If you are ambitious, self-motivated, hardworking and a team player and interested in growing your career with an International FMCG business, please read through our job opportunity.
We are looking for a replacement for a team member going on maternity leave between 22/09/2025 and 03/04/2025.
Key Responsibilities:
Market Monitoring
* Analyses market data, starting, building market knowledge.
* Analyses customers' assortment.
* Analyses price gaps between private label and brands.
* Monitors local brands and competitors (in collaboration with R&D and Sales).
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Marketing Planning
* Contributes with info and ideas to Senior Product Marketing Manager.
* Gathers information to help defines consumers and customers’ needs.
* Analyses NSV and margins from our local existing references.
* Helps local customer account plans and relevant category plans to align.
* Supports McBride brands and licenses (range of products and communication activities).
Product Portfolio Management
* Collects and gathers info on portfolio needs.
* Customizes (perfume/color/packaging / customer policies) local product ranges for each segment
* Asks for performance alignment and gives inputs to define cost targets.
* Collects info for claim definition and asks for validation (from R&D).
* Supports the process to agree category's complexity rules.
* Works within the defined complexity rules and supports sales in derogation process.
Project Management
* Follows up mainly simple projects using relevant tools.
* Follows up project completion within agreed timelines and budget.
Customers / Tenders Support
* Inputs info to (Senior) Product Marketing Manager to help sales define products' offers.
* Provides information as part of the offer briefing process (inputs).
* Supports sales to address customers simple requests.
* Following received guideline, is able to create simple customer presentations for specific topics.
* Prepares customer's presentations.
Key Result Areas:
* Delivery of Budgeted Margin (cgp @ current)
* Delivery of Budgeted Sales Revenue (nsv)
* NPD / EPD funnel
* Projects delivery
* Portfolio complexity (Check compliance)
* Category plan (design and implementation) – (Implementation only)
* Market intelligence consolidation
Qualification(s) & Education:
* Minimum Bachelor degree in Business or Sales Administration or equivalent certificate
* First experience of managing administrative activities ideally in the area of Sales & Marketing (required)
* First experience of managing projects in the area of Marketing (desirable)
* First experience and thorough ability to operate in a fast-paced environment (desirable)
* Experience of working with or in manufacturing, supply chain or marketing (desirable)