Marketing Director (Saudi National)

Job description / Role

Our client, a privately held holding company headquartered in Riyadh, is seeking a Marketing Director for their food services operations company. The successful candidate will be a Saudi National and the role reports directly into the CEO. Prior experience in F&B / hospitality is essential.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Duties:

- Identifying improvements opportunities.
- Participating with the CEO in setting short and long term business strategies for achieving the company’s objectives.
- Setting budget for the Department in coordination with the Finance Department to be submitted to the CEO for review and approval.
- Controlling the financial performance of the Department and keep it within the set budget.
- Setting, cascading and communicating Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for monitoring the performance of sections and units under supervision.


Technical Duties:

- Establish effective working relationships with sales and agency leadership to ensure that our Products and services are implemented through sales enablement and marketing demand generation programs.
- Provide feedback into product development and service offers and participates in their development; collaborate to create, launch and track performance of product and service offerings in our markets
- Develop and deliver appropriate field sales enablement tools.
- Develop, establish and maintain marketing strategies to meet organizational objectives.
- Create content for corporate marketing collateral, website/blog/social media, and other initiatives.
- Understand the products and services offering and approach of key competitors; communicate products and services differentiation to sales and provides input to top management.
- Demonstrate effective management of the marketing, advertising and promotional activities of the organization.

Salary:
SAR 40,000 to 45,000 per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

Requirements

- Must have prior experience in Hospitality/F&B/Restaurants to be considered
- Saudi National
- Minimum of 5 years experience in a related marketing role
- Ideally experience in managing and rolling out loyalty programs
- Degree in marketing or a related field

About the Company

Mackenzie Jones Middle East has decades of recruitment expertise in various industry sectors. Along with a deep understanding of key market sectors and regions, we never forget to treat clients, companies and candidates as individuals who have unique needs.

So we always listen, constantly learn, occasionally challenge and frequently advise. Its all part of a service renowned for its courtesy, consideration and dedication. Based in Dubai since 2006, our office covers the GCC and Levant countries and with the right regional expertise, we are the leading specialists.

Were growing rapidly because people appreciate our honesty, commitment and results.