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Commercial Strategy Graduate
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About This Position
Join us as a Commercial Strategy Graduate and get the opportunity to work alongside professionals from diverse backgrounds to achieve common goals and drive organisational success. This is how you can dare to make an impact:
What You'll Do
Join Henkel's Consumer Brands Commercial Excellence team as Commercial Strategy & Planning Graduate. Work with iconic brands such as Colour Catcher, Bloo, Schwarzkopf, Got2b, and Live. You will support the development of our NRM (net revenue management) strategy with an aim of enhancing both sales and profit. Shadow the creation and implementation of a commercial and channel plans including all elements of the 4 P’s (Product, Price, Place and Promotion). You will collaborate with the category/marketing teams to support the delivery of growth with selected customers. You can assist with the development of strong commercial toolkits to deploy to sales teams with clear execution standards for our brand activation plans by channel. Understand how P&Ls support the development of commercial strategies. Combines a variety of different data sources to help build NRM strategies e.g. dunnhumby & IRI. You can shape your career with trainings and development programs while enjoying several employee benefits, we have at Henkel. This one-year programme is designed to develop knowledge and expertise across a wide range of skills in the commercial space to include promotional evaluation and optimisation, pack plan architecture, pricing and optimising trade terms with retailers.
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What Makes You a Good Fit
You should graduate (before September 2026 and no more than two years prior) with a Bachelor, Masters (or equivalent) degree from any of the following disciplines: Business, Economics, Finance, Maths, Engineering, or Stats.
- Highly numerate and a good understanding of P&Ls.
- Highly proficient on excel.
- Positivity and a high energy level.
- Willingness to challenge the status quo and to learn.
- Resilient and positive character.
- Good judgement and creative thinking with a positive sense of initiative.
- Strong analytical and logical reasoning skills.
- Good attention to detail.
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Some perks of joining Henkel
- Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid work model, and work from anywhere policy for up to 30 days per year
- Diverse national and international growth opportunities
- Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
- Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
- Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
- Performance bonus / incentives
- Competitive Pension & Life Assurance - Company contributes up to 10% of basic salary
- Annual Leave: 27 days plus 8 Bank Holidays
- Celebration vouchers
At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.
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