Customer Event & Vendor Management
Philadelphia, PA - USA
Job Summary
Customer Event & Vendor Management
Who We Are
Essity is a global leader in health and hygiene headquartered in Stockholm Sweden with a North American headquarterslocatedin Philadelphia PA. We are a multi-billion-dollar company with a purpose to break barriers to well-being for the benefit of consumers patients care givers and customers across the globe. We do this through innovations in our Professional HygienePersonal Care and Health & Medical business units that provide hygiene and health solutions to over a billionpeople every dayworldwide.
Working at Essity is more than acareerit is where you will play your part in a better futureto improvewell-being for people and have opportunities to drive positive change for society and the environment.As an employee at Essity you will belong to a team where you feel valued are safe supported to grow and challenged to generate business results in a friendly and open atmosphere.
About the Role
Essity is looking for an experienced Customer Marketing Activation Manager develops and executes customer marketing activation initiatives for strategically important Distributor and End-Customer accounts across North America. A core focus of this role is the planning management and execution of customer-facing events including distributor events end-customer engagement programs and large-scale internal and external meetings (e.g. North America Sales & Marketing Meeting (NASM)) ensuring strong customer engagement commercial impact and seamless cross-functional coordination.
The ideal candidate should live in Philadelphia PA or Appleton WI.
Werelooking for people who embody our valuesarentafraid to challenge innovate experiment and move at a fast pace.Werealways looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is youwedlove to talk.
What You Will Do
Customer Events & Engagement
- Lead the planning coordination and execution of customer-facing events including distributor events end-customer events trade meetings and targeted customer engagements.
- Own event strategy and execution for key commercial moments ensuring alignment with customer marketing priorities brand standards and commercial objectives.
- Serve as a core partner in organizing and executing large-scale internal and customer-facing meetings including but not limited to the North America Sales & Marketing Meeting (NASM).
- Manage end-to-end event processes including timelines agendas cross-functional coordination external vendors/agencies logistics budget tracking and post-event evaluation.
- Ensure events deliver measurable impact through clear objectives attendee engagement messaging consistency and post-event follow-up recommendations.
- Provide support to Customer Marketing Managers and assist with executing the strategic distribution and segment priorities outlined and directed by the team.
- Act as a central coordination point between Sales Marketing Product/Brand Commercial Excellence and external partners to ensure consistent execution of customer marketing initiatives.
- Support the development and execution of localized customer marketing plans in alignment with regional priorities.
- Secure the development of customized co-branded sales enablement materials customer catalogs presentations event materials and digital tools to support customer engagement and events.
- Monitor customers overall product mix and recommend activation opportunities in collaboration with Key Account Managers or sales leads.
- Manage and track the customer marketing and event-related budget within assigned scope.
- Coordinate customer-facing product segment brand and service communications in support of campaigns and events (training delivery responsibilities may sit in other roles where applicable).
Who You Are
- University degree in Business Administration Marketing or similar
- 35 years of experience in customer marketing activation events or commercial marketing roles within a B2B environment
- Proven experience in planning and executing customer or commercial events including multi-stakeholder coordination
- Strong project management skills with experience operating in cross-functional matrixed organizations
- Experience working closely with Sales teams and customer-facing stakeholders
What We Can Offer You
At Essity we believe every career is as unique as the individual andempoweremployees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.
Compensation and Benefits:
Expected Compensation
Competitiveannual salary annual incentive bonus benefits
Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualizedfactorssuch asknowledge skills and experience.
Along with competitive payyouwill beeligible for the following benefits:
United HealthcarePPO/ EyeMed Vision Insurance / Delta Dental Insurance
Wellness program provided through Rally
Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
401(k) with employer match andannual employer base contribution
Company paid Basic Life AD&D short-term and long-term disability insurance
PTO offering withPaid Holidays
Scholarship program for children of Essity employees.
Additional Information
The Company is committed to equalemployment opportunity and providingreasonable accommodations to qualifiedcandidates and employees pursuant toapplicable law. We value and encouragediversity and solicit applications from allqualified applicants without regard to racecolor gender sex age religion creednational origin ancestry citizenship maritalstatus sexual orientation physical or mentaldisability medical condition military andveteran status gender identity or expressiongenetic information or any othercharacteristic protected by federal state orlocal law.
If you require reasonableaccommodation as part of the applicationprocessplease contact
Together we are improving lives every day
Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.
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