Marketing Manager - Sept 2012 Job Vacancy at PZ Nigeria

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Job Title: Marketing Manager

Job Unit & Location: All Business Units – Lagos

Organisation: PZ Cussons Nigeria

The Role:  

The successful candidate will be required to: –       Create, develop and implement category strategy to support the overall marketing strategy ensuring that the Pan African/Cross functional aspects are aligned –       Initiate the NPD process ensuring that the NPI process requirements are managed and delivered according to targets (360 degree marketing) –       Ensure category pricing supports brand positioning and is relevant to the competitive arena –       Delivery of overall budgeted profitability by growing and sustaining category performance –       Lead the selection of the appropriate trade channels –       Explore and exploit new opportunities for the category portfolio –       Monitor, control and report category performance through brand health indicators such as NNS, GM, MC & key consumer KPIs providing solutions to shortfalls –       Approve category A&P plan within guidelines, creating and modifying as necessary to meet objectives –       Proactively identify sources and resource needs to support category growth –       Coach, manage and develop high performance teams, including sourcing brand managers –       Responsible for ensuring ABM induction programme is appropriate –        Proactively feed into and follow up on actions from the Business Planning process.

The Person:

The Right candidate must – Have a degree  (preferably Marketing / Business Related Discipline)  – Have over  5 years Brand/category Management experience preferably within FMCG  – Have NPD Project Management experience  – Have excellent consumer insight, innovation and NPD skills.

Have a CANDO attitude, exhibiting our core values – COURAGE,ACCOUNTABILITY, NETWORKING, DRIVE,ONENESS

Please note that only shortlisted candidates would be contacted

Closing date: 20th September 2012.

Marketing Manager - Sept 2012 Job Vacancy