Brand Manager - SA

• Matric, relevant qualification advantageous
• Understand marketing mix, from insight analysis and brand building to the role of media, public relations, digital and trade marketing
• Minimum 5 years relevant experience in branding
• Exceptional Project planning skills
• Solutions-driven, collaborative attitude and the ability to handle multiple workstreams simultaneously
• Entrepreneurial mindset
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to flourish in a high-pressure, deadline-based environment requiring the need to work after hours often over weekends

• Work with Distributor team to establish 2025 brand plans and ensure quarterly plans are executed to drive brand performance in the all-important SA market
• Driving the correct project planning processes and following up with BMs to ensure timings are adhered to, reducing stress in the system
• Press Release and SM content calendar reviews and pre-approval before final sign off from the Marketing & General Manager
• Provide local teams with the set of tools and executions to drive commercial and brand equity results
• Event and activation execution review ensuring brand cohesion and consistency and Activation excellence
• Collating, reviewing, and analysing marketing results to drive a mind-set of continuous improvement from a fact-based basis (and supplying Best Practice excellence to the region and Maisons)
• Being clear on implications of annual BHT and other marketing research results to ensure brand plans reflect critical insights
• Tracking competitive activity and performance in the marketplace
• Taking a lead / pro-actively pushing and creating initiatives on some of the smaller brands
• Handling all company platform queries: guidelines, artwork, issues, etc.
• Support on day-to-day marketing topics liaising with Distributor brand managers across the portfolio.
• Formatting and editing of presentations and reports to ensure they meet company standards
• Development and formatting of market visit agendas and ensuring all logistical requirements are handled before and during the visit

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