Manager Commercial Deployment

At Philip Morris International, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’ve transformed our business and are building our future on one clear purpose - to deliver a smoke-free future. Wherever you join us, you’ll have the space to contribute ideas, build meaningful partnerships, and move your career forward in many different directions.

We are looking for a Manager, Commercial Deployment to lead our Commercial Deployment and Trade Marketing agenda in Finland. In this role, you will translate category, brand and commercial priorities into compelling customer propositions, activation mechanisms, retail solutions and execution standards that create value for both our business and our customers.

You will lead the Commercial Deployment team, set clear priorities and build strong collaboration across Sales, Category, Marketing and other commercial functions. You will combine strategic direction, customer collaboration, people leadership and practical deployment while working with colleagues across Finland, the Baltic Sea area and Global Travel Retail.

What You’ll Do

• Define the Trade Marketing strategy and annual Commercial Deployment plan for Finland.

• Develop customer-led growth solutions, including activation mechanisms, shelf and space solutions and retail concepts.

• Set the direction and quality standards for Trade Education, customer-facing communication and commercial tools.

• Govern the Trade Marketing budget, major concepts and investments, ensuring effectiveness and scalable learning.

• Use customer, channel, category and shopper insights to identify priorities and improve future plans.

• Partner with Key Account Management and Sales on category development, customer planning, activation and retail solutions.

Skills & Capabilities

• At least seven years of progressive commercial experience, ideally in an international FMCG environment.

• Strong understanding of the Finnish retail and customer landscape.

• Experience working with Finnish retail customers in Trade Marketing, Shopper or Customer Marketing, Category Development, Key Account Management or Sales.

• Proven people-leadership experience, including setting direction, coaching performance and delivering results through others.

• A strong track record of translating category and brand strategies into customer propositions, activation concepts, retail solutions and execution plans.

• A data-driven approach and experience using retailer point-of-sale data, market data and consumer insights to drive commercial action.

• Fluency in English and Finnish.

Please submit your CV in English to be considered for this position.

If you are excited by the opportunity to build customer-led growth, develop a capable commercial team and raise the standard of retail activation and execution, we would like to hear from you.

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