Retail Marketing Manager

Job description / Role

The Retail Marketing Manager plays a key role in; supporting and directing the MENA Retailers in the implementation of marketing strategies across the marketing mix; internal and external communications; relationship management with key stakeholders and operational tasks.

The role includes responsibility, management and control of a substantial fund.

The Responsibilities

Retailer Management
- Ensure each retailer develops a comprehensive detailed communications strategy and plan for each fiscal year as well as a top line overview of a 5 year business plan
- Ensure each retailer plans are aligned to Global/Regional Office plans
- Lead, manage and monitor the Retailer Marketing Policy
- Manage quarterly marketing plan updates with each MENA retailer
- Manage quarterly co-op budget updates with MEC
- Manage media plan approvals
- Approval of all ATL and BTL creative work as per CI guidelines
- Support in launch road shows working with Experiential Manager
- Management and responsibility for retailer event planning

- Event approval forms
- Pre-event planning (ensuring retailers adhere to guidelines)
- Post-event reporting and importantly data capture to CRM team
- Collation of all case studies
- Management of retailer magazine orders/process
- Order calls
- Processing finance
- Management of all brochure artwork and retailer orders
- Management of retailer motor show planning
- Organization and management of MENA motorshow kit
- Organization and management of dual brand mall display kits
- Manage and coordinate new retailer joiners' inductions in MENA
- Management and responsibility of retailer co-op budgets in collaboration with Marketing Managers, Marketing Director and MEC
- Management of retailer tactical sales campaigns and offers working closely with Regional Business Managers
- Work with regional roster of agencies when/where needed ATL, BTL, PR and Social Media on all retailer campaigns, activities, launches
- Conduct market visits and reviews
- Management of Branded Goods

Requirements

- Minimum 5+ years Marketing experience
- Proven track record delivering business objectives
- High attention to detail and strong organisational skills
- Financial acumen
- Possessing solid communication and presentational skills
- Confident with exceptional networking, interpersonal and influencing skills
- Fluent spoken and written English and Arabic (French beneficial)
- Excellent knowledge of Word, Excel & PowerPoint
- Minimum of degree level education in related area
- Strong work ethic
- Supremely organized with excellent attention to detail
- A can do attitude and the willingness to perform a wide variety of tasks required to meet the daily demands of the business
- Works well under pressure and thrives on responsibility
- A team player who will engender goodwill
- Passionate about digital
- Strong ability to problem solve independently

About the Company

Inspire Selection is an award winning recruitment agency, headquartered in Dubai which recruits across the Middle East region. We employ highly knowledgeable, professional consultants who are experts in connecting the right people with the right opportunities. Our reputation has been built upon our honesty, integrity and our ability to source candidates of the highest calibre right across our specialist sectors. As a result, we are recruitment partners to a wide spectrum of organisations - from leading blue chip companies to smaller, local businesses. Sectors we cover include HR, Administration, Finance & Accounting, Legal, Sales & Marketing including Digital Marketing, IT, Oil/Gas/Energy, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Higher Education.