End Date: November 18, 2026
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Team Planning and Deployment
- Translate the approved inspection plan and analytical risk leads into team schedules and field assignments.
- Allocate inspectors according to risk, geography, channel and workload.
- Monitor progress, productivity, coverage and completion against the team plan.
- Lead and participate in outlet, wholesaler, distributor and key account inspections.
- Ensure consistent validation of execution standards, discounts, promotions, pricing, customer agreements and commercial assets.
- Provide on-site guidance for complex, sensitive or high-risk inspections.
Evidence and Report Quality
- Review inspection evidence, calculations and draft findings before submission.
- Ensure that findings are factual, complete, defensible and linked to financial or control exposure.
- Calibrate inspection practices across team members and address quality gaps promptly.
Escalation and Corrective Action
- Escalate material control breaches, suspected misconduct and significant leakage promptly.
- Engage business owners to clarify facts without compromising inspection independence.
- Support recovery, remediation and consequence management with reliable evidence.
People and Capability Leadership
- Set clear expectations, coach inspectors and provide practical field training.
- Promote integrity, safety, discipline and constructive stakeholder engagement.
- Identify recurring capability gaps and recommend training or process improvements.
Key Competencies and Attributes:
- FMCG field operations, route-to-market and trade execution.
- Inspection planning, sampling, evidence review and issue validation.
- Pricing, discounting, promotional and customer investment controls.
- Excel-based analysis, report writing and action tracking.
- Coaching, workload management and field problem solving.
- High integrity and independence.
- Hands-on leadership and an owner's mindset.
- Courage to challenge non-compliance constructively.
- Resilience, sound judgement and disciplined follow-through.
- Strong communication with frontline and senior stakeholders.
- Commitment to confidentiality, objective evidence and consistent application of company standards.
- Ability to work across functions and maintain appropriate independence from audited activities.
- Willingness and ability to travel frequently across assigned territories.
- Valid driver's license where required for field travel.
- Ability to manage a mobile team and work outside standard office environments.
- Bachelor's degree or diploma in Finance, Auditing, Business, Sales, Commercial Management or a related discipline.
- Five or more years of experience in FMCG sales, field inspection, commercial finance, audit, compliance or route-to-market operations.
- Prior team leadership or supervisory experience is required.
- Practical experience with trade execution, customer discounting or commercial investment controls.