About this Position
At Henkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future through innovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands like Persil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edge technologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths and grow.
This position is with our Consumer Brands business unit – where we empower our employees to bring the best Laundry & Home Care and Hair products to people around the world.
Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career and make an impact at Henkel. What you´ll do
The Business Development Leader - West is an HQ-based strategic role focused on accelerating growth across key customers, including Costco, Target, Amazon, and Albertsons. This leader partners with customer teams and cross-functional stakeholders to develop and execute customer strategies, strengthen omni-commerce capabilities, improve broker effectiveness, advance Joint Business Planning, and build long-term innovation plans.
- Lead strategic projects for priority West and national customers, aligned with customer needs and company growth priorities.
- Develop customer-specific omni-commerce and eCommerce strategies across the digital shelf, retail media, content, search, and fulfillment.
- Partner with account teams to strengthen Joint Business Planning and translate strategies into clear priorities, actions, and measures.
- Build long-term customer innovation plans by connecting brand pipelines with shopper, category, and channel opportunities.
- Improve broker and external partner effectiveness through clear expectations, operating routines, performance measures, and follow-up.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams, manage project plans and risks, and provide concise updates and recommendations to leadership.
- Use customer, financial, market, and performance data to identify opportunities and measure results.
