Brand Manager – Fashion Retail

Job description / Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Brand Manager to work for a large fashion retailer within the Middle East.

The successful Brand Manager will be responsible for the following:

• Leading the strategic planning process for the assigned brands based on key consumer insights to enhance current portfolio and improve communication with consumers.
• Involvement in the development of the company’s long term planning that identifies new business opportunities, markets and partners.
• Working closely with distribution partners and Marketing Research companies to obtain relevant information, including the development and implementation of brand audit studies and focus groups.
• Monitoring and analysing business performance and the competition.
• Implementing the marketing plans by working with internal and external suppliers to deliver in a timely manner and on budget.
• Coordinating the development of communication materials such as catalogues, websites, brochures, packaging and in-store displays.
• Traveling internally and internationally to ensure the relationship with distributors and suppliers is maintained.
• Delivering internal and external presentations regarding new product introductions, marketing materials, business objective and communication strategy.
• Establishing performance specifications, cost and price parameters, market applications and sales estimates.
• Coordinating regular meetings and preparing regular reports outlining the brands’ performance.
• Managing the status of projects, product testing and the evaluation of external agencies.

Requirements

The successful Brand Manager will need the following:
• Single or Multi Brand Management experience
• 5 years experience of fashion retail
• Brand management experience of footwear fashion retail is essential

Package:
• Competitive Salary

If you feel this opportunity is of interest, please apply online with your most up to date CV or if you know of anyone else who would be interested in this opportunity please present this opportunity to them.

About the Company

Millar Cameron has over 15 years resource solutions experience, serving both the international and domestic recruitment market.

Our clients know they can rely on us to put forward only the most suitable candidates, we believe our requirement to placement ratio is second to none. We are renowned for our speed of response, in most instances being able to provide a ‘same day’ service from receipt of the brief to submission of relevant CV’s.

Our belief is that ‘prevention is better than intervention’ and strive hard to ensure we get the right person for the job. Our commitment doesn’t stop when a placement is agreed; we follow through with both parties to ensure everyone is satisfied. Such is our success rate that in an average year less than 3% of our candidates have to be replaced—a figure that is all the more significant when one considers the extremely challenging environments that many of our placements are in.