Executive - Marketing & Sales Operations - Emerging Categories

CEYLON COLD STORES PLC

 

Executive - Marketing & Sales Operations - Emerging Categories

 

Ceylon Cold Stores PLC (CCS), manufacturer of Elephant House Soft Drinks and Ice Creams is a leading consumer food company in Sri Lanka. CCS is a subsidiary of John Keells Holdings PLC.

 

The company is seeking a suitable candidate to fill the position of Executive - Marketing & Sales Operations - Emerging Categories. The position exists to assist in planning & implementing marketing & sales strategies / activities to ensure Emerging Categories' market demands are properly identified and catered on time & in full, targets are met by ensuring the special beverages-related requirements are ideally met.

Job Responsibilities

  • Monitor and analyze sales volumes across assigned product categories, ensuring alignment with sales targets and business objectives.
  • Track and enhance key Retail Development (RD) KPIs to support execution excellence, visibility, and in-store performance.
  • Support the identification and execution of opportunities to expand distribution across existing and new outlets, improving numeric and weighted distribution.
  • Develop, maintain, and supply accurate performance reports on key sales KPIs to aid in the planning and execution of sales incentive programs.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support product innovation and the execution of the New Product Development (NPD) pipeline.
  • Ensure timely and efficient execution of the NPD roadmap, coordinating with relevant stakeholders to meet launch deadlines and commercial goals.
  • Coordinate operational aspects of product launches, ensuring readiness across supply chain, sales teams, and retail partners.
  • Support the management of the digital marketing funnel by aligning sales operations efforts with lead generation and conversion activities.
  • Liaise with digital marketing and other external agencies to ensure seamless integration of campaign efforts with sales and operational priorities.
  • Ensure effective use of the A&P (Advertising & Promotion) budget to drive sales and improve market share. Align marketing and sales activities to achieve maximum ROI on promotional spending.

Person Specifications

  • Degree in Management or equivalent (CIMA / CIM) with at least 1-2 years’ experience in Marketing, Operations and Business Analysis, preferably in FMCG industry. Proficient in MS Office set up, specially MS Excel.  
  • Sound business understanding in order to implement brand & sales strategies as well as understanding of Sales, Distribution processes and consumer behaviors.              
  • Strong Analytical knowledge, FMCG marketing and selling trends, competitive marketing & selling strategies.                                            
  • Business Analysis; Analytical; Innovative; Communication; Adaptability; Negotiation; Decision Taking and problem Solving; Organization; Attention to detail; and Customer Focus                                                           

                                                                                                                       

If you are confident that you possess the above requirement, please send your cv, which includes the names of two non-related referees. Click on the advert now to join our team via Elephant House Careers site.

Ceylon Cold Stores PLC
24 Sept 2025
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