Assistant Brand Manager - Guinness at Guinness Nigeria Plc

AutoReqId: 43343BR
Function: Marketing
Location: Lagos
Reports To: Senior Brand Manager - Guinness

Context/Scope
Guinness Nigeria plc is a strategically important market for Diageo and for the Global Guinness Portfolio being one of the most competitive globally.

Purpose of Role

•     To support the design and implementation of Brand strategies in order to achieve targeted profit, market share and volume objectives in the Guinness category
•     To develop and execute brand building activities and projects within the Guinness brand team.

Dimensions:

•     Develops & executes plans against strategic growth opportunities.
•     Maintains business critical controls & compliance documentation
•     Is responsible for embedding and day to day management of SmartBrand Approvals and implementation of the Digital Code of Marketing Practice.

Financial
Support the Guinness team in the Management and accountability for implementation of A&P spend across portfolio, efficiencies and evaluation across all activities.

Market Complexity
Work across all Nigeria to drive growth and profitability and to deliver market share

Leadership and Functional Responsibilities
The role holder will work with the other members of the Guinness Team to deliver the Big Ideas/Growth Drivers initiatives

Top 3 Accountabilities
Play a supporting role in the following activities:

•     Support the development of GAME Plans for Guinness in Nigeria and the execution of all Guinness brand initiatives.
•     Brand and Commercial execution including evaluation of Big ideas/Growth Drivers initiatives for the brand.
•     Significant contact with cross-functional teams e.g. Sales,trade marketing,procurement and suppliers of marketing services in the delivery of brand initiatives

Qualifications and Experience Required

•     Bachelors
•     3 – 5 years relevant experience
•     Strong interpersonal skills to build good working relationships across all functions and markets
•     Convincing personality, good planner, self –starter and committed to results
•     Good communication and presentation skills
•     Commercial acumen, confident, enthusiastic and persuasive
•     Attention to details/Good Project Management Skills