Country Marketing Officer at Burn Nigeria

BURN is the largest vertically integrated modern cookstove company in the world, providing world-class R&D, manufacturing, and carbon offset projects from our HQ in Kenya and across 10 countries in Africa. We are working to create a world where cooking positively impacts all life on earth by producing the world’s most efficient biomass, liquid fuel, and electric cookstoves. Our team of 900 people - 51% of whom are women - is on track to produce and sell over 150,000 stoves per month in 2022 at our solar-powered facility in Kenya.

We are recruiting suitable canddiates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Country Marketing Officer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

About the Role

• We are looking for a Country marketing officer who will be responsible for implementing appropriate marketing strategies and activities within the company.
• The individual will be tasked with contributing to and implementing decisions regarding product distribution, budgeting, branding, and sales.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Strategy: In consultation with the country manager and regional marketing lead, translate the global marketing strategy into localized marketing plans including defining the appropriate channels, content, and correct mix of investments by touchpoints and own the creation and deployment of locally relevant brand-building and demand-generating initiatives through owned, paid, and earned media to strengthen brand credibility for new and existing products.
• Trade Marketing: Develop, manage, and execute a profitable point of sales activation and shopper marketing activities to help achieve BURN’s commercial targets in the market.
• Advertising: In concert with Agency partners and the global marketing team, localize and implement, above-the-line advertising (Traditional, Digital, and social media) plans to improve brand knowledge, drive sales, and sustain adoption.
• Public Relations: In concert with Local agency teams engage local stakeholders and thought leaders through a combination of owned, earned, shared, and paid media and non-media opportunities to improve the BURN corporate and brand image in the country.
• Budget Management: Create and control the country's marketing budget ensuring all expenditure is maximized and aligned towards achieving the company’s strategic goals in Mozambique.
• Project Management: Work cross-functionally within (creative, commercial, innovation) and outside BURN (agencies) providing strategic leadership and strong project management on all marketing communication initiatives within Mozambique.
• Competitor Intelligence: Monitor competitor activity, trends, and trade activity to find new opportunities for BURN to win in the market.
• Performance Analysis: Evaluate marketing campaigns to determine effectiveness and impact on key commercial objectives, and produce monthly reports highlighting trends, lessons learned, and growth opportunities.

Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of integrated marketing experience (ATL, BTL, Digital, PR).
• Proven experience in successfully delivering business results through marketing.
• Strong creative and analytical skills with the ability to interpret both cultural and commercial trends to devise winning marketing strategies.
• Strong prioritization, team collaboration, and project management skills.
• Excellent communication and graphical presentation skills
• Relevant work experience in FMCG and consumer durables is beneficial.
• Strong written and spoken knowledge of English and Portuguese.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.