ekattera Tea Egypt- Arabia GTM Project manager – (1 year Temp contract)

Title : Arabia GTM Project manager - (‎1 year Temp contract)
Company Profile:
ekaterra is the biggest Tea Company in world today, with outstanding, purpose
driven brands such as Lipton, PG tips and Pukka. ekaterra was created as a
standalone "corporate startup" in ‎2021 when Unilever decided to separate the
Tea business to ensure it can best achieve its potential. Following that
announcement, in Nov ‎2021 ekaterra's sale to private equity firm CVC was
announced.
ekaterra's Tea brands, geographies and Tea estates generate revenues in excess
of €‎2 billion - the company is growing and profitable with proven potential
both pre- and post-COVID-‎19. As a standalone entity, ekaterra remains number
one in the world and is even better positioned to lead the industry and take
full advantage of the opportunities in the category, with more focus and
entrepreneurship driving greater growth and value.
ekaterra's Mission is to Grow a World of Wellbeing….. growth for everyone is
at the core of our business. We want to grow a better world of wellbeing
through the regenerative power of plants, for our consumers, farming
communities, employees and shareholders. We are also environmentally conscious
and are committed to giving back to the planet. Read more on our website:
https://ekaterratea.com/
As we transition into a proper corporate startup, we are seeking employees
with a passion for exciting entrepreneurial experiences; who respond to
dynamic, ever-changing challenges with agility and ownership and who want to
pursue unique career opportunities and play a part in building the bright
future of this plant-based company.
Job Scope:
ekaterra tea business is under separation from Unilever. The person of this
role will assist in coordinating and follow up the GTM separation activities,
TSA (Temporary Service Agreement) exits, cross workstream and/or cross region
interdependencies, contributing to build up the new way of working.
You will play an integral role on the Arabia's Project Blossom Team of setting
up the future Go-To-Market organization. Reporting into GTM (Go To Market)
Sales Lead, you will be responsible for coordinating the Arabia Countries
vendor set up process for ekaterra by ensuring the sales teams have the
information they require to complete the vendor packages and tracking the
progress. In addition, you will assist in the setup and implementation of the
new TPM system which will involve (but is not limited to) data validation,
training, and communication.
Roles & Responsibilities
* Coordinate vendor set up process with the Arabia account Retail and Out-Of-Home (OOH) teams.
* Ensure all relevant information is consolidated and available to the sales teams to complete customer vendor packages.
* Tracking and reporting on the vendor set up/EDI progress back to the Project Blossom team
* Work closely with the GTM (Go To Market) Lead in Arabia as well as the central Go To Market systems team to gather and prepare data as needed for the interim and end state TPM (Trade Promotions Management) systems
* Assist GTM Lead on rolling out end state sales process training for the account teams
* Provide Project Blossom Country Leads and Project Blossom Regional Project Manager with project status reporting for the Go to Market (GTM) workstream.
* Ensure all GTM activities related to Project Blossom are on track, raising project issues, risks, conflicts to the GTM Lead.
Role requirements:
* Bachelor's degree in relevant studies
* ‎5 -‎7 years years of Sales/Customer Development experience in FMCG or relevant industries
* Experience in General Trade Markets in the Gulf Area
* Experience in setting up GTM strategy
* Customer and sales account management experience
* Trade Marketing or Customer Strategy experience an advantage
* Experience in project management and coordination
* Track record of successful project results
* Strong communication and collaboration skills
* Ability to perform in an environment of ambiguity and influence decisions
* Ability to navigate and rally resources across a matrix structure
* Analytical thinking, creative problem solving ability
* Time consciousness, diligence, flexibility and interest to accept more responsibility, able to take initiative and give proper decisions timely
Stakeholder Management and key interfaces
* This role is a one - year contract
* To be fully authorized/empowered about its work and responsibilities
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