Royal Canin
Trade Marketing
Slovacchia
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 Trade Marketing 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
The Trade Marketing Specialist is responsible for the development, implementation, and analysis of all marketing activities in the local market of reference within CNE, for the Sick Pets portfolio, in order to support business growth through the retailer’s engagement, pet owners’ activation and ensure
the perfect execution of our priorities. The main purpose is to manage and develop Royal Canin brand within the Pet Professional channel according to the strategy. To constantly support the brand image in the local market of reference within CEE, in full respect of Royal Canin philosophy & communication codes, as
well as The Five Principles.
What are we looking for?
- Higher Education in Sales / Marketing / Business or equivalent
5+ yrs of experience in trade marketing/ marketing
- Strong line management skills
- Strong customer orientation
- Excellent communication and presentation skills (oral and written) to a variety of audiences.
- Excellent analytical skills.
- Proficient use of office tools (Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat).
- Ability to engage customers and function as a team player and project leader.
- Comfortable setting priorities, manage multiple tasks and remain focused in a changing environment.
- Fluency in English written and spoken, to add other languages
- This role is for limited contract = maternity/parental leave cover
What will be your key responsibilities?
Planning, executing, and evaluating trade & brand marketing activities in the market of
reference aiming to drive sales as well as brand performance (consumer & financial KPIs)
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to following actions:
- Set main building blocks in PP marketing plan in cooperation with SA Lead & PP Pillar Head Team
- Responsible for planning, supervising & execution A&P budget to secure Growth pillar strategy and
proper level of investment with periodical monitoring
- Manage Regional, Cluster and Market marketing activities
- Define & Implement portfolio strategy in the market of reference
- Plan and manage ordering, development, and production of all communication/promotional
materials
- Support Regional/Cluster projects deployment
- Tracks micro, B2B, retail landscape & competitors, incl. research project deployment
- Handles marketing related ERP (Navision/SAP) Key User scope
- Secure governance / GDPR rules and procedures
- Follows Company policies & procedures
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.