Trade Marketing Manager (Eastern Region- FMCG) Job By iRecruiters Africa

Trade Marketing Manager (Eastern Region- FMCG) Job Vacancy By iRecruiters Africa

A Trade Marketing Manager (Eastern Region- FMCG) Job Vacancy is currently available by iRecruiters Africa. Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified individuals who possess all the below-listed criteria.

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Job Summary

The ideal candidate will be saddled with the responsibility of providing overall trade marketing leadership, developing regional marketing plans in line with the national brand plans in relevant sales channels and planning trade marketing and promotions budget to meet that plan. He/she will work as a part of the marketing team to deliver planned revenue, volume and gross margin of key brands & customers.

Trade Marketing Manager (Eastern Region- FMCG) Responsibilities:

•   Lead and define the Trade Marketing strategies, to offer relevant permanent & temporary solutions for key segments, seasons, events and promotional opportunities.
• Own point of sale materials from design adaptation to local requirements for trade implementation, maintenance & refresh.
• Develop efficient, scalable mechanisms for in-store repair and fixtures maintenance.
• Identify, communicate and activate opportunities to further drive perfection at trade
• Develop and execute end-to-end in-store plans for new product launches into the marketplace, including fixtures updates and roll-out, in-store training and asset delivery to retail partners.
• Work closely with the sales team on customer-specific Trade Marketing plans.
• Identify Shopper Insights to feed into the trade marketing strategy and translate them into winning shopper experiences and actionable plans that deliver on the retail partner objectives.
• Create and deliver Retail Execution guidelines. Develop and manage trade marketing assets (e.g. digital and physical POS, content, offline marketing and sales collateral) for the use of the sales team and merchandisers.
• Support brand strategy to ensure that all marketing elements enhance and leverage the brand equity with all constituents.
• Drive best practice sharing across regions and retailers on an ongoing basis.
• Overview & lead merchandising and field team efforts across all key regions including unified in-store tool & KPIs tracker.
• Analyze in-store KPIs and in-store execution regularly, translating them into data-driven action plans.
• Analyze sell-out data to measure the effectiveness of our in-store efforts. Measure ROI of major initiatives.
• Collaborate regularly with different departments within the organization and multiple third-party agencies. On-board and manage external vendors including contract, budget, and KPIs set up related to Trade Marketing
• Drive all aspects of trade excellence, planning and implementation, merchandising, training and events with our key retail partners.
• Responsible for the total lifecycle of strategic trade marketing initiatives.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to identify new opportunities, develop strategies together with sales managers, design programs, and execute, measure, and evaluate them against agreed-upon goals and objectives in alignment with the brand-building teams.
• Maintain high standards in all aspects of planning, execution and evaluation, to ensure all programs are driven to completion

Requirements

• BSc degree in Marketing or any relevant field
• 5yrs+ Experience in trade, shopper marketing or sales
• Strong business appreciation for commerciality
• Implementation experience and ability to influence decisions
• Must be able to manage multiple initiatives with strong execution orientation and proper project management abilities.
• Team leader with the ability to build strong relationships
• Strong analytical skills (IRI/Nielsen/IWSR)
• BSc degree in Marketing or any relevant field
• 5yrs+ Experience in trade, shopper marketing or sales
• Strong business appreciation for commerciality
• Implementation experience and ability to influence decisions
• Must be able to manage multiple initiatives with strong execution orientation and proper project management abilities.
• Team leader with the ability to build strong relationships
• Strong analytical skills (IRI/Nielsen/IWSR)

Benefits

How To Apply For Trade Marketing Manager (Eastern Region- FMCG) Job

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• Hit the ‘APPLY NOW’ button and complete the online application form.
• Submit your application.
• Only the shortlisted candidates shall be contacted for the next process.
• The application deadline was not specified.