Sr Manager, Trade Governance

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At Nestlé USA, we’re all working towards the same goal – to delight and deliver for our consumers. With a rich portfolio of beloved brands, including DiGiorno, Toll House, and Coffee mate, in 97% of U.S. households, we have a unique opportunity – and responsibility – to be there for every moment in our consumers’ lives.

Joining Nestlé means becoming part of an inclusive workplace that inspires innovation, encourages strategic thinking and creativity, and celebrates your achievements. No matter where you work within the organization, you are empowered to challenge the status quo, embrace risk-taking, and pioneer new ideas. Our supportive and collaborative environment encourages bold ambitions and continuous learning so that everyone can grow and thrive.
This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

This senior Revenue Growth Management (RGM) position on the Central RGM team will support the enterprise RGM, field RGM and field selling teams by driving compliance with Nestlé Next principles and fair and equitable trade practices. This position will play a critical role in ensuring our customer teams are compliant with Nestlé Next principles, defining and establishing fair and equitable trade investment strategies across our customer portfolio and holding our RGM and field teams accountable to these measures.

• Driving compliance with Nestlé Next principles and fair and equitable trade practices.
  • Working with RGM and field selling account teams to drive adherence to Nestlé Next trade principles.
  • Understand the impact investment decisions will have on fair and equitable trade practices within our categories, channels and customers.
  • Continuing to define and evolve future iterations of the Nestlé Next framework
• Working cross-functionally with sales, legal, credit, and supply chain to evolve our processes around deductions, fees and fines.
  • Evolving Nestlé Next reporting and analytics to give visibility to compliance and potential issues.
  • Solving fundamental structural issues with practices that will help to drive resolution with customers on policy vs. policy issues with customers.
  • Educating cross-functional teams and stakeholders on best practices with customers and internal teams to look to improve Nestlé Next compliance.
• Development and distribution of Nestlé Next scorecard metrics to Sales, RGM and division leadership.
• Serving as the technical expert for Nestlé Next principles and fair and equitable trade practices.

In this role you will be expected to:

• Drive visibility and resolution to Nestlé Next compliance issues.
• Drive visibility and adherence to fair and equitable trade practices within our customer management teams.
• Work with legal to continue to define fair and equitable trade practices with customers.
• Own driving a culture of compliance and good partnership between our field selling teams and customers.
• Be a driven self-starter, identifying opportunities and being accountable for the execution of the initiatives
• Escalate compliance risks to RGM and sales leadership.

The Senior Manager role will report to the Director of Enterprise RGM and Trade Governance

• Minimum 8 years of business experience preferred, experience in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry a plus.
• MBA/post graduate education a plus but not required
• Strong track record in analytic or commercial sales/marketing roles required, commercial acumen is key
• Drives confidence and momentum by providing the context and data / insights for others to think, decide and act
• Understanding of one or more of: tool development, syndicated data, promotional effectiveness, sales finance
• Familiarity with multiple data sources e.g.…