Senior Brand Manager at Kimberly Clark

Kimberly-Clark and its well-known global brands are an indispensable part of life for people in more than 150 countries. Every day, 1.3 billion people - nearly a quarter of the world's population - trust K-C brands and the solutions they provide to enhance their health, hygiene, and well-being. With brands such as Kleenex, Scott, Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex, and Depend, Kimberly-Clark holds No.1 or No. 2 share positions in more than 80 countries.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Senior Brand Manager

Job Requisition ID: 842034
Location: Lagos
Worker Type: Employee
Worker Sub-Type: Regular
Time Type: Full time

Main Purpose 

• The Senior Brand Manager for Nigeria for KC-brand ensures the brand delivers financial commitments through the development of innovative branded solutions, compelling brand commercial programs, and robust retail execution.
• We are looking for an exceptional candidate in this full-time role which reports to the Marketing Manager and will be based in Lagos.

Main Responsibilities

• Provides input into the brand strategy review (situational analysis) 
• Developing annual brand operating and channel plans with aligned category, brand, consumer and customer priorities and objectives
• Managing Integrated Marketing Plan (IMP) & resulting commercial programmes
• Managing new product introduction (NPI)
• Develops appropriate consumer & shopper insight and ensures insights, channel & POP opportunities are incorporated into all strategies and plans
• Manages the research process where appropriate 
• Delivers agreed brand, channel targets and profitability 
• Responsible for gathering and analysing competitor information and developing activities to counteract anticipated competitor plans 
• Tracks, analyses and evaluates all brand and trade initiatives to ensure business results are achieved and brand equity is maintained
• Develop & updates generic planograms and looks of success aligned to brand strategy
• Ensures communication to all relevant stakeholders during projects
• Manages day to day interactions with agencies and assists with evaluation 
• Ensures that all business management standards, processes and procedures are applied and adhered to in all activities
• Effective management of A&P budget
• SBM’s guide and develop skills base of JBM’s and BM’s where appropriate 

Minimum Requirements

• 3 year Bachelor's Degree / MFSA Diploma 
• Extensive marketing experience, ideally in a top FMCG company, with history of demonstrated success in:
  • Business, brand and category analysis translated into recommendations Insight development through deep consumer understanding Brand positioning, architecture, visual identity application into product and commercial innovation
  • Marketing leadership of product and commercial innovation
  • Cross function and Agency collaboration and leadership

We Can Offer You

• Development within well-known, strong K-C brand,
• Stable employment with competitive salary and benefits,
• Special Education Program, training for improving professional skillset,
• Cross-functional and Multinational co-working,
• Career opportunities arising internally.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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