SCA is a leading global hygiene and forest products company. The Group develops and produces sustainable personal care, tissue and forest products. Sales are conducted in over 100 countries under many strong brands, including the leading global brands TENA and Tork, and regional brands such as Bodyform, Cushelle, Velvet, Plenty, Lotus, Tempo and Vinda. As Europe’s largest private forest owner, SCA places considerable emphasis on sustainable forest management. The Group has about 44,000 employees. Sales in 2014 amounted to approximately SEK 104bn (EUR 11.4bn). SCA was founded in 1929, has its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, and is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. For more information, visit www.sca.com.

We are looking to recruit an experienced Shopper Marketing Manager for an initial 12 month contract, who will work within our customer marketing team. The position will be responsible for creating and delivering best in class shopper activation aligned with the needs of our customers and our brands/categories.

Main Tasks

• Work with internal and external parties to create innovative targeted and relevant shopper campaigns on our brand portfolio, aligned with retailer dynamics and available budgets
• Develop and implement 12-18 month tailored retailer activation plans with excellence to meet short, medium, and long term objectives
• Facilitate the interface between the Marketing and Sales team to ensure activities/plans are communicated in a timely, consistent and appropriate manner
• Drive the shopper agenda, ensuring there is early consideration within the business decision making  process
• Work with the insight team to deliver ownable and actionable shopper insights
• Develop a strong network of contacts with key retailers in order to become the first point of contact for Shopper Marketing activities
• Represent the Trade Marketing team within key business unit meetings and projects
• Budget accountability for allocated trade marketing spend
• Ensure that all activities deliver acceptable return on investment. 

Experience and qualification requirements

• Degree education or equivalent with 2-3 years marketing experience
• Thorough understanding of UK retail landscape with a working understanding of brand marketing. 
• Experience of developing and implementing retailer shopper marketing plans. 
• Excellent communication skills
• Commercially focused individual
• Positive and pro-active approach to problem solving. 
• Able to work under own initiative.
• Excellent presentation skills at all levels and have the ability to interpret and present information in a variety of ways.