Regional Trade Marketing Manager - Cosmetics/Skincare Benefits: Dependent on experience with benefits Excellent opportunity to drive our clients luxury brand portfolio across Africa&The Middle East. We require your experience in the cosmetics and skincare sector.Global opportunity to travel into markets across the region and build long lasting relationships internally and externally. We need your experience with commercial analysis, quarterly planning schedules&providing of channel specific trade marketing plans! REQUIREMENTS Matric, Marketing degree or similar 5 years’ experience in sales, marketing, trade marketing, business development (FMCG), skincare, cosmetics - must be a global brand Ability to travel locally and internationally Solid knowledge in financial&administrative processes Deadline drive, problem solving with a strong level of energy, enthusiasm, entrepreneurship, and autonomy Management, leadership, analytical&effective planning skills Relationship building with excellent communication and interpersonal skills in English, a team player International exposure and multicultural background are a strong plus DUTIES Lead&coordinate Trade Marketing activities for Africa and Middle East markets across on&off trade channels to maximise brand image, sales&profitability. Provide teams in the field (Distribution partners) a structured set of tools&clear executional guidelines to implement activations with a 360 approach. Management of all Advertising&promotion budget Develop tools to measure efficiency of trade activations&ROI to ensure alignment between sales/commercial objectives&marketing strategy. Drive&educate all markets on requirements of merchandising, visibility, POSM and tailored made concepts. Develop&manage agencies to ensure best in class execution&maximise ROI on spend. Take on the role as central touch point/bridge between specific markets, region&global stakeholders to coordinate&drive/manage various business objectives. Support markets by managing&coordinating creative brand design requests in conjunction with the production and final implementation in outlets. Utilise data to analyse specific market environments&draw insights from customer and consumer trends as well as keep finger on the pulse of competitor activity. Analyse distribution&market outlet universe to quantify opportunities and ensure we covering adequate availability. Understand pricing in markets that relate to the competitive set, draw insights and provide support/direction in the in market distribution partners. Salary: R negotiable dependent on experience Join us on SOCIAL MEDIA or visit our WEBSITE for more information. See links below. Follow us on Facebook Follow us on LinkedIn Visit our Website Because we specialise in Companies, not specific industries, our focus is your company’s individual CULTURE and DYNAMICS . We are a Cape Town based boutique recruitment agency, who have been running for 14 years and can, collectively, offer well over 70 years of experience to our clients. We believe each of our clients deserves our time to research and collate all relevant data around their company in order for us to present the best candidates. We do not simply send through a CV. We ensure the MATCHING has been done to a “T”, which includes your COMPANY and CULTURE requirements, so you only receive the best and we save your TIME ! How do we deliver positive results saving you TIME? A unique take-on process, eliminating TIME wasting for all parties concerned. Solution driven, for when problems occur. Experts in screening all the resumes that cross our path, ensuring we find the perfect MATCH . Hands-on, from interview process, placement and beyond, making sure that solid relationships are cemented. Continually keeping abreast of South Africa’s stringent Labour Laws. Why should you be going through the painstaking process of sifting through a mountain of CV’s? Your focus needs to be on your job function, most times you end up just recruiting someone out of pure frustration, exhaustion and desperation. It is vitally important not to rush a recruitment process . Our service TURN AROUND TIME is our success factor. #J-18808-Ljbffr