Omni Customer Activation Director

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We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

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Our Sales teams help to deliver Reckitt's purpose by building shared success with our customers, making access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment possible in-stores and online. Within Sales, we're focused on achieving outperformance across all of our channels, operating in highly competitive categories. This focus results in a dynamic, fast paced environment where cross functional teams are encouraged to collaborate to achieve success. We have around 10,000 sales people across the world, within market roles and ranging in areas like Field Sales, Key Accounts, Trade Marketing and Category Development.

About the role

Locations:  Nutley, NJ or Bentonville, AR

The Omni Customer Activation Director owns Reckitt's omnichannel customer activation agenda across key US retailers, driving revenue growth through best-in-class digital shelf execution, retail media investment, shopper activation, and commercial partnerships with Sales and customer teams.

This role sits at the center of Reckitt's commercial growth strategy, translating brand priorities into customer-led activation plans that accelerate traffic, conversion, and share across both eCommerce and physical retail environments.

Working closely with Sales leadership, Revenue Growth Management, and customer teams, this leader ensures Reckitt wins across the modern retail landscape through best-in-class digital shelf performance, retail media investment, pricing and promotion strategies, and omnichannel activation.

The role leads a high-performing team and plays a critical part in strengthening Reckitt's customer partnerships and omnichannel growth capabilities across the US market.

Your responsibilities

Commercial Growth & Customer Activation
• Lead Reckitt's omnichannel activation strategy across priority retailers, driving revenue growth, conversion, and market share.
• Translate brand priorities into customer-specific commercial activation plans that support joint business growth.
• Partner closely with Sales teams to unlock incremental growth opportunities across digital shelf, retail media, pricing, promotion, and assortment.

Digital Shelf Leadership
• Own Reckitt's digital shelf performance across priority retailers, including search visibility, content excellence, assortment strategy, availability, and conversion.
• Partner with CAP and customer teams to continuously improve product page performance and online merchandising.
• Drive adoption of new eCommerce capabilities, analytics tools, and digital commerce technologies.

Omnichannel Activation & Shopper Programs
• Lead omnichannel activation programs across digital and physical retail environments.
• Provide strategic oversight of shopper marketing programs, ensuring strong alignment with commercial priorities and measurable sales impact.
• Ensure flawless execution across key retail events, promotional moments, and customer initiatives.

Revenue Growth & Investment Effectiveness
• Manage omnichannel activation investments and ensure strong ROI and commercial impact.
• Partner with Sales, Revenue Growth Management, and Finance to optimize pricing, promotion, and price-pack architecture across channels.
• Champion a test-and-learn approach to continuously improve traffic, conversion, and retail media effectiveness.

Leadership & Organizational Impact
• Build and lead a high-performing omnichannel activation team.
• Drive clarity, pace, and accountability across cross-functional teams.
• Strengthen Reckitt's omnichannel capabilities and customer partnerships across the US market.

This role is not currently sponsoring visas or considering international movement at this time.

The experience we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
  
• 10-12+ years of experience across Sales, eCommerce, omnichannel commerce, or customer strategy within CPG.
  
• Direct account management experience with major retailers is required. Candidates must have a proven track record of leading customer relationships and delivering joint business growth.
  
• Experience with P&L ownership and delivering against revenue, margin, and profitability targets.
  
• Strong experience working with major digital commerce platforms including Amazon, Walmart, Target, Instacart, DoorDash, and emerging last-mile ecosystems.
  
• Proven track record of driving revenue growth through digital shelf optimization, retail media investment, pricing and promotion strategies, and omnichannel activation.
  
• Strong commercial acumen with experience supporting joint business planning and customer growth strategies.
  
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence senior stakeholders across Sales, Marketing, and Finance.
  
• Data-driven decision maker with strong analytics and performance management capabilities.
  
• Ability to travel up to 30% within the US.
  
• Skills for Success
  
• Customer Strategy
  
• eCommerce Strategy
  
• Digital Shelf Optimization
  
• Retail Media & Performance Marketing
  
• Revenue Growth Management
  
• Shopper Marketing
  
• Sales Negotiation
  
• P&L Management
  
• Commercial Strategy Execution
  
• Cross-Functional Leadership

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The skills for success

Key Account Management, Account Management, Ecommerce, Analysing sales and Ecommerce data, Field sales; Field sales management, Leadership skills, Consumer Insights; Shopper Insights; Customer Insights; Category Analysis, Collaboration and partnership skills; Influencing, Consultative Selling, Customer strategy; Channel strategy, Sales strategy development, Perform product planning, Business acumen; financial acumen, commercial accumen, Sales negotiation, P&L Management, Strategy Execution, Operational Excellence.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognize, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

US salary ranges

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US pay transparency

The base salary range for this role will vary based on experience in job and industry, training and education, skills relevant to the position, and other factors permitted by law. In addition to the base salary, the position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, which is subject to change each year. Reckitt offers eligible employees competitive benefits including medical, prescription, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; paid time off for vacation, sick, and Company recognized holidays; a 401(K) plan; generous paid parental leave; adoption and fertility support; tuition reimbursement; product discounts; and much more!

If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete your application , please contact View email address on click.appcast.io . Reckittis committed to the fullinclusion of all qualified individuals.

Equality

We recognize that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; color, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.