Marketing Manager at Givaudan

Job description

• As a Marketing Manager - SSA in our Flavours Division, you will be fundamental in Marketing Strategy design for Sub Saharan Africa. Engage with the Sales team to provide marketing support to targeted local customers and to support innovation efforts.
• Builds Market Understanding, identify opportunities and define priorities You will develop deep understanding of local customer brands and local market dynamics. You will become the local category expert, through analysis of consumer trends and insights, customer products, growth rates, shares, new product introductions and competitive landscape. You will develop action plans on assigned countries and segments implementation (market description, identification of opportunities, definition of action plan in coordination with sales and technical).
• Marketing Strategy – Leads AGO Process You will identify needs and opportunities through external and internal analysis. You will partner with sales and local technical teams to identify growth opportunities and target accounts. You will consolidate and prioritise needs and communicates to Sub-Regional Marketing Head and Regional Marketing Teams. You will lead Marketing efforts to commercialize new innovations and products to drive profitable growth, through partnering with Local and Regional Technical & Marketing Teams and Sales.
• Engages with Sales Teams to provide marketing support for targeted local customers You will develop relationships with selected target customers. You will plan, coordinate and execute key local customers visit in relation to marketing activities. You will ensure that customers know and understand our capabilities. You will support Regional CM or PM in the development of trends, capabilities and innovation presentations and adapts to maximize local relevance. You will ensure local Marketing activity is consistent with Flavour Division Branding & Positioning as well as build Givaudan Brand in the local market. You will lead development of local product or brand concepts and presents to target customers to drive profitable growth. You will engage on customer briefs where appropriate.
• Supports Innovation Efforts You will support and define stage of IDDC by providing local market justification and requirements to the Regional Product Manager (e.g., sales/profit projections, regulatory requirements, product cost and performance expectations). You will lead the Commercialization effort at a local level through effective partnering with Regional Segment Teams, Local Technical and Sales. You will ensure that products are relevant for the local markets in terms of cost-effectiveness, profitability and performance. You will partner with Technical to deliver customer presentations on new technologies to local target customers

Why Givaudan is attractive for a marketeer to join ?

• Promximity to the business ability to work hand-in-hand with sales and seeing the results quickly coming through
• Givaudan is marketleader and flavour is the key reason why people repeat on buying a product.
• Givaudan has a strong International expansion plan and has the resources to win in the market. (example Africa Trek)

You?

Are you someone who wants to grow and shape your own world? Who thrives being in a culture where you can express yourself in a creative team environment? Who wants to collaborate and work in a team as passionate as you are? Then come join us - and impact your world.

Your professional profile includes

• A great opportunity for a skilled marketeer to emotionalize and conceptualize customer presentations and new flavour concepts.
• Ability to shape the way we do things in marketing strong renewal of the marketing organization with many people from FMCG background set to shift the culture toward a more consumer-centric approach
• Ability to travel - Sub Saharan Africa region

Qualifications

• Relevant Tertiary Qualification
• 5 –8 Years’ relevant Experience