Team Leader, Walmart

Caring for skin means caring for people

At Beiersdorf, we want to help people feel good about their skin – and our commitment goes far beyond caring for skin. For 140 years, we have developed innovative skin and body care products for well-known brands such as NIVEA, Eucerin, La Prairie, Hansaplast, and Labello. We act according to our purpose, WE CARE BEYOND SKIN, and take responsibility for our consumers, our employees, the environment and society.

Behind every brand, every product and every accomplishment are our more than 20,000 employees. It is for them that we live an inclusive culture of respect and trust that is strongly aligned with our values – CARE, COURAGE, SIMPLICITY and TRUST. We also embrace diversity by valuing the uniqueness of each individual and being committed to equal opportunities for all.

A welcoming workplace that offers personal and professional growth for all individuals.

At Beiersdorf, you’ll find:

• A welcoming workplace that fosters diversity, inclusion and belonging where every team member feels valued, respected, and supported
• Nimble teams that enjoy challenging work and the ability to make an impact
• A dynamic community of life-long learners that values acumen, aptitude and the ability to learn as well as hard skills and established expertise
• A purpose-led company that cares about your personal and professional development with the right balance of structure and flexibility to thrive
• A collaborative culture that leads with care, trust, simplicity and courage

Unique benefits that consider the whole person.
We understand that you have a life outside of work, and we support you with unique benefits including:

• Generous and flexible PTO policy
• Summer Friday hours
• Paid Parental Leave
• Comprehensive Wellness and Benefits program
• Cash Balance Plan (similar to a pension)
• 401k match
• Growing number of Employee Resource Groups or affinity groups - to foster meaningful connections and belonging with other colleagues.

OVERVIEW:

The Team Leader of Wal-Mart Group is a key member of the Walmart Group Leadership Team at Beiersdorf. The successful candidate will be responsible for driving the growth agenda and executing effective strategies to facilitate profitable sales growth at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club for our Legacy Brands (Nivea, Aquaphor, & Eucerin). The successful candidate will have an entrepreneurial drive and passion to drive transformational growth in our largest retail channel. Thought leadership and an ability to be data driven will be keys to success. They are responsible for developing and retaining sales talent, as well as developing strong cross-functional relationships with Shopper and Customer Marketing, Brand Marketing, Controlling, Finance, and Supply Chain.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the Wal-Mart U.S. Legacy (Nivea, Aquaphor, & Eucerin) sales team
• Lead development and implementation of strategic business plans across the Wal-Mart merchandising team
• Be a subject matter expert and advocate for Walmart key initiatives within Beiersdorf
• Ensure delivery of sales and KPI scorecard metrics for Beiersdorf in Walmart stores and Sam’s Clubs
• Deliver top line and bottom-line growth objectives while achieving brand share gains
• Manage senior level relationships with our retail partners in partnership with the Senior Director of Walmart
• Successfully manage and develop team structure that includes several non-direct reports (Sales Controlling/Supply Chain/Replenishment)
• Ensure controls are maintained to spend within budget on trade, promotions, and shopper marketing programs
• Lead customer JBP and innovation summits across multiple departments to provide feedback on new item concepts and account opportunities for growth

REQUIREMENTS:

• BS/BA required, MBA or master’s degree preferred.
• Experience in Customer Packaged Goods Industry.
• Experience in and proven track record of thriving in fast-paced environment with ambiguity.
• 10+ years of CPG Sales, Trade Marketing, Sales Strategy, or similar discipline experience.
• 5+ years of experience in Field Sales or similar discipline, selling to at least two channels.
• Leadership experiences with proven track record of developing high performing teams.
• Project management experience with high visibility to leadership and proven track record of meeting deadlines.
• Proven experience in managing and building teams, develop strong relationships across functions and ability to influence key decision makers.
• Proven ability to think strategically leveraging data sources like Nielsen and increase effectiveness at achieving overall strategies in a highly collaborative environment.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills to influence and secure cross-functional support; at all levels in the organization.
• Must have high level analytical skills and business acumen to build strong business cases for change.
• Must be technology savvy and have strong office productivity software skills (e.g., PowerPoint, Excel, SAP) to use promotion databases, financial reporting, and promotional analysis.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

At Beiersdorf, we embrace Diversity and aim to provide equal opportunities to all of our applicants – regardless of e.g. gender, sexual identity, nationality, ethnicity, religion or ideology, disability or age. We would therefore kindly ask you to include only information and data in your documents which are relevant for the assessment of your application (e.g. curriculum vitae with relevant references and certificates). For instance, please feel free to upload your CV without a picture.

Beiersdorf North America Company Culture Highlights:

• Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Leadership Teams 2023
• Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Sales Team 2023
• Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Company Compensation 2022
• Winner of Comparably's Award for Happiest Employees 2022
• Winner of Comparably's Award for Best Company for Diversity 2022
• Beiersdorf North America is ranked in the top 5% of companies for CEO rating on Comparably
• Beiersdorf North America is ranked in the top 10% of companies for Leadership rating on Comparably

Check us out on Comparably: https://www.comparably.com/companies/beiersdorf

Having trouble applying? Go to www.BeiersdorfUSA.com to search our careers page. Beiersdorf is an Equal Opportunity Employer.