Royal Canin
Perfect Store & Shopper Marketing Specialist
Aimargues, France; Brussels, Belgium; Castle Cary, United Kingdom; Cologne, Germany; Madrid, Spain
Everything we do is driven by our passion for pets. Across every role and every location around the world, our teams are united by a shared purpose: creating A Better World For Pets. As a truly pet-centric company, we put pets at the heart of everything—from the products we create to the care and expertise we bring to our work. Whether you’re in R&D, manufacturing, customer care, or any of the corporate functions, your contributions make a direct impact on the health of pets everywhere. We’re also deeply committed to the growth and development of our associates, offering opportunities to learn, innovate, and make a difference every day.
- Job Type: varies
- Level: mid-level
- Travel: varies
- Average Salary: $63K-$96K
Success Profile
What makes a successful Perfect Store & Shopper Marketing Specialist at Royal Canin? We look for the right mix of the following traits when speaking with you.
- Analytical
- Curious
- Efficient
- Responsible
- Results-driven
- Team player
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Purpose
Connect your passion for pets to the purpose: A Better World For Pets
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Health & Wellbeing
A comprehensive focus on your individual health & wellbeing
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Inclusion
A place where you can belong and be yourself
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Career development
Professional learning offerings, annual personal development plans, Mars University
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Attractive total rewards
Your financial wellbeing through a competitve salary and bonus plan
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Focus on sustainability
We invest in you so you can make a better world
What I love most about Royal Canin is how pet-centric we are—everything we do revolves around improving the lives of pets. It’s not just about creating high-quality products; it’s about living our purpose every day. At the same time, Royal Canin invests in us as associates, helping us grow, develop our skills, and find real meaning in our work. It’s inspiring to be part of a global team that prioritizes both pet health and personal development.
Christina Sermak-Frankowski People & Organization Director, Learning & Culture
In collaboration with European Category and Customer Strategy role and with the Cluster MS&D Team, responsible for embedding a Category First culture across Europe – delivered through:
Leads Perfect Store design and deployment, defining shelf and assortment principles in line with the category strategy and acknowledging clusters specificity.
Collaborate with Global Category and Perfect Store role to make sure European Perfect Store design principles are leveraging the most updated and relevant research insights and company knowledge.
Integrates shopper analytics, insights and proven performance in the range review and the recommendation for Picture of Success
Collaborates with the Category lead to ensure category vision is suitable for tailoring to customers and runs annual range reviews
Collaborates with Category leadership and Cluster MS&D team and Perfect Store roles to ensure relevant reporting, merchandising and range review support.
Collaborates with S2S BP to ensure that the system is supporting the PS implementation measurement
This role is responsible for internal management delivery of the Perfect store program and tracking of Perfect Store completion and progress KPIs. The role is responsible for delivering insights and analysis for Perfect Store compliance across Europe.
This role will deliver this through membership of the Omni-Channel and PSR team and wider S&M team, close collaboration with other Category roles (especially Category & Customer Strategy Manager), MS&D portfolio roles and with Perfect Store Managers and Sales Leaders in the Clusters.
Success will be achieved through delivery and execution via Clusters Sales Teams of a best-in-class Picture of Success operating with a category first approach and data informed insights.
What are we looking for:
Category/Customer or Retail Sales experiences (external or internal)
Understanding of FMCG, sales and retail environment, ways of working and efficient ways to communicate and plan deployment of initiatives
Technical and functional experience in category Management, Shopper Insights, Customer facing experience
What can you expect from Mars?
Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.