Merchandising Associate Milano

Merchandising Associate
Milano
Lombardia, Milano

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Department: Marketing Departament

Location: Milan, Italy

Reporting to: ACTIVATION GROUP MANAGER

Role: Permanent

Start date: ASAP

**Merchandising Associate

We offer an exciting opportunity for a Merchandising Associate in JTI Italy within the Marketing Department.

The incumbent will work on the Merchandising activities; in addition, will support also the Information to Consumer team on _ad hoc_ projects/responsibilities.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Follow and support the implementation of the new integrated visibility strategies coordinating the external Partner (that is supporting JTI all over Italy) and the sales function.

- Support the team in the development of temporary materials, following each step of the process (from the planning phase to the delivery to Sales Rep).

- Design new and innovative ways of communicating the main Brands Activities at POS (both temporary and semi-permanent POS Materials solution) with the support of the external creative agencies.

- Monitor and report internal competitor's activities both on ITC and Merchandising programs.

- Support the ITC team on _ad hoc_ projects/responsibilities.

**Requirements**:

- University Degree

- Fluent English

- 2+ years of working experience in similar roles (Trade marketing preferably in FMCG companies)

- Good project management skills

- Strong communication skills

- Good knowledge of MS Office (PowerPoint and Excel), database knowledge is a plus

**We offer. . .

- a** **variety of challenging projects to develop his/her skills,

- the freedom to express yourself

- hard work but in a flexible and fun working environment

- modern working space in the center of Milan

**What are the next steps - Recruitment process**: