Senior Assistant Brand Manager

SUMMARY:
We are seeking a highly experienced and results-driven Senior Assistant Brand Manager eager to learn and grow within a fast-paced environment.

Join a dynamic, ambitious, and rapidly expanding company in the personal care and toiletries industry, serving both South African and international markets.

POSITION INFO:
Responsibilities:

• Support manager to achieve brand and category marketing goals
• Contribute to the creation of new initiatives including new products, packaging and ideas
• Develop consumer insights and expertise, competitor and marketing understanding, to provide recommendations
• Input in marketing plans
• Set priorities and meet deadlines
• In depth and insightful reporting on category performance
• Work effectively with other team members
• Demonstrate creativity and innovative skills
• Manage cross function teams to execute project and category strategies
• Sound knowledge of marketing mix of portfolio

• Great track record in Marketing Degree or Honours degree (including Finance/Business Science grads) or IMM Diploma
• Advanced computer skills – Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word, online project management platforms e.g. Click Up, Slack
• Proactive, takes initiative and highly motivated self-starter
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Good numeracy skills (please do not apply if you do not fulfil this criterion. Candidate will be required to pass numeracy test)
• Able to multi-task and achieve targets in a fast-paced environment
• Able to collaborate with all levels and departments of the business
• Demonstrate skills in leadership
• Demonstrate decision making
• Creativity and ability to produce innovation and original ideas
• Time and project management skills