Gdsn Associate Manager

Company Description

BIC® products are recognized all over the world for their quality, safety, affordability and ease of use. The ballpoint pen, the pocket lighter, and the shaver are all part of the daily lives of millions of consumers. These products make BIC® an iconic international brand, present in more than 4 million retail outlets in more than 160 countries around the world.

BIC’s founder, Marcel Bich, understood that to succeed, BIC needed hands-on team members who were willing to take measured risks and assume responsibility for their role in a team. Today, we provide our more than 15,000 team members in 61 countries with the opportunity to invent BIC’s future - together - while honoring our past achievements. We are committed to our team members’ development and empower those who wish to discover different areas of our business or acquire international experiences.

**Job Description**:
The Associate, Digital Shelf Operations & GDSN - within the Digital & eCommerce COE - will manage all day-to-day operations to improve BIC performance across the digital shelf (Search, Pricing/Promotion, Assortment, Ratings and Reviews, and Content) at global scale, with specific responsibility for GDSN publication support, mapping and maintenance/issues resolution - while embedding critical GDSN expertise within the BIC organization via our global PIM (Salsify). They will report to the Manager, Digital Shelf Operations and work with regional partners and cross-functional teams to help accelerate sales growth across priority markets and accounts.
- GDSN Management: Support daily operations for GDSN through Salsify with sales organization, including:

- Serving as point of contact / lead coordinator for day-to-day market requests and needs related to GS1 and GDSN publication: data pool connections, functionality updates, ticket resolution, retailer feedback interpretation and resolution, troubleshooting
- Understanding GS1 requirement updates and leading enhancements in Salsify to proactively address
- Creating and leading training materials to further embed GDSN expertise and capabilities within BIC sales organization, updating user manuals, and other ongoing support and capability development initiatives
- Serve as lead contact /liaison between BIC business teams and Salsify for troubleshooting and issue management /coordination
- Content Operations: Partner with Global Content Factory team to coordinate content requirements and ensure GDSN compliance
- Identify content gaps/required optimizations to meet BIC and customer KPIs and ensure retailers have access to high quality, impactful, accurate information - filling gaps when needed and coordinating with cross-functional leads to gather data required for GDSN
- Other initiatives include:

- Support management of team budgets and project timelines to ensure projects delivered on-time/on budget
- Support Digital Shelf monitoring and optimizations via EDGE tool
- Support broader Digital CoE projects and initiatives as needed beyond GDSN/digital shelf focus

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s Degree
- Solid MS Office skills - PowerPoint, Excel, Word
- Track-record of success or illustrations of contributions made in areas of GDSN/data pools integration and content syndication
- Excellent project management, interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
- Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills
- Independent and can operate with minimum supervision
- Comfortable working across functions and with team members at any level
- Internationally curious - previous experience working on a global team and/or strong desire to be in a global role
- Demonstrated ability to flex management style/ways of collaborating based on individual market needs and level of Digital Shelf maturity
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment/start-up mindset
- 1-3 years of experience working with GDSN/datapools
- Some IT experience/working knowledge of IT as relates to GDSN and system management
- Experience working with key digital shelf syndication and measurement systems (ex. Salsify, Syndigo, EDGE by Ascential, Profitero, etc.) a plus
- Strong digital acumen and understanding of current digital landscape/trends
- Has effectively driven influence among peers and those at higher levels

Additional Information

BIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly commit to hiring people with differeational origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or similar characteristics. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.