MID-SENIOR BRAND MANAGER – ALCOHOL BRANDS
Brand Manager – Marketing
Cape Town – Western Cape
We have a superb opportunity for a Mid-Senior Brand Manager to work in-house on a fabulous portfolio at a leading alcohol brands company in Cape Town.
We are looking for a Brand Manager, to assist the Portfolio Manager in driving volume and value growth across the company’s portfolio. Alcohol brand experience is highly advantageous.
Responsibilities
- Ensures Brand volume and value growth in line with the Portfolio Plan
- Develop brand strategies that are aligned to the brand role in the portfolio and the context of the current environment & trends
- On time and in full execution of brand activity plans
- Develop and influence consumer-centric brand bibles that increase differentiation between brands, delivers against the brand role in the portfolio and maximises business growth
- Understands key customers per channel, their needs and marketing platforms and applies this to operational planning
- Full understanding of competitor activity in market, and the ability to recommend according shifts in activity plans to deliver against short- and long-term ambitions
- Manage relationships with creative partners at a project level in a manner that ensures successful & sustained partnerships
- Develop cross-functional relationships across the business to ensure key stakeholders are aligned behind Brand activity plans
- Management of brand budgets.
Requirements
The successful candidate must have/be:
- Marketing Related Degree/Diploma
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in FMCG/Retail/Liquor environment
- Proven capability in designing and implementing brand communication and activations, with measurable results aligned to brand objectives
- Excellent organisation and communication skills (written, verbal, presentation)
- Strategic, creative, innovative thinker with strong operational
capabilities
- Strong analytical capability, attention to detail and numeracy
- Commercial acumen
- Good problem-solving ability
- Comfortable in negotiating needs of brand relative to those of
customers, consumers, media, and events partners
- Results orientated
- Persuasiveness and tenacity to sell ideas
- Understanding of the retail environment and route to consumer
pathways
- Excellent interpersonal skills, assertive and able to use initiative.
City: Cape Town
Level of Expertise: Mid-Senior
Remuneration: Negotiable
Consultant: Kim
Reference Number: #Kim1066