Honey Care Africa, a high-growth social enterprise based in
Nairobi with domestic and international sales, is recruiting a creative Brand Manager.
The Brand Manager will develop and grow the organization’s
consumer product brand portfolio. Competitive compensation and benefits
package.
Responsibilities:
- Represent
brand identity and creative vision for product development
- Create
and implement product plan to support both historical data and current
product trend while clearly representing brands
- Analyze
and synthesize information, identify implications, observe patterns and
draw conclusions based on facts and generate effective solutions
- Research
marketplace for inspiration and competitive responses
- Establish
short term and long term product trend for each brand to effectively
interpret the voice of consumer, retailer and market
- Identify
opportunities by channel and brand
- Communicate
product plan clearly to development team
- Establish
competitive retail pricing strategy and maintains margin goals
- Design
packages, promotions and sales tools
- Ensure
timely new product introductions
- Manage
product assortment and life cycle by analyzing sales information and
providing recommendations for SKU reduction and discontinuation of slow
sellers
- Partner
with Sales to develop professional presentations that meet the needs and
objectives of individual channels and accounts
- Work
within established budget guidelines
Requirements:
- Focus
on results.
- At
least 5 years successful brand management or product management
experience.
- At
least 3 years successful FMCG market experience.
- Professional
written & verbal communication skills; strong interpersonal skills;
strong design skills.
- Ability
to plan and manage at both strategic and operational levels.
- Willing
to work long hours and travel extensively.
- An
advanced degree in communications, marketing, or business is preferred.
- Demonstrate
strong leadership skills, integrity, work ethic, and dependability.
Interested candidates should email a detailed CV and salary
requirements to NairobiCareers@gmail.com with the subject line “Brand
Manager”.
Creative submissions will be given priority.
The application deadline is 31 January, 2013.
Kindly note that only short listed candidates will be contacted.