Beauty Brand Manager at Woolworths

Job description

MAIN PURPOSE

Play a brand custodian support role through delivering the understanding and interpretation of the Beauty marketing strategy into the business. Drive the execution of a compelling, innovative, integrated and leading brand marketing and communications plan to achieve agreed business objectives.

KEY OUTCOMES

• Position the Woolworths Brand (10%)
• Drive the agreed positioning of the WW brand and beauty destination to the market, in a way that focuses on driving profitable sales and customer engagement.
• Support the business to achieve its strategy and goals, understand product, beauty brands and how to take that product to market and to the Woolworths target customer.
• Present and deliver the agreed strategic marketing and beauty vision and direction to key business partners and stakeholders.
• Translate business and marketing strategy into marketing and communication plan (20%)
• Translate the marketing and big beauty strategy into a detailed, integrated marketing and communication plan.
• Deliver the achievement of business goals and targets through the agreed compelling and engaging customer communication and experiences.
• Drive Woolworths key messages to the Market and to the Woolworths target customer to increase sales, grow existing customers and acquire new customers. (drive cross shop)
• Assist in influencing and changing customer perceptions through marketing communication in line with the marketing strategy.
• Keep up to date with new opportunities and new thinking, to ensure that Woolworths stays ahead of the game, both locally and on a global perspective.
• Drive partnership with the Buying groups to ensure alignment of product strategy and marketing strategy.
• Attend, understand and interpret market and business context, trends, the merchandise cycle and integrate customer insights in development of the integrated marketing and communication plan.
• Drive the execution of the marketing communications plan (20%)
• Drive the integrated communications brief, leading and engaging with key stakeholders and areas of specialisation across 360 areas within Marketing including Agency, VM, Direct, Digital/Online, PR, Social Media and Beauty Brand Partners.
• Manage end to end process from Marketing into Agency through to execution.
• Ensure that the overarching communication objectives and big ideas are understood and delivered through integration across channels and touch points that deliver to the objectives of the briefs and the business.
• Drive the integration and be the accountable key point of contact for 360 communication delivery.
• Drive key elements of the communications approach such as media planning, brand positioning from concept to execution.
• Drive the execution process and ensure approval process from a brand perspective is adhered to.
• Manage business interface & trade process into marketing (20%)
• Ensure timeous delivery of marketing inputs into the buying group merchandise cycle.
• Act as the primary Marketing point of contact into the business and product groups and beauty brands.
• Work closely with the business units to ensure deep alignment of trade and product objectives.
• Take a “can-do”, proactive approach to “make it happen”, working with the Beauty Buying Group, Trade Forum, Sales Management, Stores, the Agency etc.
• Engage in all key and relevant aspects of the business, including trade planning, online, sales management, product reviews, IT process, in relation to delivering the 360 integrated plan.
• Budget and commercial management (15%)
• Manage and maintain annual marketing budget for given area of responsibility.
• Ensure effective cost management in delivering to the integrated plan: manage variances in actual expense against budget set.
• Conduct PIR’s to measure and assess efficacy of campaigns.
• People and stakeholder management (15%)
• Accountable for relationship and stakeholder management with key areas, such as the PR, direct marketing, visual merchandising product groups and Beauty brands.
• Work proactively across teams and functions, to optimise integration opportunities.
• Influence internal and external stakeholders, peers and team members where necessary to ensure delivery of the marketing plan.
• Raise issues and concerns timeously and in a professional manner, and manage expectations in line with Woolworths Values and Strategy
• Build and maintain effective relationships with key 360 partners including Agency, VM, PR & Corp Comms, Direct, Loyalty, Digital, Online, Social Media, Store design, Taste and Packaging.
• Proactively manage relationships with product/buying groups and partners.
• Drive and encourage a motivating and positive working experience across business stakeholders and marketing.
• Complete IPM discussions with direct reports according to IPM timelines.
• Ensure that team members deliver according to the critical path.

COMPETENCIES

• Passion for retail, the Woolworths product, brand and customers
• Influencing skills
• Negotiation skills
• Ability to translate strategy into plans and deliverables
• Analytical and able to pay attention to detail
• Creative thinker and ability to evaluate creative work
• Commercial acumen: demonstrates basic business sense and understanding, as well as understands the macroeconomic environment
• Team player: willing to work co-operatively with others, within a team and across departments, towards a common objective
• Planning, organising and prioritising skills
• Ability to understand local and international trends
• Strong communication skills
• Agility and flexibility
• Resilience
• Professional, respectful and courteous
• Problem solving ability
• Emotional intelligence
• Assertive
• Presentation skills/articulate
• Proactive, takes initiative and driven

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Relevant diploma or degree in marketing
• Solid (5-7 years) of marketing skills and experience in Retail / FMCG / Beauty Brands / Agency
• Beauty Brand experience essential
• Solid technical knowledge and awareness across all elements of marketing
• Experience in managing budgets and teams
• 360 media understanding especially digital

"As a proud South African brand, Woolworths is committed to transformation. Meeting our employment equity goals will be taken into account in our recruitment decisions. "