Trade Marketing Manager

RS Executive

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Ref: MP927-101

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Our client who is one of the country’s most accomplished companies in the food industry sector, covering retail, packaging, catering, restaurant franchising and other areas is looking for a Trade Marketing Manager to be based in their HQ in Abu Dhabi.

Trade Marketing Manager

Department: Commercial

Reporting To: Marketing Manager:

Purpose of Role
Plan, Develop, and Direct the trade marketing efforts

Key Responsibilities
• Strategic Planning and Direction for the Trade Marketing
• P&L co-responsibility
• Conceptualization and execution of business objectives.
• Ability to brief, communication, media & research agencies
• Collaboration with Operations, Procurement, Business Development, Personnel, and finance with matters pertaining the Brand maintenance and development.
• Monitoring the brand performance and providing analysis towards arising issues.
• Ability to negotiate and maintain a good working relationship with External Suppliers/Distributers.
• Lead efforts in NPD
• Set/Run a variety of consumer and trade promotions
• Experience in Media campaigns productions
• Ability to position, extend and relaunch of brands
• Channel strategy, Category or Product performance by channel
• 5P’s by channel
• Shopper insight, Retailer perspective
• Competitive benchmarking
• Trade spending strategy
• Budget, Business Planning Process (contribute)
• Document Key Shopper Facts, Understandings and future trends (Retail Environment/Category)
• Define shopper insights that will lead to competitive advantage, share
• Recommend Shopper Insight Research Opportunities by R/E
• Identify Opportunities for Shopper Insight Application
• Define, design and do Post-Promotion Evaluation for Trade Promotions

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience needed in order to complete the role
- Bachelor Degree in Business Management, Marketing or General Management.
- 6+ Years Experience in a Trade Marketing function at an MNC/FMCG
- Good understanding of the FMCG business.
- Proficiency in MS Office, with Word, Excel and PowerPoint mastery.
- Experience in GCC market is preferable.

Core skills
• Analytical skills, able to translate raw data into meaningful analysis and provide recommendations.
• Ability to work autonomously, only use guidance on the strategic level.
• Sound understanding of the customers/consumers and their habits/Culture/preferences/buying decisions.
• Creative, outside the box thinker.
• Persuasive, able to connect with people from different backgrounds.
• Visionary, able to envision the Brand’s evolution in near-mid future.
• Business savvy, and a calculated risk taker.
• Leader within his team, inspiring among his peers.
• Promotes Transparency, Credibility and Respect values in his work relationship.

About the Company

RS Executive is a trusted provider of executive search, headhunting and bespoke recruitment solutions.

Headquarters in Dubai, strong local knowledge and extensive regional network combined with global reach, makes us the recruiter of choice.

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