Brand Manager FMCG (f/m/d)- Belgium (Brussels)

The company:

Our client is a worldwide leading FMCG company with offices all over the world. With a whole bunch of powerful A-brands our client will continue in the future their relentless focus on developing fast growing categories and keep delighting consumers with solutions to everyday problems. Almost 30.000 people work in places all over the world and can be described as highly motivated and hungry for the opportunity and freedom to make their mark. Central to everything we do is a uniquely confident, entrepreneurial, can-do culture. It’s all about a passionate commitment to teamwork, competing to win in the marketplace and developing and rewarding talent. Our client is offering an exciting career path which includes international assignments.

Responsibilities:

  • To manage a brand within the context of the agreed strategies to maximise long term Sales and profitability.
  • To develop, recommend and lead the execution of local marketing plans for assigned Brands and manage the effective deployment of the marketing budget.
  • To contribute to the development of category strategies.
  • Contributing to Innovation by delivering a product development programme to generate consistent sales and profit growth.
  • To develop, recommend and execute annual marketing plan activities, including local Media strategy and plans.
  • To initiate and manage market research projects to deliver powerful consumer and customer insights as the basis for long term brand growth. Develop these insights into achievable plans.
  • To lead the development of local copy strategy/executions and/or to ensure adaptation possible for other regions
  • In close co-operation with the Sales function and Trade Marketing, identify trade needs / opportunities, developing pricing and distribution strategies and trade promotions for assigned brands.

The ideal candidate:

  • Strong commercial awareness
  • Entrepreneurial
  • International outlook
  • Strong sense of urgency and achievement
  • Resilient and able to respond under pressure
  • Ability to influence
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Creativity
  • Financial skills, P&L understanding
  • Willing to relocate internationally to pursue career opportunities
  • Fluent in French/The business language is English, therefore fluency in English is essential. Fluency in other language(s) is advantageous

For further details please contact:

Alexandra Gilbert

Gilbert Personal Recruiting
Breughelstraat 1 B
1077 LB Amsterdam
a.gilbert@gilbert-pr.de
Tel: +31 (0)6-57539691