Junior Product Manager (Stationery)

As a Junior Product Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Marketing analytics
• Market data (GFK/Nielsen): analyzing trends of BIC & competition and providing insights for further actions
• Internal data: sell-in, sell-out, profitability of BIC products
• Competition: media & BTL activities monitoring, price monitoring, store checks
• Marketing planning for the designated product segment
• Marketing plans preparation (under line manager supervision), translating market data & company priorities into actions:
• Product strategy recommendations & product launches
• Price strategy
• National promotional priorities & activations
• Marketing plan presentation to the Sales team & top management
• Product launches & assortment management
• Constant assortment follow-up & optimization: Volume, Value, Profit, Revenue KPIs
• Product launches preparation: 4P strategy upon the local market data insights & priorities:
• Choice of the global products suitable for the local market
• Pricing & Promo strategy decision & Product PnL calculation
• Selling story preparation & presentation to the sales team
• Product samples reception & Certification process leading (together with Supply Chain department)
• Customer meetings participation & product presentation if necessary
• Product training preparation, update & presentation for internal and external Sales force
• Brand activations
• ATL & BTL support plan preparation & execution:
• Agency brief preparation
• Agency briefing, debriefing
• Planning & execution control
• Results analysis & optimization
• Organization of the brand participation in trade fairs and exhibitions

Qualifications

• University degree
• 1-3 years of experience in commercial department in FMCG: marketing / trade marketing / category management/ product management / brand management
• Level of English: Upper-Intermediate +
• MS Excel and Power Point proficiency
• Analytical thinking, ability to work with big amounts of data
• Business-driven mindset
• Drive for result, hands-on approach
• Aspiration to see the result of marketing action translated into business KPIs (sales results)

Conditions:

• Opportunity to work with key BIC categories
• Full process ownership: ability to impact business results and drive business decisions
• Regular communication with European offices; visibility on an international level
• Friendly and supportive environment, team of professionals
• Benefit package including life, medical and cancer risk insurance, partial sport compensation etc
• Remote working from home office 2-3 days per week, 2 days from BIC office
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