Trade Marketing Manager - Confectionery
Nestle · Johannesburg, Gauteng
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Start free — we apply for you →- We're looking for a Commercial Development Team CDT Executive to support the CDT Manager in driving the Category and Channel agenda. The role focuses on delivering long-term category growth, increasing market share profitably, and translating shopper, customer and channel insights into actionable commercial plans.
A day in the life of a CDT Executive - Confectionery
- Commercial strategy and planning: Support the CDT Manager in developing and aligning category, brand, channel, shopper and customer plans through the commercial planning process.
- Category growth: Identify growth opportunities using shopper data, customer needs and consumer demand insights, and help build compelling category growth stories.
- Insights and shopper understanding: Gather, interpret and translate shopper, consumer, customer and channel insights into actionable plans that support category and customer strategies.
- Omni-channel execution: Understand physical and digital channel dynamics, define the Picture of Success by category and channel, and support implementation and continuous optimisation.
- Profitable sales growth: Support pricing, promotion, pack-price architecture, trade investment and mix management initiatives to improve customer margin and return on investment.
- Availability and visibility: Drive consistent shopper messaging and track execution of Picture of Success across channels, partnering cross-functionally to improve in-store and digital execution.
- Customer engagement: Support customer teams with actionable insights and compelling category stories that build trust, satisfaction and mutual growth.
What will make you successful
- Bachelors degree in Marketing/ Supply Chain or any relevant BCom degree
- 4-5 years' commercial experience with previous experience in Marketing & Sales
- Cross functional teamwork experience.
- Strong analytical skills
- Excellent planning, organising and presentation skills
- Strong executional focus and category management
Deadline:19th August,2026