Brand Development Manager RSA - Stellenbosch Verfied

Salary Negotiable Stellenbosch, Western Cape Stellenbosch, Western Cape more than 14 days ago 02-10-2017 9:11:15 AM
27-11-2017 9:11:15 AM
Key Performance Areas would include, but are not limited to:
Strategic & Financial Results:
Develop the brand strategy in a bottle elements and global strategies are translated seamlessly into regional plans
• All brand positioning and development elements are developed to aligned to the brand strategy
• Overall Brand Health targets achieved
• All development plans and projects are delivered on time against key milestones

Operational Results:
Delivers relevant creative assets and oversees execution in BU's
• Create business value through influencing ongoing corrective action
• Monthly performance trackers with prioritised and aligned corrective actions in place
• Develop the brand toolkit
• Drive execution of brand plan within agreed guardrails for the brand within relevant BU's
• Develop brand home strategy in collaboration with Brand owner
• Support the development of an integrated brand plan strategy and budget to deliver
• Manage specific brand projects from concept to execution (end to end) including packaging and communication


Customer & Relationship Results:
Develop internal and external relationships and networks with organisational focus to resolve both short term issues and resolve longer term projects/work
• Collaboratively develop the brand strategies with inputs from key stakeholders, and provides subsequent input into development of brand plans and relevant support for their execution
• Achieved results through mutually beneficial and trusting relationship with team members, manager, peers and other business units within Distell
• Oversee any light touch changes required in BU's to tool kits and brand collatoral
Leadership Results
To take responsibility for own development and contribute to team effectiveness
• Commit, agree and implement own development plan
• Consistently displays the values of the company

Innovation & Improvement Results
Drive continuous improvement for brand and process performance
• Optimize and improve systems and work processes to drive productivity and reduce cost
• Drive world class implementation of new product launches and take corrective action where required

The successful candidate must have the following experience/skills:
• Relevant Marketing qualification
• Min of 8 years relevant marketing experience

Demonstrates proficiency in the following Marketing competencies:
• Insightfulness - Balancing multiple internal and external sources of information with intuition in order to generate integrated insights that enable the development of compelling narratives that drives business value generation
• Commercial Fluency - Balance short and long term business value generation through the regular application of commercial principles across the whole value chain and take ownership around course corrective rigour
• Innovativeness - Fearlessly challenges conventional ways of working and thinking in all aspects of the business - not just product and packaging - in order to inspire continuous improvements that drives business value
• Portfolio Strategy - Effective and efficient management of the brand portfolio through making tough choices that prioritises resource, increases focus and aligns business strategies to maximize business value
• Brand Crafting - Drive inspirational brand strategies and toolkits aligned to portfolio role that enables excellence in execution and business-wide brand custodianship
• Championing Channels - Drive channel strategies based on channel segmentation and integrated performance management in order to enable excellence in execution of portfolio strategy
• Integrated Brand & Channel Planning - Integrates Brand and Channel Strategies into granular plans that deliver against agreed short and long term business objectives
• Integrated Activity Planning & Execution - The ability to deliver against brand objectives by developing integrated activity plans that brings the brands creative platform to life consistently across multiple touch-points within the consumers decision journey

Demonstrates proficiency in the following Behavioural competencies:
Lead Self
• Personal effectiveness
• Resilience
• Model the Organisation values
Thinking and Innovation
• Business Acumen
• Adaptability
• Problem solving
Relationship
• Customer focus
• Builds relationship and networks
• Engagement skills
Management
• Planning, Organising and Controlling
• Deliver Results
• Creates ownership
Leadership
• Leading change
• Leading teams
• Leading individual performance