Sales Force Effectiveness Manager West Export Markets

Welcome to Haleon. Were a purpose-driven world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of just three years since our launch weve grown evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands including Sensodyne Panadol Advil Voltaren Theraflu Otrivin and Centrum lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now its time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose to deliver better everyday health with humanity at the heart of everything we do. It unites us inspires us and challenges us to be better every day driven by our agile performance-focused culture.

This role drives change and provides recommendations to improve Sales Sales Force Effectiveness (SFE) In-Store Excellence and overall efficiency.

The role is responsible for sales incentive design performance tracking segmentation and targeting to strengthen in-store execution. It also leads SFE analytics across sell-in sell-out customer data and sales KPIs supporting decision-making through robust analysis and clear insights.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys leading cross-functional projects driving change and making an impact in a fast-moving evolving environment for a commercially minded analytical leader who enjoys turning insights into practical business decisions ideally with experience in FMCG or consumer health a consumer-first thinker who understands what matters to customers field teams and channels and can connect these perspectives to business priorities.

• Act as the primary adviser on SFE topics

• Own segmentation & targeting cycles customer universe and route-to-market updates

• Design and govern the Sales Incentive Plan (SIP): target setting rules settlement and performance monitoring

• Own key sales tools administration and adoption (e.g. SFA/CRM and execution tools); act as local super-user

• Build a clear reporting and insights ecosystem across internal/external data; track sell-in/sell-out and core KPIs

• Deliver ad-hoc analysis and recommendations to Sales Customer Activation and Category teams

• Manage external data/analytics suppliers and related budgets; run reviews/tenders when needed

• Partner with leadership to identify issues align priorities and drive projects that improve sales effectiveness

• Design and implement strategies to improve sales force productivity capability and engagement

• Develop and manage performance metrics dashboards and reporting tools to track field force effectiveness

• Develop strong ROI matrix and mindset with regular feedback on most effective elements

• Implement and optimize Perfect store plus and Image recognition across entire GNE

• Lead training and capability-building programs to enhance selling skills product knowledge and customer engagement

• Collaborate with commercial distributors and Haleon team to align incentive schemes with business objectives

• Conduct regular performance reviews and identify areas for improvement across teams and territories

In-Store Excellence (ISE):

• Drive execution of in-store strategies to maximize visibility availability and conversion at the point of sale

• Develop and deploy best practices for merchandising planogram compliance and promotional execution across all GNE markets

• Monitor and audit in-store execution quality through field visits and digital tools

• Partner with trade marketing and sales teams to ensure alignment on campaign execution and retail standards

• Analyse shopper behaviour and store-level data to identify opportunities for improvement

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Work closely with marketing trade marketing commercial and distributors teams to ensure alignment of field strategies with brand and business goals

• Act as a key liaison between field teams and central functions to ensure feedback loops and continuous improvement

• Support change management initiatives and foster a culture of excellence and accountability

Data & Insights:

• Leverage data analytics to generate actionable insights for sales force and in-store performance

• Continuously evaluate tools and technologies to enhance field execution and reporting capabilities

• Degree in a quantitative or business discipline (e.g. statistics economics business engineering)

• Fluent English

• 3 years people leadership experience

• Experience in SFE analytics sales or trade marketing (consumer health or FMCG preferred)

• Hands-on experience with go-to-market segmentation & targeting and incentive design/management

• Strong analytical and change leadership skills; able to translate data into decisions

• Strong project management stakeholder influence and commercial acumen

• Nice to have: reporting/automation tools knowledge (e.g. SQL VBA)

Opportunities for growth

We offer reward and benefits package including:

• Annual bonus package based on individual and company performance

• Company car according to Car Policy

• Mobile phone and laptop

• Cafeteria flexible benefits package including preventative health programs Employee assistance program

• Caregiver leave and parental leave

• Hybrid work

This role is based in Budapest Hungary.

This is grade 7 role.

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HUF - HUF The salary range for this position is indicative and provided as a guide. The final offer may vary depending on factors including relevant experience skills qualifications and internal equity considerations. Further details regarding the total reward and benefits package will be shared during the recruitment process. Salary ranges may vary by location in line with local market conditions and applicable pay transparency regulations. Compensation information is shared for the primary location of this role. Where the position is advertised with additional locations the compensation range will be discussed during the recruiting process.

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