Assistant Brand Manager- Nutrition
| Location | Bryanston, South Africa |
| Date Posted | August 8, 2022 |
| Category |
Health Care / Medical
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| Job Type |
Full-time
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| Currency | ZAR |
Description
Nestle is the world's leading nutrition, health and wellness company. We're looking to add great new talent to our dynamic Marketing Team. Reporting to the Senior Brand Manager the successful candidate will assist the Brand Manager in evaluating, developing and implementing brand activities that will ensure profitable brands by understanding, anticipating, creating and meeting consumer needs.
Position Summary
This role will allow the successful candidate to fully utilise their core Marketing Competencies, category consumer insight, strategy, budget & planning, promotions management, business & financial management, new product development, Digital media, advertising development, stakeholder management & an understanding of the trade to develop and execute innovative brand and business strategies which create value, and deliver sustainable profitable growth
A day in the life of...
- Assist the Brand Manager in implementing short, and long term corporate objectives, policies and strategies and regularly review these objectives.
- Assist with product introductions, communication development and implementation of promotional plans timeously
- Act effectively on all matters related to brand management, in keeping with the standards and ideals.
- Assist with monitoring and controlling of brand budgets
- Constantly liaise with sales management to maintain awareness on market situations, potential threats and opportunities, and undertake regular visits to the market place and sales Regions for this purpose.
- Assist the Brand Manager with liaising with relevant factory planning, purchasing personnel and any other relevant departments in order to ensure the development of products in line with marketing objectives, plans and timetables.
- Gathering and interpretation of competitor intelligence
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to identify and define project requirements, scope and objectives
- Assist in preparing project proposals, timeframes, schedules and budget
Duties & Responsibilities
What will make you successful
- Commercial Degree
- 12-18 months classical marketing experience in a multinational FMCG / Pharmaceutical environment
- Strong Project Management skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills
- Financial awareness and P&L awareness
- Analytical skills
- Data collection / research of market, data analysis and interpretation
We are Nestlé, the largest food and beverage company. We are 308,000 employees strong driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. Our values are rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity and respect for our future. With more than CHF91.4billion salesin 2018, we have an expansive presence with 413factories in more than 85countries. We believe our people are our most important asset, so we'll offer you a dynamic inclusive international working environment with many opportunities across different businesses, functions and geographies, working with diverse teams and cultures. Want to learn more? Visit us at www.nestle.com.