Senior Brand Manager - Bryanston, South Africa - Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA
Description
Location:
Bryanston, Head Office
Qualification:
Post Matric Qualification i.e., Bachelor's Degree/IMM Diploma (Marketing Preferred)
Experience:
Minimum 5-8 Years experience in Brand Management or Marketing with brand activation experience
Closing Date:25 March 2024
Position Summary
Do you thrive on the thrill of navigating uncharted territories and leading with bold, innovative strategies? Nestlé invites sports & brand marketing professionals to step into the role of Senior Brand Manager for MILO, where you'll embark on an exhilarating journey to redefine the rules of the game in the world of brand building.
At Nestlé we are committed to helping our communities to live healthier and happier lives, and as such we are seeking a Senior Brand Manager to be the custodian one of our most iconic brands, MILO.
A day in the life of the Senior Brand Manager:
Know your consumer deeply- understand the consumer behaviour by conducting qualitative and quantitative studies in liaison with the local research team and research partners.
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Inspire with Brand Vision and Essence
- Lead with unwavering determination, ensuring that the essence of Milo ignites passion in every consumer interaction.
Delight with Product & Packaging Experience
- Champions development of relevant and preferred packaging and product solutions to improve the consumer experience and contribute to sustainability goals.
Win with Shoppers
- Master the art of shopper engagement, harnessing the energy of the marketplace to drive unprecedented brand performance.
Innovate Bigger Bolder Better - Passionately seeks out ideas and leverages internal and external resources to contribute to the development of an innovation pipeline.
Ensures consumer and Confectionary Professional centricity, applies Innovation levers, maintains vibrancy via relevant innovation and renovation for his/her brands to deliver against commercial objectives.
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Plan and Executive Flawlessly
- Contributes to the development and execution of a strong, crossfunctionally aligned brand and Integrated Commercial Plan for consumers.
Understands and manages the business impact of marketing spend (PFME) of her/his brand.
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Create Engaging Brand Experiences
- Contributes and manages the development process of creating Ownable Brand Propositions and Big Ideas.
Embraces e-business and digital to drive brand and business performance.
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Financial & Business Acumen
- PFME Budget and Agency Scope of Work management and Profit & Loss understanding.
What will make you successful:
- A Bachelor's Degree/Diploma in Marketing or any Business/Commercial Degree
- Minimum 5 years' experience in Brand Management or Marketing with brand activation experience.
- Understanding of key drivers of brand/product P&L and how to action them.
- Experience in leading product launch or complex renovation projects working with cross functional teams.
- Strong relationship management and communication skills.
- Good understanding of digital marketing. '12 years' experience in digital & social marketing.
- Experience working in cross functional teams and strong stakeholder management.
- Experience with leading and coaching a team.
- Has contributed to the development and implementation of business strategy aimed at increasing brand competitiveness.
- Problem solving and managing for results are critical
- Good knowledge of Digital & Performance Marketing
Key Personal Attributes
- Ingenious
- An innovative yet objective thinker
- Sports lover
- Explorer
- Demonstrates a 'can do' / entrepreneurial & commercial acumen
- Astute
- Ability to deliver projects in full, on time and to the highest quality
- Results Focused
- Driven to get the best result and win, challenges themselves and others Must have strong analytical skills i.e. use research, factual information when solving problems and come up with well thought through solutions
- Numerate with good attention to detail
- Ability to work well under time pressure / stressful conditions
- Influence/Negotiation Skills
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