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JOB PROFILE
Job Position:
Senior Category Manager
Personal Care Function: Marketing
Reports to: Marketing Director KSA - Personal Care Business
Scope: Saudi Arabia and Yemen Business Unit Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Main Accountabilities
Main Purpose of the Role:
Turn around the current category in KSA; via working on below:
a) Improve Brand Equity rapidly to drive sales profitably
b) Grow the core business competitively in KSA while investing in future segments
Key Responsibilities:
• Responsible to Develop long term brand vision and drive marketing strategies for market share growth in KSA while reflecting brand positioning
• Strategic planning and project management work
• Regular communication and corporation with the global category team for platform and architecture development as well as communication plans.
• Develop strategy and execute across all promotional efforts of marketing, Digital, Traditional Communication, activation and working closely with the Customer Marketing functions for alignment.
• Leading the Sales & Operations Process (S&OP) for the assigned category.
• Ensure all marketing communication development created and based on local consumer insights and feed into the global category team
• Ensure competitive monitoring and understanding for quick proactive as well as reactive actions
• Plan the key levers for growth supporting the development and creation of untapped opportunities as well as activities to gain fair share of market.
• Optimizing product assortment to fit market demands and introducing relevant innovations.
• Managing pricing strategy in order to drive profitable growth and PBI% improvement.
• Developing optimized communication & activation mix with a market relevant message together with creative agencies.
• Develop and execute qualitative and quantitative market research levering local, regional or global resources
• Track trends, analyzing market research & studies, creating actions based on data.
• Translate globally developed brand concepts for local execution based on understanding of market, consumers and competition
• Work to gain consistency, alignment and efficiencies inside the cluster team.
• Motivate and inspire own team by leading by example, coaching, and striving for growth.
• Oversee and optimize own teams agency relationships and actively pursue emerging media
Key Deliverables:
• The Category Manager is responsible for the execution of the annual AOP in his/her specific markets and annual brand and marketing strategies, and supporting the KSA Business Development Manager in developing annual strategies.
• The role is to have full understanding of the impact of all activities on consumers and the business.
• Responsible to deliver the P&L on the category business and look for further opportunities for topline growth and / or proftablility
Competencies:
• Consumer and Customer Focus
• Developing team and others including agencies.
• Bias for Action
• Accountability and Responsibility
• Strong Financial Acumen
Key Contacts:
• Saudi Arabia and Yemen Executive Committee
• Central and global category teams
• North Africa and Middle East Leadership team
Key Contacts:
• Saudi Arabia and Yemen Executive Committee
• Central and global category
• North Africa and Middle East Leadership team
Critical success Factors for the Job
Key Skills Relevant Experience
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Strong ability to learn new tools and techniques
• Positive attitude with strong character
• Ability to influence others
• Strong managerial skills and team leadership
• Full understand for research fundamentals
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail
• Problem solving skills with practical creativity
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent time management and project leadership
• Ability to translate multiple source information into a market insight story
• Excellent spoken and written English
• Ability to organise own work and execute tasks with little supervision
• Ability to delegate work to agencies and subordinates
• 8-10 years of marketing management experience, preferably in Personal Care or Beauty
• An appreciation for beauty and brands
• University degree or equivalent, MBA is a plus
• Strong understating of the Saudi market to create focused growth strategies & Plans
• Demonstrated experience managing agency relationships
• Must have strong interpersonal skills.
• Experience managing a team of direct reports and influencing cross-functionally
• Comfortable working with Senior Management.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines.
• Fluency (written and verbal) in English and in Arabic
• Strong analytical skills to generate powerful insights and to drive those insights into actions.
• Strong Financial acumen
Job Details
| Date Posted: |
2017-05-09 |
| Job Location: |
Jeddah , Saudi Arabia |
| Job Role: |
Marketing and PR |
| Company Industry: |
Retail/Wholesale |
Preferred Candidate
| Career Level: |
Management |
| Nationality: |
Saudi Arabia |
| Degree: |
Bachelor's degree |
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