About the position
DBN000288 - Brand Manager (Haircare) – Sandton
Purpose of the job:
To assist the general manager in creating and carrying out marketing plans and brand strategies for personal care items (haircare).
Required Qualifications:
- Completed BCom degree
- Minimum of 2 years of relevant brand / marketing experience is - essential
- FMCG/Retail environment experience essential (Medicine, Food and personal hygiene)
- Excellent understanding of digital marketing
- Proficient in MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook and MS PowerPoint
Technical Competencies & Experience:
- Execution of brand plans (complete 360-degree campaigns on various channels) with ongoing ROI evaluations and subsequent revisions.
- Help analyze the market and competitors.
- Brief and coordinate artwork with retailers and other third parties, as well as the in-house designer.
- Every month, suppliers are reviewed.
- Review of marketing expenditures per month.
- Collecting marketing recoveries by following up. NLT analysis on a weekly basis.
- Assistance with monthly stock management, including forecasting, inventory health, short-dated stock, range type fixes, and clearing disc stock.
- Define and manage brand positioning and communication strategy using a variety of media.
- Prepare/review all promotional and advertising media.
- Monitor the marketing/communication/promotional spend.
- Manage Masterdata changes.
- Daily marketing tracker changes.
- Raise marketing POs and see through to payment
Behavioural Competencies:
- Strong focus on analytical skills, turning data into actionable insights.
- The ability to solve problems and apply appropriate judgement in decision making.
- Resilience and the capacity to perform under pressure.
- A focus on customer service.
- Sense of urgency and focused on achieving results.
- Pay close attention to details. autonomous and self-directed.
- Ability to meet deadlines and hold yourself responsible for deliveries.
- A cooperative individual who works together with his/her team to complete tasks.
- The capacity to sustain relationships, establish credibility, and involve stakeholders.
Please Note - Should you not hear back from us within the next 2 weeks, please consider your application as unsuccessful.
Desired Skills:
- brand manager
- branding
- brand ambassador
