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Brand Manager Job Placement – Mukwano Group of Companies
Job Title: Brand Manager
Organization: Mukwano Group
of Companies
of Companies
Job Ref: MIUL/BM/09/01/2017
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to: Marketing
Manager
Manager
About US:
The Mukwano Group of Companies is the leading manufacturer of Fast
Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) in the Great Lakes region, producing a wide range
of market leader brands in soaps, edible cooking oils and fats, detergents,
beverages, personal care products and plastics.
Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) in the Great Lakes region, producing a wide range
of market leader brands in soaps, edible cooking oils and fats, detergents,
beverages, personal care products and plastics.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Steward of the brand that supports our new
brand promise, brand vision, brand position, brand architecture and
achieve overall business goals for the brand. - Engage, inspire and galvanize the organization
around the brand vision, position and strategies for the brand portfolio
so they are clear in bringing them to life in their areas of functional
expertise. - Actively participates in brand strategy
discussions and in setting a bulls-eye consumer target. - Work collaboratively with marketing
communications to execute packaging designs consistent with a determined
communications hierarchy and a global style guide. - Participates on a cross-functional team to
develop new products following the process, including analyzing
information to help set the sales forecast and financials and writing
concept statements for consumer testing. - Work in liaison with many teams, including
product developers, researchers, marketing personnel and creative
consultants to make sure the portfolio brand values and image are
followed. You will ensure the brand remains relevant to consumers and that
all initiatives support the brand promise. - Keenly analyze historical new product
launches, and reports on vitality rates. - Analyze consumer trends and information,
and categories to help identify product categories to enter as future
sources of growth. - Drive consumer understanding and insights
that define the prime prospects’ needs, attitudes and values in order for
consumers to have stronger and more impactful brand experiences. - Lead consumer and brand learning plan
development and oversee execution and findings of research studies. - Analyzes market, consumer, and competitive
information to support brand manager in setting new product pricing and
managing price on existing items. - Analyzes consumer, category, competition,
and channel/customer as part of a situation assessment. - Assist in development of pricing and pack
strategies, to improve margin. - Carry out analysis and periodical reviews
of the brand, competitive, category, customer and consumer trends to
enhance the brand’s equity and marketplace performance. - Analyze and provides consumer, category,
and brand information to support channel marketing and sales in category
management and sales presentations. - Review channel and customer-specific
point-of-purchase trade plans and provides feedback on consistency with
marketing plan. - Analyze current performance, trends,
market conditions, and other contributing factors to recommend revenue
goals. - Lead and collaborates with Product
Development Manager and production teams to develop and execute innovation
platform pathways, product innovation and renovation. - Works with channel marketing and sales to
identify programming to generate incremental sales and/or profitability. - Develop growth targets, business
objectives and brand strategies for the brand portfolio that aligns with
corporate business plan.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Brand Manager vacancy
must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Commerce,
majoring in Marketing or its equivalent. A post Graduate Diploma or
Masters Degree in Business Administration majoring in sales and marketing,
will give an added advantage. - At least three years of working experience
in busy FMCG fields in similar positions - Excellent analytical, creativity,
innovative, selling, customer care and competition management skills. - Possess a positive attitude, excellent
communication, professionalism, high level of integrity and
confidentiality, ability to work extra hours, self-driven, flexible,
results focused, work under pressure with minimum supervision.
How to Apply:
All those interested in working with Mukwano Group should send their
applications with copies of academic credentials, testimonials and detailed
Curriculum Vitae indicating contact details of three (3) referees should to be
sent via post or hand delivered to: The Human Resource Department, Mukwano
Group of Companies, P. O. Box 2671, Kampala, Uganda. E-mail applications can
also be sent to: recruitment@mukwano.com. Please clearly quote the job
reference as subject of your E-mail. Attachments should not exceed 2 MB.
applications with copies of academic credentials, testimonials and detailed
Curriculum Vitae indicating contact details of three (3) referees should to be
sent via post or hand delivered to: The Human Resource Department, Mukwano
Group of Companies, P. O. Box 2671, Kampala, Uganda. E-mail applications can
also be sent to: recruitment@mukwano.com. Please clearly quote the job
reference as subject of your E-mail. Attachments should not exceed 2 MB.
NB: Only successful
candidates will be shortlisted and contacted not later than one week after
deadline.
candidates will be shortlisted and contacted not later than one week after
deadline.
Deadline: 21st January, 2017
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