Marketing Manager Tth

Job ID

**76779**

**Job Title: Marketing Manager TTH**

**Location**: Midrand, South Africa

As Marketing Manager at dsm-firmenich, you will lead the strategic identification of products and markets, support and deploy sales strategies, and evaluate their impact to drive business growth. You will develop and execute cutting-edge advertising, marketing, and communications programs for our highly technical services, elevating brand awareness and accelerating sales. This pivotal role also supports internal communication initiatives and events, ensuring clear and consistent messaging across the organization. Join us to shape powerful marketing efforts in a dynamic global environment and play a key role in strengthening our market presence.

**Your key responsibilities**
- Serve as the marketing expert and primary Point of Contact for all marketing-related discussions with clients and internal partners across the SSA region, ensuring clear communication and alignment.
- Consolidate regional insights to develop and update category plans with a clear vision, managing tailored marketing strategies by country and category for all SSA clients, while ensuring alignment with global and regional strategies.
- Identify new market opportunities through competitive intelligence and marketing tools, translating findings into innovative solutions within sweet goods, beverages, and savory segments to drive growth.
- Proactively analyze categories and map white spaces to uncover innovation opportunities, collaborating with the commercial team and SSA clients to implement solutions via presentations, innovation days, and face-to-face meetings, contributing to revenue growth.
- Lead the continuous update and upgrade of country marketing tools, ensuring alignment with global standards, while supporting regional and global marketing teams by sharing information, best practices, and inspiring the network.
- Build strong partnerships with segment and category teams, development, sales, and technical teams to design and execute segment
- and solution-led tactical campaigns and external marketing promotions in collaboration with advertisers.

**We offer**
- A chance to shape the future through innovation and creativity
- A purpose-driven culture focused on positive impact and integrity
- Empowerment to own outcomes and make bold, courageous decisions
- A collaborative environment with customers and colleagues worldwide
- A strong focus on safety, well-being, and personal growth
- A supportive, fun, and inclusive workplace where everyone thrives

**You bring**
- A degree in Marketing or a related field, with relevant experience in lieu of formal qualifications, is also considered.
- A minimum of 3 to 5 years’ marketing experience within the FMCG, chemical, or fragrance industry.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and networking skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
- High proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, and confidence in using computer presentation tools.
- Strong organizational, planning, and numerical skills, with a keen eye for detail and a solid commercial understanding.
- A creative, adaptable mindset with a flair for innovation, and experience in design software is a plus.

**About dsm-firmenich**

At dsm-firmenich, we don’t just meet expectations - we go beyond them.

Join our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life.

From elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions - every single day. Whether it’s fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that’s better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere.

And while you’re making a difference, we’ll make sure you’re growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders. Your voice matters here. And your ideas? They’re essential to our future.

Because real progress only happens when we **go beyond, together.**

**DEI and equal opportunity statement**

At dsm-firmenich, we believe being a force for good starts with the way we treat each other. When people feel supported, included, and free to be themselves, they do their best work - and that’s exactly the kind of culture we’re building. A place where opportunity is truly equal, authenticity is celebrated, and everyone has the chance to grow, contribute, and feel they belong.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we’re serious about making our hiring process as fair and inclusive as possible. From inclusive language and diverse interview panels to thoughtful sourcing, we’re committed to reflecting the world we serve.

**Agency statement