The current vision for the Tea company is to champion a tastier, healthier, more sustainable world of plant-based drinking. Purposeful thinking will be the core anchor of the business, its brands as well as its culture, and enables simple and agile decision making, supports an entrepreneurial mindset and is driven by passion for our consumers.
As we move through this journey towards separation, we are seeking employees with a passion for exciting entrepreneurial experiences, who want to pursue unique career opportunities and have a desire to be an integral part in building the bright future of this plant-based company.
Company Vision:
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To grow a world of wellbeing through the regenerative power of plants
Company Mission
A virtuous cycle of growth for everyone connected to our business
CONSUMER: we will craft winning brands that become the universal beverage of choice: serving only the tastiest products that enrich physical, emotional and social wellbeing
CLIMATE: we will lead the way and create a net positive, giving back to the planet much more than we take.
COMMUNITY: we will enrich lives by delivering more value per cup and share that value amongst growers, blenders and farming communities.
EMPLOYEES: we will nurture the growth of every employee, maximizing learning and impact of every individual
SHAREHOLDERS: we will lead value creation with sustainable high performance, delivered with transparency and consistency
Your Role:
As a Brand manager core Tea Co you will be directly responsible for marketing in Gulf managing the following:
Purposeful & powerful Brand Experience
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Multi-Channel marketing: Creating and driving marketing programs/campaigns across OOH (Horeca), retail (instore & out of store) and Ecommerce using both ATL and BTL.
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Drive purpose for our brands through relevant touch points and grow relevant brands KPIs (SLP, Brand power, etc)
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The Brand manager needs to work with global and local experts in market research, media, and digital to build and execute the annual marketing calendar.
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Brand equity: ensure right visual identity & on pack claim optimization for our brands.
Strategy & category development
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Drive category development:
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Tea Company being a market leader in the tea category, this role is responsible for delivering the right strategy to grow the Tea category via more users, more usage, more value.
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Work hand in hand with customer marketing to deliver strong category growth stories driving value & profit for the retailers
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Drive core black Tea: Gulf being an important black tea market it is essential to drive growth through focus on black tea. This includes developing a strong winning strategy, ensuring product superiority and portfolio optimization
Portfolio management & Innovation
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Integrated business planning: The role is in lead position to drive the IBP process and come up with 12Q plans for the country.
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Core portfolio superiority: This role is responsible for core optimization/renovation via superior recipes & claims
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Local innovations: The Brand Manager is responsible for developing local innovations based on consumer insights.
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Disruptive innovations: The role will also be responsible for disruptive innovations (potentially shared with other countries) helping Tea Co be the first mover in new products which help expand the tea consumer base.
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Drive sustainability improvement across our portfolio (recyclability, less/no plastic, etc)
Performance delivery
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P&L;management: drive accurate volume forecast hand in hand with customer development teams. Manage the whole Tea P&L;including topline & bottomline delivery. Develop a fuel for growth funnel including NRM and 5S initiatives (including complexity reduction)
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Drive competitive growth via market share & penetration gains across Lipton & other brands. Follow sell out data, analyse and deliver corrective action plan based on it.
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Business development: work hand in hand with customer development to develop our business in new channels to enlarge our footprint where relevant.
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Artwork management: Manage artworks through the Tea Co Artwork management system.
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Media management: Work with media agencies to create annual and monthly media plans for the tea category with help of global and local marketing resources
Your Key Tasks:
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Create the annual marketing calendar, drive innovations and own the Brand
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Interface with Marketing manager/Brand Manager, market unit head and Marketing Director MU to drive local business growth.
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Stakeholder management within the cross functional business teams to drive the business plan.
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Work with the market research team to mine local consumer insights and input into both global and local marketing programs
Scope and key interfaces for this role:
Scope
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Build and lead the brand level marketing plan
Key interfaces
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Internal:
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Global:
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Reporting to Marketing director, MU
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Dotted line reporting to MU/Region head
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Global Brand custodians
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Local Cross functional teams EG: supply chain, finance.
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Global Cross functional leadership team
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Local marketing expert team (Market research, Digital, etc)
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External: Customers, Creative and Media agencies
Required Knowledge and Experiences:
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Commercial degree in marketing.
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Experience in a FMCG business at least 3-4 years at Marketing Manager level
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Marketing leadership experience
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Proven track record of delivering topline and marketing KPIs (driving share and penetration)
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Leading a cross functional leadership team
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Experience in managing agencies
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Experience in managing digital channels and programs: Digital demand creation and fulfilment
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Experience within the beverages/ tea category is a prerequisite
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Channel marketing experience is a prerequisite
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B2B experience- Food Solutions is preferred
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