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**Customer Strategy Manager (Oakville)****Who We Are**Essity is a global leader in health and hygiene with our corporate headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, and North American headquarters in Philadelphia, PA. We are a multi-billion-dollar company that is committed to breaking barriers to well-being. Essity does this through innovative brands in the areas of Professional Hygiene, Consumer Goods, and Health & Medical Solutions.Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being. At Essity you will find a caring and compassionate culture where we remain grounded in our beliefs & behaviors.**About the Role**Essity Personal Care has expanded its presence in Canada through the acquisition of Edgewell Personal Cares North American feminine care business. We have added 4 iconic brands to our portfolio: Carefree, Stayfree, Playtex Sport and o.b. We are looking for talented team members to join us and support accelerating growth of these well-known brands alongside TENA(R), the #1 Incontinence Brand in Canada.Essity is looking for an experienced **Customer Strategy Manager** with a passion for transforming insights into strategy and go to market excellence**.** The successful candidate will be responsible for developing & executing channel specific go to market strategies, integrating brand and customer priorities, to unlock growth. They will represent the Voice of the Customer internally through the business planning cycle, partnering closely with customer and marketing teams while optimizing price and promotional strategies that drive profitable market share growth. Cross-functional collaboration and partnership is vital to success in this role, as well as a solid understanding of the dynamic retail environment, including opportunities and challenges faced in retail execution excellence. We are looking for a candidate with innovative ideas and a proven ability to test and learn.**This is a hybrid position. The ideal candidate should live in the Greater Toronto area with ability to travel to Essitys office in Oakville 3 days a week.**We're looking for people who embody our values, aren't afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We're always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we'd love to talk. **What You Will Do*** Thought Leadership: Develops Joint Business Plan Category Growth Strategies & Execution Excellence Playbook* Represents the voice of customer in end-to-end business planning cycle* Develops and maintains Trade Fundamentals: Price & Promotional Strategies, Channel Assortment and Item Level Prioritization* Marketplace price & promotion performance tracking insights, developing recommendations based on findings.* SKU transition execution excellence, requiring cross-functional collaboration and careful communication* Key contributor to customer trade investment distribution & target setting* Represents the voice of customer in new product innovation & renovation strategies > Pack Count Architecture, Retail Pricing, Channel Assortment and Distribution* Represents customer input into monthly demand planning conversations**Who You Are*** Post-secondary degree required* 5-10 years relevant professional experience, ideally in Consumer-Packaged Goods* Previous Customer Strategy, Key Account Management and/or Category Development experience required* Strong collaboration and partnership skills and the ability to navigate a matrixed environment to deliver results* Strategic thinker with good understanding of the Canadian retail landscape* Excellent presentation skills with ability to make the complex simple, translating data into powerful insights* Knowledge of Nielsen, Numerator**What We Can Offer You**At Essity, we believe every career is as unique as the individual and empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.**Compensation and Benefits**Competitive annual salary + annual bonus + benefitsPay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors such as knowledge, skills, and experience.Collaborative and Caring Culture | Empowerment & Engaged People | Work with Impact and A Powerful Purpose | Individual Learning & Career Growth | Health & Safety Priority | Sustainable Value Together| Innovation| Sustainable Working Life | Competitive Total Rewards## ## Application End Date:## ## Job Requisition ID:Essity260196Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company. Our expertise began with the acquisition of the Swedish company Mlnlycke in 1975, through which our roots stretch back to 1849. Today, our sustainable innovations from globally trusted brands, designed for everybody and every body, care for the well-being of 1 billion people in 150 countries every day.Working at Essity is not just a career but a chance to make the world healthier, safer, and more hygienic. We innovate for good to break barriers and contribute to shaping a healthier future. At Essity, we have a people-first approach where every career is as unique as the individual. We empower employees to excel together and reach their full potential through a winning culture driven by a powerful purpose. Our performance-orientated environment motivates employees to think differently and embrace challenges so we can continue improving lives, every day through better hygiene and health. We provide a sustainable work-life based on flexibility for both employees and employers. We are committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in everything we do. It is the key to our success in creating an inclusive, collaborative, and caring company culture where you can be you with us. Our purpose of Breaking Barriers to Well-being, enables customers and consumers to lead fuller lives at all stages of life.Our leading global brands include TENA and Tork, and other strong brands such as Actimove, Cutimed, JOBST, Knix, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Modibodi, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, TOM Organic and Zewa are sold in 150 countries. I In 2024, Essity had net sales of approximately SEK 146bn (EUR 13bn) and employed 36,000 people. We are headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden and Essity is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. If you want to join a company where dedication to people is powered by innovation, welcome to Essity! #J-18808-Ljbffr