Job Description
The Brand Manager is responsible for the delivery of brand plans within a category group that covers both Valeo-owned brands and retailer-owned brands. They are the leaders and steward of initiatives within the brands plans.
The Brand Manager is a strong performer in planning and executing initiatives within the brand plans along with a valued contributor to the shaping of the plans.
- Hit or beat budget targets on the category group
- Strong stewardship of initiatives within the brand plans
- Strong monthly reporting on their initiatives (board-level standards)
- Strong contribution to building a “Valeo Brand Building Framework” and ensure a consistent and excellent use
- Strong contribution to the annual strategy review
- Strong leadership of the quarterly update on the initiatives
- Very strong marketing budget compliance and optimisation (Core marketing, ASOH, shopper marketing)
- Very strong cross-functional collaboration
- Valued representation of brand externally esp. with retailers
- Very strong overseeing and inspiration of the “Consumer is Boss” plan (regular connections with the consumers)
Qualifications
Good leadership to shape, align and planVery strong analytical thinkingStrong capacity to create and embrace changeStrong collaboration skills incl. the capacity to tell people what they need to hearVery strong “Personal Best” mindset : to seek to be better tomorrow than we are todayGood stewardship of initiatives from the brand plansGood adaptability to operate at all levels of the organisationVery strong presentation skills – written and verbalVery strong ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environmentStrong experience of the full marketing mix – from insight generation, problem-solving, target-setting, delivering and measuringStrong experience in interacting successfully with board-level stakeholders and in collaborating widely with salesStrong track record of creating change that shaped the thinking and deliver business resultsStrong experience in NPD, Go-to-market, internal and external engagement around brand plansAdditional Information
What we offer you in return
Excellent Career OpportunitiesMatched pension scheme up to 10%Death in serviceCycle to work schemeRetailer discount platformStaff discountAnd plenty more