Strategic Marketing Manager

Job description / Role

Our Client is a global water solutions company, providing technology for the transport, treatment, testing and efficient water usage by municipalities’ utility companies, commercial and residential building services developers and within the industrial and agricultural settings. They operate globally through a number of market leading brands with a global turnover of $4 Billion.
They are currently searching for a Strategic Marketing Manager.

As a Strategic Marketing Manager for the MENA region you would be responsible for developing, marketing and selling products and solutions across the sales region. You would be in charge of supporting the product portfolio across all the divisions of the company’s water and wastewater solutions. These solutions form part of a large product range spanning applications such as water treatment, dewatering, building services and aftermarket sales.

This individual would be implementing corporate and strategic operating plans to identify and develop growth in the water and wastewater market sectors. The growth would be accomplished by researching into market conditions and trends in order to actively engage in new business ventures within the MENA region.

The Strategic Marketing Manager would be working in closely with the Managing Director and the department heads to prepare budgets, sales goals, and establish growth initiatives. This position involves a high level of creation of sales and marketing strategies for the different brands and channels within each of the respective countries of operation.

Requirements

- Degree in Marketing or Business Administration or equivalent
- Degree in Environmental, Civil or Mechanical Engineering
- A minimum of 7 to 10 years experience in the water/wastewater transport/treatment markets, with exposure to sales/marketing, preferably in an engineering/process control environment
- Qualifications in the field of /marketing/ or a sound mechanical aptitude, knowledge of related equipment for the transport/treatment of water and/or process knowledge in water/wastewater treatment are highly desirable
- Global perspective on how marketing and sales are conducted internationally
- Experience with international business
- Experience in product and market knowledge
- Fluent in Arabic and English, both spoken and written; any additional languages would be a plus

About the Company

Allegis Group retired the "Talent2" name and re-branded its specialist recruitment professionals brand to Aston Carter.

Aston Carter is a distinguished global provider of recruitment services to companies requiring highly specialised business professionals. We have an unrivalled commitment to delivering first class service to our clients and candidates across professional disciplines, including Information Technology, Finance, Sales, Risk, Credit, Compliance, Operations, Marketing, Audit, HR and Engineering. Although we are retiring theTalent2 brand, our continued alignment with your company's business objectives will remain unchanged. As part of Aston Carter, our global presence gives us access to additional high-level talent, solutions and industry trends to better grow with our customers.

With more than 60 offices across Europe, Asia Pacific and North America, Aston Carter provides local, regional and global expertise to drive value and meet our customers' unique needs. Aston Carter is an operating company of Allegis Group, a global talent solutions provider and the world's largest privately owned recruitment firm.