After the “silver anniversary” of 25 years of partnership CEMS-P&G in 2013, we are looking ahead to another year of exciting joint activities across the world. For this Newsletter edition, we are glad to share with you first hand information on how the CEMSie Laura Loos experiences her career within Marketing at P&G. Also, we give you a peak into the P&G Sales function “Customer Business Development”.
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Spring 2014
Welcome CEMS students and graduates! P&G – CEMS Newsletter
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P&G and CEMS collaboration
Fantastic response to Budapest Career Forum: o 40 Interviews conducted with CEMSies from across the world o Negotiation Skill Seminar with 20 people rated by you among Top 5 at Career Forum P&G will meet you at the DACH CEMS Forum in May – looking forward to it!
MArketing Spotlight on Careers @ P&G Alles was CEMS unis betrifft auf der Jobsite hervorheben Who are XXXwe? intern/ full-time/ thesis positions open, click here
P&G serves approximately 4.6 billion people around the world with its brands. The company has one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality and leadership brands, including Gillette®, Pantene®, Pampers®, Lenor®, Ariel®, Always®, Head & Shoulders®, Braun®, Wella® and more. The P&G community includes operations in approximately 75 countries worldwide making P&G one of the biggest and most successful consumer goods companies in the world. What’s in it for you? To take it simply: we will unleash your career potential, we give you freedom to innovate and we show you a culture that puts people first.
Customer Business Development (CBD) The essence of the business… - Much more than selling! As a member of the Customer Business Development (CBD) organization, you will have a significant impact on the company`s business results by continuously improving them through P&G brands at the “first moment of truth”, when the shopper decides which brand to purchase. In the Customer Business Development function, you will use your entrepreneurial skills & collaborative partnerships with the retail customer to develop creative solutions which will attract the shopper to purchase P&G brands at the customers` retail outlets. You will be responsible for building these partnerships and using your drive and ingenuity to deliver sales goals. You will sell customer/distributor specific ideas and plans using our brands to create mutual competitive advantages.
Your Career and Development With our „build from within” culture, you will be able to compete for key CBD roles that could take you around the world, guided by our Career Path Model. You start as an Area Sales Manager, a role that will enable you to learn the basics of selling and to develop a solid understanding of our industry. You will also have responsibility for smaller/mid-size retail customers working in your geographical area. There you will sell brands behind innovative concepts utilizing market research data and maximizing the in-store presence and merchandising of our brands. You will do this work as part of a CBD Multifunctional Team where your selling expertise will be partnered with managers who have finance, information technology, customer service/logistics, marketing and human resources skills.
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