Assistant CSP Manager – Nutrition at Unilever

Our brands are trusted everywhere and, by listening to the people who buy them, we’ve grown into one of the world’s most successful consumer goods companies.

Look in your fridge, or on the bathroom shelf, and you’re bound to see one of our well-known brands. We create, market and distribute the products that people choose to feed their families and keep themselves and their homes clean and fresh.

People’s lives are changing fast. As the way we all live and work evolves, our needs and tastes change too. At Unilever we aim to help people in their daily lives. So we keep developing new products, improving tried and tested brands and promoting better, more efficient ways of working.

We have a portfolio of brands that are popular across the country. Popular because of our two key strengths:

Strong roots in local markets and first-hand knowledge of the local culture.
World-class business expertise applied internationally to serve consumers everywhere.
Focusing on performance and productivity, we encourage our people to develop new ideas and put fresh approaches into practice. Hand in hand with this is a strong sense of responsibility to the communities we serve. We don’t only measure success in financial terms; how we achieve results is important too. We work hard to conduct our business with integrity – respecting our employees, our consumers and the environment around us.

Unilever is proudly one of the country’s leading suppliers of fast-moving consumer goods in all our three divisions – Foods, home care and personal care.

Foods
We are the largest seller of packet tea with our Lipton brand leading the Foods and Beverages category.
We are the category leader in margarine in the country with the Blueband brand.
In savoury, our Royco and Knorr brands are household names you can’t ignore.
Home & personal care
We are highly visible in the home care market in the country, which includes cleansing and hygiene products.
Our home care products, Omo and Sunlight are household names synonymous with home care.
Within the personal care market, we are very visible with brands like Lux and Pears to help you look and feel good.Assistant CSP Manager is responsible for driving trade marketing efficiency and effectiveness while continually looking for growth opportunities of the category and channels they are in charge. This role is ideal for someone passionate about shopper marketing, data-driven decision-making, and cross-functional collaboration. If you are passionate about delivering objective, shopper focused plans to consumers then this role is just for you.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

Channel & Category Development

Translate customer & shopper insights into business building opportunities within specific customers/channels.
Build customers/channels specific trade plans to align with total trade category plan and deliver category & brand objectives.

Innovation & Project Coordination

Coordinate customer input during innovation funnel stages.
Trade launch planning and execution, ensuring alignment with customer needs.

Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)

Provide input and assist in preparing CD data for monthly and quarterly S&OP cycles.
Consolidate insights from field teams and CMI to support demand forecasting.

Net Revenue Management (NRM)

Assist in tracking trade investments and promotional effectiveness.
Support analysis of pack and SKU mix to optimize profitability.

Customer & Shopper Execution

Implement channel and shopper blueprints and strategies across traditional, modern, and digital channels.
Monitor execution of 6Ps (Product, Price, Place, Promotion, People, and Performance) in channels

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

2–4 years of experience in Sales, Trade Marketing, or Category Management.
Strong analytical and digital skills.
Basic understanding of shopper marketing and CATMAN principles.

Skills

Experience with project coordination or innovation management.
Exposure to S&OP or demand planning processes.
Deep understanding of working with external partners and collaborating to provide solutions.
Analytical mindset: Comfortable with Excel (PivotTables, VLOOKUP).  
Detail-oriented: Manages multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.  
Agility: Thrives amid frequent strategy pivots.