Pawel Stepek

Customer Development Manager

Vienna, Vienna, Austria

About

After successfully obtaining my master's degree in marketing management, I am focusing on building up a career to live my passion for marketing and being analytical as well as creative. With my marketing knowledge and previous experience, I am eager to support and enhance consumers’ brand perception as well as the brand’s performance.

Experience

  • Colgate-Palmolive (3 yrs 9 mos)
    • Customer Development Manager
      Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    • Retail Marketing Manager
      Apr 2024 - Apr 2026 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      - Management of Colgate and meridol brand portfolio (Toothpaste, Toothbrushes, Mouthrinse) - Drive brand growth across all retailers in the Austrian market - Performance as well as market analyses based on Nielsen incl. derivation of specific recommendations for action - Implementation of activations at POS to improve brand performance - Implementation of product launches including profit-loss calculations as a basis for decision-making

    • Brand Manager STA (Short Term Assignment)
      May 2025 - Oct 2025 · 6 mos

      Short Term Assignment as Brand Manager for Home Care (Softlan & DanKlorix) and Personal Care (Palmolive) responsible for Germany Austria and Switzerland

  • Junior Category Manager at BIPA Parfumerien Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Jan 2022 - Jul 2022 · 7 mos

    - Management and supervision of the household, candles and air freshener product categories including responsibility for KPIs such as sales, profit, market shares, inventory - Management of product range according to the corporate strategy and target groups, which includes trend and competitor analyses, innovation management and cooperation with the industry - Planning and implementation of pricing measures in the current and campaign business - Planning and coordination of marketing activities, promotion planning - Conducting negotiations with national and international suppliers - Close cooperation with relevant internal departments, such as space management to control and optimize shelf design or product management for the purpose of developing possible private label products - Article master data management and maintenance

  • Cashier/Shop Assistant at BILLA AG
    Mar 2020 - Jul 2020 · 5 mos

    Support of the employees during COVID-19. Additionally, I was using the opportunity to gain experience in the frontline within the FMCG sector.

  • Internship Brand Management Laundry & Home Care CEE at Henkel
    May 2019 - Dec 2019 · 8 mos

    - Brand performance as well as competitive review and analysis - Support of Regional Marketing team in project steering, follow up and coordination of product launches and relaunches - Close cooperation with local brand managers in CEE countries - Participation in design development processes

  • Internship Flight Operations Standards, Efficiency & Projects at Austrian Airlines
    Aug 2018 - Jan 2019 · 6 mos

    - Planning and implementation is internal marketing measures and communication campaigns - Supervision of internal communication platforms - Supporting launch of new products and tools for pilots