Category/Shopper Marketing Specialist

Company Description

JDE Peet’s is the world's leading pure-play coffee and tea company, serving approximately 4,200 cups of coffee or tea per second, and is headquartered in the Netherlands. For more than 265 years, we’ve been inspired by the belief that it’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee. We unleash the possibilities of coffee and tea in more than 100 countries with a portfolio of over 50 brands including Kiwi favourites such as Moccona, L’OR, Hummingbird, Bell Tea, Jed’s, Ti Ora and more. In 2023, JDE Peet’s generated total sales of close to 15 billion NZD and employed a global workforce of more than 20,000 employees.

We offer our people a range of learning and development programs to support their personal growth and we believe that a diverse and inclusive culture enables us to serve every coffee and tea lover in the best possible way.

Find out more at https://careers-nz.jacobsdouweegberts.com/

Job Description

As our Tea Category and Shopper Marketing Specialist, you will support the Tea Category Manager in building and executing our shopper and category plans. In this role you will lead the development of all tea shopper activations collaborating with all key stakeholders to ensure excellent execution, driving growth across our key customers.

You will lead our online excellence program and develop, maintain and optimise category business reporting whilst delivering insights to support the development of the tea category and our portfolio.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Continual evaluation and communication of market trends and JDE tea performance to key stakeholders
• Supporting with innovation projects
• Delivering insights and tools to help the business optimize our sales fundamentals
• Budget management
• End to end management of tea shopper activation projects

Qualifications

To be the best Category/Shopper Marketing Specialist, we’re looking for someone who has the following skills and experience:

• Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field
• Prior experience in FMCG or a similar role is advantageous 
• Adobe Photoshop, Indesign and Illustrator experience is required 
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines
• Continuous improvement mindset with strong communication skills
• Valid unrestricted work visa

Additional Information

Perks

• Competitive salary and discretionary bonus opportunity
• Enjoy half a day off on your birthday.
• Summertime hours – 3pm finish on a Friday
• Medical Insurance for you and your family.
• Income Protection and Life Insurance.
• Learning and development programs to support personal growth.
• Quarterly free staff boxes including a range of our coffee and tea brands, and access to discounted staff purchases.

Please grab a cuppa, brush up your CV and apply now (it's really easy, we promise). If you have any questions you'd like to ask before applying, feel free to send an e-mail to NZ Talent ([email protected]). Short cover letters (in the Message section) outlining your motivation to join JDE Peet’s in this role are greatly appreciated.

Note: no applications are handled via e-mail.

We are not an accredited employer therefore cannot assist with work visas and currently only accepting applications of candidates who have already obtained legal rights to work in NZ without restrictions.