Reckitt Benckiser Vacancy for a Brand Manager
Reckitt Benckiser is the world's leading consumer health and hygiene company,
with brands (such as Nurofen, Strepsils, Mucinex, Dettol, Lysol Finish
and Vanish) sold in nearly 200 countries and operations in over 60
countries.
Job Title: Brand Manager
About the role
An exciting career
opportunity is available within the Marketing Department at RB Nigeria.
The main purposes of the job are to manage the creation and delivery of
high quality programs/materials - on time and on budget. Support
implementation planning and execution with excellence. To work with the
brand teams and external audiences in program planning with the
Marketing Manager and Agency resources and to deliver effective
communication of support plans and schedules.
Key Responsibilities and Principal Accountabilities
- Manage own brand(s) within the context of the agreed
strategies to maximise short and long term Sales, Market Share and
profitability
- Develop, recommend and lead the execution of local marketing plans and manage the effective deployment of the marketing budget
- Contribute to development of category strategies and innovation plans.
- Develop and execute annual marketing including media plan
- Initiate market research projects to deliver powerful consumer and customer insights as the basis for long term brand growth.
- Lead the development of local copy strategy / executions
- Coordinate with the Sales function for the execution of pricing and distribution strategies for assigned brands.
- Implementation of agreed plans on time and budget
RB is the world's leading consumer health and hygiene company.
Every day, across 60 countries, we work with the best people to
challenge conventional thinking and strive to find even better ways to
give people innovative solutions for healthier lives and happier homes.
We trust people in what they do and we give full accountability and
autonomy to make things happen. That’s how we generate the game-changing
ideas that built 19 iconic Powerbrands around the world, such as Nurofen, Strepsils, Mucinex, Dettol, Lysol, Finish and Vanish.
High impact, consumer-led research is the heart of the company's
success. Ranked in the TOP 20 on the London Stock Exchange, our
relentless drive to outperform has trebled our revenue since 2000 and
quadrupled our market cap.
About the role
An exciting career opportunity is available within the Marketing
Department at RB Nigeria. The main purposes of the job are to manage the
creation and delivery of high quality programs/materials - on time and
on budget. Support implementation planning and execution with
excellence. To work with the brand teams and external audiences in
program planning with the Marketing Manager and Agency resources and to
deliver effective communication of support plans and schedules.
Key Responsibilities and Principal Accountabilities
- Manage own brand(s) within the context of the agreed
strategies to maximise short and long term Sales, Market Share and
profitability
- Develop, recommend and lead the execution of local marketing plans and manage the effective deployment of the marketing budget
- Contribute to development of category strategies and innovation plans.
- Develop and execute annual marketing including media plan
- Initiate market research projects to deliver powerful consumer and customer insights as the basis for long term brand growth.
- Lead the development of local copy strategy / executions
- Coordinate with the Sales function for the execution of pricing and distribution strategies for assigned brands.
- Implementation of agreed plans on time and budget
Qualifications
- 5 years of Promotional Marketing experience
- Bachelors degree in Marketing or equivalent
- Effective cross-functional team work experience Maturity and leadership
- Independent worker, self Starter (outside the office), strong
interpersonal and relationship building skills – Outgoing personality
and ability to interact and influence different third parties
- Lead a teams of third party demo girls including training and
motivation of this team to execute Housewife Connect, HCP connect &
School Activation including direct selling
- Strong negotiation skills with Understanding of Marketing – promotional programmes, PR, literature, artwork development
- Self sufficient, proactive and able to work with a high degree of autonomy
- Excellent communication in English (verbal & writing) as well as presentation skills
In return RB will offer a very competitive salary and benefits package
as well as continued development and career progression on a Global
scale.
Don't delay speak to your manager about making your next move and Apply Today!
Please
note that due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are not
able to respond to every application unfortunately. If you haven't
heard from us within 10 days, please assume that your application has
not been successful this time.
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