Senior Manager Media Planning

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The Senior Manager, Media Planning plays a critical strategic leadership role, serving as the central leader for media planning across the region. This role is responsible for orchestrating best-in-class media planning, optimizing media mix and investment, and ensuring alignment of media strategy to both global and local Brand objectives.

Reporting to the Head of Global Media & Content, this role also plays a global media excellence role for measurement and tools across all global markets.

The role requires strong strategic thinking, analytical rigor, and the ability to influence and lead within a complex, matrixed ecosystem spanning multiple markets and agency partners.

Key Outputs & Deliverables

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  • Media Planning Leadership (US & Canada)
    
    
    
    • Lead the development, deployment, and continuous improvement of central media planning strategies across the region.
    
    
    • Ensure consistent adoption of media planning principles, while adapting to local market realities and business priorities.         
    
    
    • Guide agency partners in optimizing media mix and investment allocation to drive performance.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Budget Planning & Stewardship
    
    
    
    • Manage local media budgets, ensuring optimal allocation across channels and campaigns in line with local objectives and brands global strategy
    
    
    • Advise on media mix, KPIs, orchestration, and budget sufficiency to support both global and local Brand goals.
    
    
    • Support markets in building ROI-driven investment plans aligned with regional and global strategies.
    
    
    • Identify cross-market efficiencies and synergies to maximize overall budget impact.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Media Measurement guidelines (Global role)
    
    
    
    • Establish and maintain high standards of media planning across all markets
    
    
    • Ensure adherence to Nestlé Waters media standards, brand safety guidelines, and quality benchmarks
    
    
    • Define and implement harmonized KPIs focused on efficiency, effectiveness, and business impact.
    
    
    • Monitor market performance, identify risks and opportunities, and recommend corrective actions.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Digital Acceleration & Tools leadership (Global role)
    
    
    
    • Lead the best practice of Planning tool roll our across all markets
    
    
    • Identify the points of the improvement and work with the global media team on optimizations
    
    
    • Advance retail media strategies and data activation across markets.
    
    
    • Identify and pilot innovative tools, methodologies, and ecosystem partnerships.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

Qualifications

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    • 8+ years of media experience across agency and advertiser environments (preferably in beverages, spirits, automotive, or beauty).
    
    
    • Proven track record in US media planning roles; experience across US and Canada markets is strongly preferred.
    
    
    • Strong expertise in both traditional and digital media planning.
    
    
    • Demonstrated experience in media investment strategy, planning principles, and performance management.
    
    
    • Experience with retail media strategies and data-driven planning approaches.
    
    
    • Deep expertise in media planning, effectiveness, and KPI frameworks.
    
    
    • Strong analytical capabilities with the ability to translate data into actionable strategic insights.
    
    
    • Experience with advanced measurement methodologies, including Marketing Mix Modeling.
    
    
    • Strong project management and orchestration skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
    
    
    • Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and align cross-functional teams.
    
    
    • Strong agency management experience within a multi-agency ecosystem.
    
    
    • Ability to navigate and lead within a complex, matrixed organization.
    
    
    • Proven ability to communicate effectively, build alignment, and influence decision-making at senior levels.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

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