Operations

Instore Excellence Manager - Trade Marketing (nairobi Based)

Beiersdorf·Nairobi, kenya·Full Time·Contract
OperationsFull TimeContract
-Closes Oct 16, 2026

Your Tasks

In-Strore Execution Excellence -

  • Owns and continuously evolves the Perfect Store and Retail Execution strategy across all channels and customers.
  • Works with category to define, deploys, and governs execution standards covering availability, visibility, shelving, merchandising, planogram compliance, secondary placements, and POSM execution.
  • Translates commercial priorities into clear execution guidelines for field teams and external agencies to ensure consistent market execution.
  • Leads execution governance through scorecards, compliance tracking, retail audits, and corrective action plans.

POSM and Retail Assessment Management

  • Develops and deploys annual POSM and visibility asset strategies aligned with brand priorities and customer plans.
  • Oversees POSM investment effectiveness, utilization, compliance, and return on investment across all channels.
  • Partners with Procurement and external suppliers to improve POSM quality, innovation, cost efficiency, and deployment effectiveness.
  • Establishes governance processes for asset tracking, maintenance, compliance, and replacement.
  • Monitors the effectiveness of visibility assets and identifies opportunities to improve shopper impact and brand presence.
  • Ensures optimal deployment of POSM investments to maximize visibility, conversion, and market share growth.

Field Force & Agency Performance Management

  • Owns governance and performance management of third-party merchandising agencies and retail execution partners.
  • Develops field execution scorecards, KPIs, and productivity measures to drive superior execution standards.
  • Leads agency business reviews, performance evaluations, capability development, and service-level compliance.
  • Establishes coaching routines, field excellence programs, and execution capability-building initiatives.
  • Drives continuous improvement in field force effectiveness, productivity, and retail execution performance.

Excution Performance Management & Analytics

  • Owns all retail execution KPIs, including Perfect Store metrics, Trax, audit scores, visibility measures, and field productivity indicators.
  • Develops and maintains execution dashboards and scorecards that provide visibility to Sales Leadership and key stakeholders.
  • Tracks execution performance across customers, channels, territories, and agencies against defined targets.
  • Conducts root cause analysis to identify execution gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities.
  • Provides fact-based recommendations and action plans to improve retail execution effectiveness and commercial outcomes.

Campaign & NPD Instore Execution -

  • Leads point-of-sale execution for all commercial campaigns, shopper activations, and promotional initiatives.
  • Ensures flawless execution of innovation launches, seasonal activities.
  • Evaluates campaign and launch performance, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
  • Ensures NPD launches achieve agreed distribution, visibility, merchandising, and execution standards.

Business Planning and Commercial Alignment

  • Leads point-of-sale execution for all commercial campaigns, shopper activations, and promotional initiatives.
  • Ensures flawless execution of innovation launches, seasonal activities, and category-building programs in trade.
  • Collaborates with Marketing and Category teams to convert campaign objectives into actionable execution plans.
  • Monitors campaign compliance, availability, visibility, and activation effectiveness across customers and channels.

Your Profile

Experience

  • Experience in Trade Marketing, Sales Operations, Shopper Marketing, Customer Marketing, or In-store Execution.
  • 3-5 years of hands-on experience managing POS materials, merchandising assets, visibility campaigns, and retail execution programs across multiple channels.
  • Proven experience in planning, forecasting, procurement, warehousing, distribution, and tracking of POS materials.
  • Strong track record of delivering large-scale market activations and ensuring timely deployment of point-of-sale materials across key customers and outlets.
  • Experience working within an FMCG or consumer goods environment with a deep understanding of route-to-market and retail dynamics.
  • Knowledge of POS asset governance, budget management, inventory control, and asset utilization tracking.
  • Understanding of commercial drivers, customer requirements, shopper behavior, and execution metrics that influence brand visibility and sales performance.

Skills

  • Strong planning and execution capabilities, ensuring seamless end-to-end management of POS materials from development and procurement through distribution and in-store deployment.
  • Excellent project management skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple campaigns, timelines, suppliers, and field teams while maintaining quality and budget compliance.
  • Strong analytical mindset, using execution data and field insights to optimize POS material allocation, improve visibility, and maximize return on trade investments.
  • Effective stakeholder management and collaboration skills, building strong partnerships across Sales, Marketing, Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance, and external agencies.
  • High attention to detail and operational discipline, ensuring POS materials are produced, tracked, and implemented accurately across all channels and outlets.
  • Results-oriented with a proactive "can-do" attitude, demonstrating accountability, resilience, and agility in a fast-paced commercial environment.
  • Strong problem-solving capabilities, identifying execution gaps and implementing corrective actions to ensure superior in-store visibility and compliance.
  • Good understanding of retail execution principles, shopper marketing fundamentals, and outlet segmentation to drive impactful point-of-sale activation.

Key skills

BA/BSc/HND

At a glance

Company

Beiersdorf

Location

Nairobi, kenya

Employment

Full Time

Experience

Valid until

October 16, 2026

Created

October 7, 2026