##Job Brief

The Assistant Shopper Marketing Manager supports the execution of shopper marketing campaigns across retail partners by coordinating timelines, assets, and reporting to ensure programs launch successfully.

What Encore's All About: At Encore, we possess the expertise in field sales to ensure our clients are successful in their most critical market channels. Going deep with few...being nimble and responsive for us is more than a turn of phrase, it is a way of life...and it comes down to the following Vision and Mission that compel us to outperform every day. Our Vision: The first choice for tier one organizations seeking to optimize their field sales investment. Our Mission: Provide uncompromising quality of service and unparalleled calibre of thinking...developing strategies and delivering solutions that enable our clients to win.

**The Opportunity:**Assistant Shopper Marketing Manager

Salary: Range$70,000 – $75,000 + 10% Performance Bonus
**Work Model:**Hybrid – 3 days per week in office

Position Summary:

Our client is**Unilever — one of the world’s most trusted names in nutrition, hygiene, and personal care.**With 400+ household brands (think Axe, Dove, OLLY, Hellmann’s), they’re committed to helping people live well while building a more sustainable world.

We’re looking for anAssistant Shopper Marketing Managerto support the planning, execution, and evaluation of shopper marketing programs across the Health & Beauty portfolio. In this role, you will help ensure programs are executed flawlessly across retail partners while supporting reporting, insights, and cross-functional collaboration.

Working closely with Sales, Brand, Category teams, and external partners, you’ll play a key role in coordinating program execution, tracking performance, and maintaining strong operational alignment across teams.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoysproject coordination, working with data and insights, and supporting high-impact retail marketing programs.

The Perfect Person for the Role

You’re organized, proactive, and detail-oriented, with a strong ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

You enjoy coordinating projects, collaborating across teams, and working with data to understand program performance. You’re comfortable managing timelines, supporting reporting, and ensuring programs stay on track from planning through execution.

Most importantly, you bring strong communication skills, a collaborative mindset, and a desire to build expertise in shopper marketing.

Your Responsibilities

• Support the planning and execution of shopper marketing programs across select retailers, ensuring timelines, deliverables, and approvals are managed effectively
• Coordinate with internal teams (Brand, Sales, Category) and external partners to ensure campaigns are delivered accurately and on schedule
• Manage program assets, creative routing, approvals, and deployment across retail activations
• Track promotional calendars and retailer activation plans to ensure strong program coordination
• Compile post-program reporting, including performance data, KPIs, compliance photos, and insights
• Maintain trackers and dashboards that monitor program status, performance, and spend
• Support internal presentations, retailer updates, and business reviews with program reporting and insights
• Manage operational tasks such as purchase orders, budget tracking, invoice reconciliation, and documentation management
• Maintain organized program documentation including briefs, timelines, asset folders, and approvals
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and partners to ensure programs align with brand objectives, retailer priorities, and product availability

Your Experience

In addition to everything outlined inThe Perfect Person for the Role, the ideal candidate will have:

• 2–4 years of experience in marketing, shopper marketing, brand marketing, or marketing operations
• Experience coordinating marketing programs, campaigns, or retail activations
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Comfort working with data, reporting tools, and performance dashboards
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and external partners
• Strong communication and presentation support skills

The RIGHT Candidate

At Encore, we feel that no matter your background, what’s most important to your success and ours is the way you interact with others. Don’t get us wrong, if you have the right experience and skills, that’s great. So, if you’re thinking about working with Encore, it’s important that you know what we’ll expect from you:

• You believe in winning
• You bring passion and innovative thinking that will deliver results
• You believe that the words**‘work’ and ‘fun’ belong in the same sentence**

You can be described as:

• Authentic
• Solutions-oriented
• Intellectually curious
• Self-motivated
• Receptive
• Assertive
• Driven
• Continuously challenging yourself
• Having business maturity, professional

The Selection Process

If you haven’t already figured it out, it’s really important for Encore to have theRIGHT Team. If you know that you’re a great match for this role and think you’ll be a great fit with Encore, then you should definitely apply to this exciting opportunity! If you’re not jazzed about what you’ve read so far, that’s OK, we’re sure the right job is out there somewhere for you.

For those of you who apply, thanks so much for your interest in learning more about this exciting opportunity. We’d love to chat with all of you, but sometimes we simply don’t have enough time. If we feel you’re a good match, we’ll definitely be reaching out to you to move you forward in the selection process which would be tocomplete a recorded, digital interviewwhich you can do with a webcam or a mobile device with a front-facing camera. This stage allows you to bring your resume to life!

Encore strives to make our recruitment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provides accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities. If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and selection process, please reach out to us.