Marketing Manager
Job description
- Development of the biscuits, spreads and natural foods portfolio strategy (including pack-price-architecture, assortment & innovation strategy)
- Development of the Biscoff brand strategy & growth plan
- Full Marketing mix planning and best-in-class brand activation across touchpoints together with the TM Manager
- Brand performance tracking and identification of opportunities & risks in collaboration with the cross-functional team
- Monitor and drive Marketing effectiveness to ensure that our budgets are allocated to activities with best ROI
- Lead, inspire, develop and motivate the local Marketing team with 2 direct reports (Trade Marketing & Brand Management)
- Co-operate closely with local cross-functional teams, global teams and central functionsStrong business mind-set and a clear vision to further build our brands in the German markets are key to the success of this position, as well as pro-active entrepreneurial thinking and acting in combination with a hands-on mentality and a team player profile. The Marketing Manager role is based in Düsseldorf and reports to the Country Manager Germany.
Profile
Professional requirements:
- University degree (Masters) in economics, marketing, communications or equivalent
- Ideally 4-5 years of Brand Management/Consumer Marketing/Digital Marketing experience, preferably in international FMCG companies with strong emotional marketing relevance
- Profound conceptual and analytical skills to identify and lift the right potentials with a clear measurement of the success
- Strong commercial mind-set to develop successful business cases and identify future opps & risks
- Very good knowledge in retail/household panel data to define and track the right KPIs for the initiatives implemented
- Strong experience in implementation and activation of Social Media campaigns preferred
- Ability to manage cross-functional projects, additional experience in working in matrix organization preferred
- Fluent (spoken & written) in German and English
Personal qualifications:
- You are a true team player, approachable, pro-active, positive and strong communicator
- You have a great passion for building & emotionalizing our brands and to become a brand ambassador
- You demonstrate strong drive with an hands-on mentality
- You are ambitious to take initiative, develop new ideas & follow up to ensure excellence in execution
- You show strong ownership for your tasks and projects to progress and achieve results
- You want to take an active role in identifying and shaping today’s and future potentials of the business
- You show a positive attitude in life with the ability to inspire others taking them on a joint journey
Offer
- Active role in shaping the Lotus Bakeries Germany business with huge future potential
- Responsibility for bringing alive our brand vision with a high scope of individual management
- Professional working environment with a great interpersonal atmosphere
- Permanent position in a modern office in Düsseldorf with the flexibility of one day home office per week, 30 days vacation & a company car also for private usage
- Thinking-out-of-the-box-mentality in which you can leave your own signature
- And as we love our brands and products, you can enjoy them every day in the office with a coffee
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