MARKETING MANAGER
Health and Beauty – Lagos
The Role: MARKETING MANAGER:
The successful candidate will be required to:
§ Create, develop and implement category strategy to support the overall marketing strategy ensuring that the Pan African/Cross functional aspects are aligned
§ Initiate the NPD process ensuring that the NPI process requirements are managed and delivered according to targets (360 degree marketing)
§ Ensure category pricing supports brand positioning and is relevant to the competitive arena
§ Delivery of overall budgeted profitability by growing and sustaining category performance
§ Lead the selection of the appropriate trade channels
§ Explore and exploit new opportunities for the category portfolio
§ Monitor, control and report category performance through brand health indicators such as NNS, GM, MC & key consumer KPIs providing solutions to shortfalls
§ Approve category A&P plan within guidelines, creating and modifying as necessary to meet objectives
§ Proactively identify sources and resource needs to support category growth
§ Coach, manage and develop high performance teams, including sourcing brand managers
§ Responsible for ensuring ABM induction programme is appropriate
§ Proactively feed into and follow up on actions from the Business Planning process.
The Person: The Right candidate must
§ Have a degree (preferably Marketing / Business Related Discipline)
§ Have over 7 – 10 years Brand/category Management experience preferably within FMCG
§ Have NPD Project Management experience
§ Have excellent consumer insight, innovation and NPD skills.
§ Have a CAN DO attitude, exhibiting our core values – COURAGE, ACCOUNTABILITY, NETWORKING, DRIVE and ONENESS
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BRAND MANAGER
Health and Beauty – Lagos
The Role: Brand Manager
The successful candidate will be required to:
· Achieve and deliver overall budgeted profitability by growing and sustaining regional brand performance.
· Explore and exploit new market opportunities for brands in the regions.
· Manage some brands to drive brand quality.
· Develop and implement appropriate marketing strategies.
· Formulate and implement strategic business plans.
· Supervise various activities to deliver projects with commercial and technical specification.
· Develop, publish and track progress against project tasks and milestones.
· Act as the primary control point for managing projects and reporting all activities, events and outcome to the Senior Brand Manager.
· Be capable of providing strong project leadership and be willing to take tough decisions.
The Person:
The right candidate must:
· Possess a minimum of 3-5 years work experience in the FMCG industry.
· Have excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
· Possess a good University Degree in Social Sciences, Sciences or any Commercial oriented discipline; Professional qualifications will be an added advantage.
· Have a minimum of 2 years experience in Project Management in the Manufacturing or Service Oriented Industry.
· Be a good team player.
· Be energetic and self-motivated in setting goals.
· Have the ability and experience to work under pressure.
· Have good project management, estimation and documentation skills.
· Posses a good knowledge of advertising, promotion, distribution and marketing research.
· Have a CAN DO attitude, exhibiting our core values – COURAGE, ACCOUNTABILITY, NETWORKING, DRIVE and ONENESS.
· Have excellent computer software application skills.
· Have good analytical and organizational planning skills.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.
Closing date: 24 May 2013