Marketing Activation Manager (Horlicks, Andrews and Otrivin) at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), one of the world's leading research based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, is committed to improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. GSK employs over 97,000 employees in over 100 countries worldwide.

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Nigeria Plc is one of Africa's largest consumer healthcare companies, producing leading brands such as Lucozade, Ribena and Panadol.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Marketing Activation Manager (Horlicks, Andrews and Otrivin)

Requisition ID: WD90557
Location: Lagos
Position: Full time
Functional area: Marketing

Details

• Accountable for accelerated share, sales and profit delivery for year 1 of 3>1 plan for all 3 categories- Nutritional, Digestive Health and Respiratory.
• Execute highly effective marketing activation programmes for all brands within the portfolio to deliver commercial goals aligned to Winning Formula
• Actively champion brand initiatives cross functionally through project team meetings and PMB process to ensure timely and excellent market implementation
• Provide brand data and analytics to input into the core commercial cycle and S&OP processes in market to support delivery of agreed forecasting and service levels
• Accountable for  brand performance tracking and recommending remedial action
• Ensure all activity is compliant with global category guidelines and local regulatory/medical/legal requirements
• Lead LOC Market Activation Plan development for brand and provide rigorous data input into 3-1 Financial planning process
• Partner with Area Marketing team to deliver winning marketing and innovation plans for LOC based on actionable commercial, competitor and consumer insight to drive LOC brand share and equity ahead of competition

Build category defining brands our consumers will love:

• Drive brand consumption ahead of Category across portfolio
• Develop actionable local insights (consumer, shopper, expert and competitor) that build on global insight  to generate locally relevant Task Maps
• Work effectively with LOC agency partners to deliver world class activation
• Ensure the Brand Heart is brought to life and consistently activated across all touch points to build long term brand equity
• Plan, manage and deploy working media to optimize return on investment
• Win in digital locally through driving local digital insight and delivering locally relevant digital campaigns
• Deliver excellence in commercial delivery to become first choice for shoppers, customers and experts:
• Develop winning Market Activation Brand Plans (MAPs) in the context of the consumer, expert, trade and competitor
• Deliver winning trade execution including optimal channel focus and mix in partnership with sales organization to drive availability
• Win the war in the store with powerful visibility for our brands in the ‘last metre’ across modern, traditional and pharmacy channels that builds brand equity

Use science and innovation to improve lives:

• Execute in-market new product launches brilliantly leveraging global/area launch models
• Responsible for implementation and achievement of agreed innovation ratios
• Activate and consistently deploy winning claims working closely with area, regulatory, medical and activation teams

Deliver high quality products and service at the right time and cost:

• Deliver world class forecast accuracy as agreed in the winning formula
• Deliver complexity reduction and value engineering initiatives to simplify supply chain and remove cost

Shape talent and culture by living our values and developing our people in a high performance culture:

• Build one Africa mind-set and cross functional team for brand
• Utilize the Marketing Way as “the way GSK does marketing”, building best practice case studies where relevant, to share within LOC and Africa
• Develop  understanding of importance external stakeholders (key customers, government & regulatory agencies, KOLs, industry bodies)
• Drive external focus including regular field visits across customer, consumer, shopper and expert
• Model GSK values & behaviours and compliance with all GSK codes of practice.

Impact measurement in driving business to first and best FMCH:

• Responsible for tracking brand equity and recommending remedial action
• Drive innovation implementation, tracking and learning
• Achievement of all metrics as agreed in the PDP and Winning Formula documents

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years experience in FMCG marketing

Preferred Qualifications:

• Candidates must be able to operate effectively and efficiently with an FMCG mindset from day 1.
• Must have the ability operate independently within a flat structure
  

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interestes and qualified candidates should:
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