Mô tả công việc
1. Developing and managing category/brand/product innovation strategies for assigned categories.
2. Develop consumer, market and competitor understanding, be the expert for your market, implement appropriate research to build knowledge - sales / competitor tracking, consumer knowledge. Lead market research with market research manager and market research agencies.
3. Analyse brand issues & opportunities, propose brand objectives and strategies based on the in-depth analysis to build annual marketing plan.
4. Managing P&L statements for assigned categories, to include development of marketing plans, pricing strategies, and trade programs to maximize financial value for the enterprise.
5. Implement marketing plans and daily marketing management.
o Develop product launch plan (with factory / sales team)
o Develop promotional plan.
o Develop communication strategy (including digital), aligned with mass marketing factory team, and brief to communication agency.
o Develop media strategy and planning with agency (including digital).
o Follow-up with sales department and factory on marketing plans and executions to ensure perfect implementation.
o Analyse impact, efficiency, and ROI of brand activities. Pro-actively recommend adjustments of the marketing plan when needed.
6. Manage product innovations / renovations.
o Analysing data to identify and translate insights into business opportunities and/or initiatives.
o Leveraging research (historical and secondary) and insights (consumer and supplier research and industry trends) to inform and drive innovation efforts.
o Networking with stakeholders throughout the enterprise (Global, R&D, Manufacturing, Sales, etc.) to both manage assigned projects and secure organizational buy-in/support.
o Working together with Sales team to integrate customer strategies into innovation plans and sell new products/platforms in to key channels/customers.
o Managing the end-to-end commercialization process (from concept to launch) for new product launches, including the brand in retail and horeca (partner with Horeca Sales Manager).
o Leading diverse cross-functional teams to achieve organizational goals and timelines.
7. Manage & follow-up marketing agreed budget per project along with all the paperwork needed (from contract with suppliers up to registration at government level for promotions).
8. Selecting, training, and managing career development of assigned direct report.
Yêu cầu công việc
1. Requirements
• Minimum bachelor's degree required, Post graduate business degree preferred (MBA/master)
• Minimum 3-year experience as a brand manager or product manager with direct-report/lead the team, ideally in FMCG.
2. Skills
• In depth understanding of consumer insights
• Analytical skills (quantitative/qualitative)
• Market research knowledge
• Project management
• Promotion management (recommendation / implementation / analysis)
• Basic innovation / product development experience
• Communication & media strategy, creative development experience
• Packaging design development
• Trade channel / point of sales & pricing knowledge
• Business steering including P&L management.
• Strategic planning
• Communication skills, including language skills (Vietnamese and English fluent) and agency management.