Associate Manager – Sales Export Markets at SC Johnson

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Input into strategic direction for the markets.
• Implementation and coordination of the agreed strategies, including distribution plans, advertising, promotional and trade spend strategies.
• Maintenance and update of the SCJ Global Scorecard for each country.
• Monitoring, update and analyses of the Distributor Value Chain.
• Execution of Demand Planning Forecast for each country.
• Execution of Perfect Stores.
• Full Accountability of the Country PnL Objectives (which include GTN,DPM and NS Management)
   

Required Skills And Experience

• Matric plus tertiary education preferably a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent qualification with some Business or Marketing Management
• At least 5 years Sales Management experience in FMCG environment (preferably with a Multi-national company)
• Field Work, Key Accounts and Agent/Distributor interaction
• Minimum 2 year experience in Export with understanding of Southern Africa Export markets (Preferable but not essential).
• Technical Skills: Fully computer literate in MS Office, Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
• Good Understanding of Business system such as SAP.
• Strategic mind set, understands the strategic & tactical nature of the business.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks/projects to meet deadlines
• Excellent communication, influencing and presentation skills with strong stakeholder management and cross-functionality experience
• Ability to work independently and to strict deadlines with a sense of ownership, drive and can-do attitude