Trade Marketing Manager (temporary)

About the Position

We are Reckitt, home to the world's best-loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose is to protect, heal, and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Trade Marketing Manager (temporary) in Stockholm

This is a parental leave cover position, expected to start in late November 2026 (or as soon as possible thereafter) and run until January 2028.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Swedish Trade Marketing function, including direct line management of a Junior Trade Marketing Manager and a Sales Coordinator.
• Own the activation strategy and execution for key categories and brands, including Finish, Vanish, and Harpic.
• Develop and implement customer and channel activation plans that drive growth across retail and pharmacy channels.
• Lead the commercial execution of product launches and innovations, ensuring strong customer sell-in and in-market execution.
• Translate shopper, consumer, and category insights into actionable recommendations and compelling commercial stories.
• Partner closely with Key Account Managers and Marketing teams to maximize opportunities across assortment, pricing, promotion, and visibility.
• Develop customer presentations, activation toolkits, point-of-sale materials, and sales support assets.
• Analyse market, category, and customer performance using Nielsen, IQVIA, and internal data sources to identify opportunities and optimize plans.
• Manage trade marketing investments and budgets, ensuring strong return on investment.
• Collaborate across Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply, and Nordic teams to deliver business objectives and drive executional excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field.
• Several years of experience within Trade Marketing, Category Development, Brand Marketing, Key Account Management, or another commercial FMCG function.
• Experience leading, coaching, or developing team members is highly valued.
• Strong commercial mindset with a solid understanding of category growth, customer development, and shopper marketing.
• Strong analytical skills and experience working with market and sales data.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Fluent in English; proficiency in Swedish is considered a strong advantage.

Skills for Success

• Trade Marketing
• Shopper Marketing
• Category Development
• Commercial Activation
• Customer Development
• Team Leadership
• Consumer Insights
• Shopper Insights
• Category Analysis
• Sales Strategy
• Project Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Nielsen
• IQVIA
• Financial Acumen
• Commercial Acumen
• Influencing Skills
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Strategy Execution
• Operational Excellence

We Offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans, we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognize, appreciate, and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay-for-performance philosophy.

About the Company

We recognize that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; color, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status, and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size, or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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