Marketing Manager, Food Manufacturing

Job description / Role

A major player in the fresh and frozen food industry is looking for an exceptionally talent Arabic speaking Marketing Manager to work closely with regional distributors.

A leading international player in a range of frozen food products that have seen exceptionally strong growth in the 25 years; partly due to its extremely talent and experienced senior leadership team. This Company is progressive and takes pride in the high quality level of its production plants and products.

It has a very strong following on social media and is always a busy stand at Gulf Food due to its innovation and brand awareness in the market.

The Marketing Manager will be responsible for ensuring that this premium frozen food company is represented correctly to their loyal customer base in store in order to further develop customer / product relationships and trust. The Marketing Manager will also be responsible for helping to grow the brand and market share via external communications and advertising, helping the product lines be the top choice of the consumer.

Leveraging brand positioning and improving the corporate brand building activities, including product development activities and linking with the sales team will be a major part of this role. Agency liaisons, development of trade marketing plans and understand consumer behaviours and how to change corporate marketing strategy to incorporate this data will also fall under this person’s responsibility.

Requirements

Candidates with plus five years of post-education work experience within the FMCG marketing sector will be suitable for this role. Applicants must be native Arabic speaker with fantastic business level English language skills and will be from the FMCG industry and ideally have worked with frozen products. Experience with Halal products is essential.

Team management experience is not important for this role however the successful candidate will have worked in for distributors previously and have and strong skills in this area. Attitude is the important thing for this role and distributor management within the UAE is a must. The candidate should be a degree level educated, ideally in Marketing of MBA qualified.

Candidates must be currently working in Dubai to be considered for this role.

If you are interested in applying for this role then please apply today. Successful candidates will be contacted within 4 working days.

Candidates that do not match the required qualifications for this role will not be contacted and are encouraged to apply for other roles via our website.

About the Company

Why Focus International?

Firstly, we know our market and we deliver. Based in the UAE & The United Kingdom we have a track record of developing long term relationships with candidates & clients over the last 10 years who see the benefit of strategic Talent Management, from Graduates to Main Board appointments.

Our main areas of expertise lie within the following:

Functions:
Production & Engineering Food Technology Sales & Marketing Product Development Supply Chain & Logistics Human Resources
Finance
Purchasing

Channels: Manufacturing Retail Foodservice Distribution Ingredients Packaging
Hospitality
Equipment & Services

Categories: Bakery Dairy Grocery Added value chilled foods Frozen foods Fresh Produce Meat, Poultry & Fish Drinks and Beverages

To support our work, we have an extensive database of internationally based food, drink & FMCG professionals. We advertise on all relevant websites, we network constantly and with a team of experienced Search Consultants we know the people you will want to talk to.

We are the regions largest and only dedicated Food and Drink recruiter complimented by a number of excellent relations within many non food FMCG companies across the MEA who see the value our approach offers. Born out of a strategic vision from our parent group Focus Management Consultants Ltd to be closer to our international partners across the MEA region, we have rapidly become one of the premier FMCG recruitment consultancies working with both large multinational businesses and local operations. Supporting our consultative recruitment activity we utilise the most optimised and developed web and social media engagement techniques available in the market allowing our team of specialist consultants to engage with candidates & clients on many different media platforms. As innovative leaders of our sector, we are constantly investing in creative ways to source and attract candidates and add value to the recruitment process for our clients.

Our business approach is ethical and honest, and it is our clear objective to maintain integrity with both clients and candidates at all times.

The aim is to become your preferred recruitment contact who will work in partnership with you, assisting and advising at all times your search for that next career opportunity. We also desire to become the preferred partner of choice to FMCG businesses for your ongoing and long term recruitment needs. We will achieve this by delivering you highly effective solutions and committing to you for both your immediate and future business needs.