Experience with in multinational FMCG or Retail environments
• Exposure to Trade Marketing, Category Management, Key Account Management or Sales Planning
• Strong analytical skills with experience working with sales or market data
• Experience managing channel partners or distributor relationships
• The ability to support promotion planning, forecasting or commercial execution