Customer Marketing Specialist Wholesale / Cash&Carry

Customer Marketing Specialist Wholesale / Cash&Carry

Location: Hamburg

Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our purpose - Celebrating life, every day, everywhere - has a meaningful role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we build shared value!

The company's strong local business units are well-positioned to win in increasingly competitive and fast-paced environments. Diageo's portfolio is well diversified across price-tiers, enabling it to participate where consumer opportunity is greatest and to capture shifts in consumer preference. At Diageo, employees are passionate about its customers and consumers and want to be the best. They give each other the freedom to succeed and value each other.

About the Role

Diageo invests significantly in direct to consumer brand building, but we have to work collaboratively with our customers to influence the point of purchase activations as this is where the vast majority of our A&P investment sits. You will work closely with our customer team to understand the needs of shoppers and customers and then collaborate with the shopper marketing team to create the programmes and tools that guarantee outstanding execution of our brands.

In this position you will sit right at the heart of business, supporting and working as business partner with our sales teams to ensure they have all the insights, growth drivers, and tools they need to deliver brilliant execution of Diageo's commercial plan. We aim to shift consumer & shopper behavior to achieve Diageo's financial and market share ambition.

In this team, we work with field, national, and wholesale commercial teams and alongside the Shopper Marketing and Brand teams to deliver best in class activation.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Building rolling 360-degree activation plans for our Wholesale and Cash & Carry customers with a balance of portfolio and key brand focus
• Managing the implementation of all activations for your brands
• Developing and implementing outstanding shopper marketing activities
• Taking care of the perfect delivery of all assets and tools to convey great activation
• Partnering with activation agencies and internal stakeholders to develop great shopper marketing concepts
• Planning, executing, and evaluating trade marketing initiatives, considering commercial frameworks and relevant KPIs
• Handling the budget for point of purchase activation efficiently

• 2-3 years experience in a Sales or Marketing function
• Ideally, professional experience in the cash & carry and wholesale sector
• Project management experience
• Time management and prioritization skills
• Commercial and numerical savvy with attention to detail
• Existing capability to build relationships and work collaboratively with internal and external partners
• Problem solver and teammate who can take care of ambiguity and adapt quickly
• German & English: fluently spoken and written

• An inclusive company culture that puts employees and their development first
• 30 days of vacation
• A competitive salary with bonus and many benefits that suit your lifestyle
• An industry leading parental leave policy
• ...and of course, THE best colleagues!