Commercial Planning & Activation Manager

Essity

Commercial Planning & Activation Manager at Essity focusing on customer execution and team alignment within B2B. Requires sales expertise and project management skills in a remote setting.

Posted 4/23/2026full-timeRemote • Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with Sales leadership to translate strategy into focused go to market execution with clear, actionable priorities for the field.
Lead commercial activation by defining priorities and coordinating cross‑functional execution.
Apply strong project management to drive initiatives end to end while balancing scope, timelines, and stakeholder needs.
Analyze commercial performance to identify insights and outliers that improve sales effectiveness and decision making.
Align cross functional teams to ensure consistent messaging, timing, and execution while resolving competing priorities or risks.
Drive adoption and accountability through clear communications, executive summaries, and continuous improvement of planning and activation processes.
Success in this role is reflected through strong cross functional alignment, improved sales focus, high initiative adoption, and consistent progress against growth objectives.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's Degree in Business or Sales & Marketing preferred
5+ years' experience including a combination of field sales, sales operations, sales enablement, sales leadership/management, and/or Commercial Excellence roles.
Experience working within large, matrixed organizations and working cross functionally with other functions
Broad B2B industry experiences with distribution channels and field sales
Excellent business acumen, strategic planning, analytical, communication, project management, and change management skills.
Customer success obsession and a bold passion for working towards results and customer satisfaction
Excellent communicator able to assemble and clearly articulate key strategies, plans and reports aligned to drive tangible business impact.
Strong listening and facilitation skills
Experience working CRM systems (i.e. Microsoft Dynamics) preferred as well as working knowledge of Microsoft Office
Proficient with corporate productivity and web presentation tools
Excellent verbal and written communications skills, and strong listening and presentation skills
Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage time effectively to drive for results and sense of urgency
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships on all levels
Strong organizational & collaborative skills and ability to work virtually with customers and internal teams.
Sound business acumen and sales financial understanding with ability to solve for customer needs
Ability to travel up to 20-25% domestic travel.

Benefits

Comp & perks

United Healthcare PPO / EyeMed Vision Insurance / Delta Dental Insurance
Wellness program provided through Rally Healthcare and Dependent Care
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
401(k) with employer match and annual employer base contribution
Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
Employee Assistance Program
PTO offering with Paid Holidays
Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance
Employee discounts program
Scholarship program for children of Essity employees.

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementsales operationssales enablementsales leadershipcommercial excellencestrategic planninganalytical skillschange managementCRM systemsMicrosoft Office

Soft Skills

communicationcustomer success obsessionlistening skillsfacilitation skillstime managementinterpersonal skillsorganizational skillscollaborative skillsability to multi-taskability to build relationships

Certifications

Bachelor's Degree in BusinessBachelor's Degree in Sales & Marketing