CPG & Retail Collaboration Transformation Manager

dunnhumby is the global leader in Customer Data Science, empowering businesses everywhere to compete and thrive in the modern data-driven economy. We always put the Customer First.

Our mission: to enable businesses to grow and reimagine themselves by becoming advocates and champions for their Customers. With deep heritage and expertise in retail – one of the world’s most competitive markets, with a deluge of multi-dimensional data – dunnhumby today enables businesses all over the world, across industries, to be Customer First.

dunnhumby employs nearly 2,500 experts in offices throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas working for transformative, iconic brands such as Tesco, Coca-Cola, Meijer, Procter & Gamble and Metro.

(This role is initially a 6-month FTC but may be extended / made permanent).

Are you a seasoned CPG expert with a passion for strategic transformation, commercial excellence, and customer-centricity? Ready to make a real impact with one of the world’s leading retailers? At dunnhumby, we’re on the hunt for a CPG & Retail Collaboration Transformation Manager to help drive meaningful value for Tesco UK.

As part of our Transformation team, you’ll bring your deep Consumer Packaged Goods expertise to the table to influence the future of collaborative planning between CPGs and Retailers.

What you’ll do:

• Be ‘the voice of the CPG’ - leveraging your commercial, go to market strategy, and process knowledge to champion and map the critical CPG processes, ways of working, and requirements that will enable a best-in-class collaboration model to achieve the ‘3-win’ for CPGs, Retailers & Customers.
• Draft the CPG’s view of the best-in-class CPG & Retail collaboration model for key joint business planning, range review, and promotion planning processes – turning inefficiencies into opportunities, converting co-planning from manual & offline to agile & data-driven.
• Support strategic Price, Promotion and Ranging workstreams within Tesco’s Transformation programme.
• Identify and scale new commercial opportunities for CPGs and Tesco, based on your proposals.
• Support pre-sales and client development activities alongside our Retail and CPG Client teams.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience in a leading UK FMCG Consumer Goods manufacturer (essential).
• Experience in CPG functions including Commercial, National Accounts / Sales, Revenue Growth Management, Market Strategy & Planning, Sales & Operations Planning, Operational Excellence, in-house strategy consulting (essential).
• Proven detailed knowledge and (in)direct experience with UK grocery processes (ideally Tesco) on joint business planning, promotion nominations, range reviews and (ideally) annual brand planning (essential).
• Experience within retail buying, merchandising or trade planning (in any industry) desired but not essential.
• Strong understanding of Pricing, Promotions and Ranging in both retail and manufacturer settings.
• An understanding of the needs for both retailers and CPGs in a collaborative relationship and an ability to ‘connect the dots’ for mutual benefit.
• Excellent relationship-building skills and a collaborative mindset.

What you can expect from us

We won’t just meet your expectations. We’ll defy them. So you’ll enjoy the comprehensive rewards package you’d expect from a leading technology company. But also, a degree of personal flexibility you might not expect.  Plus, thoughtful perks, like flexible working hours and your birthday off.

You’ll also benefit from an investment in cutting-edge technology that reflects our global ambition. But with a nimble, small-business feel that gives you the freedom to play, experiment and learn.

And we don’t just talk about diversity and inclusion. We live it every day – with thriving networks including dh Gender Equality Network, dh Proud, dh Family, dh One, dh Enabled and dh Thrive as the living proof.  We want everyone to have the opportunity to shine and perform at your best throughout our recruitment process. Please let us know how we can make this process work best for you. 

Our approach to Flexible Working

At dunnhumby, we value and respect difference and are committed to building an inclusive culture by creating an environment where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work.

We believe that you will do your best at work if you have a work / life balance. Some roles lend themselves to flexible options more than others, so if this is important to you please raise this with your recruiter, as we are open to discussing agile working opportunities during the hiring process.

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