Brand Manager

2 weeks ago


Cape Town, South Africa Performer Recruitment Full time

**Introduction**

**Responsibilities**:
**Brand Strategies**
- Understand the South African market, the principal’s brand strategies and the essence of the brands
- Develop creative, practical, achievable marketing strategies
- Set clear, achievable, effective brand objectives aligned with the brand plans
- Translate strategies into action plans/tactics that can be implemented to achieve brand objectives
- Develop a solid understanding of competitor strategies and understand consumer behaviour, to enable efficient target strategies
- Clearly and uniquely define the brands, to create clear competitive differentiation
- Constantly identify real opportunities in the market place, that can be exploited to establish brand awareness, loyalty and advocacy

**Management of Brand Project Plans**
- Design brand project plans, specifying resources, time, budget and critical paths
- Manage and control the brand budget plans
- Ensure effective implementation of each phase within the project plan and effectively communicate the plans
- Brief agencies and provide agencies with the necessary frame of reference to enable them to endorse and advance the brands, in a manner that adds value to the brands’ positioning
- Design realistic financial and budget guidelines for projects or assignments
- Monitor and control the financial and budget elements
- Monitor and evaluate the quality of services provided by agencies, in order to ensure alignment with the functional and emotional DNA of the brands and expectations of brand principals
- Manage the health of the brands in South Africa

**Brand Principal Relationship Management**
- Maintain an effective relationship with brand principals
- Identify and manage the expectations of brand principals
- Involve and inform brand principals with regards to brand strategies, through constant feedback and participative consultative management initiatives

**Marketing Budget and Financial Profile of the Brand**
- Analyse the market growth possibilities of the brands
- Design a business plan reflecting financial forecasting for each brand
- Motivate the financial and budget needs, to the brand principal
- Monitor and control the financial and budget progress and developments, including volume forecasts vs stock management
- Manage the variable budget within agreed frameworks
- Maximise pricing strategies

**Alignment with Sales Managers**
- Ensure Sales Managers understand brand marketing strategies and project plans
- Inform Sales Managers of any changes to brand strategies and project plans
- Liaise with Sales Managers regarding procurement of POS material
- Discuss Sales Team’s feedback on promotions and POS material and Sales Managers and respond appropriately

Desired Qualifications and Experience
- Degree in Marketing or equivalent
- Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience (FMCG /Agency/Liquor Industry Experience)
- Must be a whisky enthusiast, with some knowledge about the category
- High level of exposure to ERP systems: Data Orbis, Qlik View and Qlik Sense
- Brand awareness - a clear understanding of brands and the marketing mix
- Analytical skills and attention to detail
- Experience in events and event execution
- An understanding of trends and an ability to respond accordingly
- Creativity and an ability to produce innovative and original ideas
- Relationship management skills
- The ability to manage and allocate budgets
- Time and project management skills, including the ability to work on multiple projects at the same time
- An ability to think strategically and come up with campaigns
- A strong focus on results
- A high degree of business acumen
- Starter / Finisher mentality


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