Canway (Pty) Ltd is a marketing and manufacturing company based in Durban, South Africa. Canway was established in 2001 and has extensive experience and footprint in the personal care market in South Africa. The Canway team has a passion for building sustainable brands and we work closely with the retailer to ensure that the correct marketing strategies are ...
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We are looking for a high performing, experienced Senior Assistant Brand Manager who would like to learn and grow quickly. Reporting to a Senior Brand Manager, the successful incumbent will be responsible for the following duties and possess the below mentioned attributes.
Responsibilities
Support manager to achieve brand and category marketing goals
Contribute to the creation of new initiatives including new products, packaging and ideas
Develop consumer insights and expertise, competitor and marketing understanding, to provide recommendations
Input in marketing plans
Set priorities and meet deadlines
In depth and insightful reporting on category performance
Work effectively with other team members
Demonstrate creativity and innovative skills
Manage cross function teams to execute project and category strategies
Sound knowledge of marketing mix of portfolio
May take on assistant/intern for the first time to train
Skills:
Proactive, takes initiative and highly motivated self-starter
Good verbal and written communication skills
Strong numeracy skills
Able to multi-task and achieve targets in a fast-paced environment
Able to collaborate with all levels and departments of the business
Demonstrate skills in leadership
Demonstrate decision making
Creativity and ability to produce innovation and original ideas
Time and project management skills
Advanced computer skills – Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word, online project management platforms e.g. Click Up, Slack
Qualifications
Great track record in Marketing Degree or Honours degree (including Finance/Business Science grads) or IMM Diploma.
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