Graduate and Experienced Brand Management Jobs at SABMiller

Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Type: Permanent

Job Description

• We are looking for á young, dynamic, passionate and hardworking recent graduate to join our marketing function as Brand Management Trainee. If you are looking to develop a professional career in Brand Management with Nigeria’s most dynamic Beer Company, then we will be delighted to have you join our team.
• We want candidates who are analytical, creative, and social, can think outside the box and work with minimum supervision, have the right attitude to learn and contribute to our portfolio of winning brands.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Contributes to opportunity identification in line with business goals and targets
• Participate in evaluating competitive position as it relates to own brand
• Contributes to matching of brands/packs to segments & channels within portfolio strategy
• Apply portfolio roles to brand strategy
• Interprets brand positioning through Creative Platform and activation
• Contribute to the development of winning 360 degrees activity plans which deliver brand strategy and objectives & in line with creative platforms across consumer touch points
• Identify requirements for innovation based on portfolio & brand strategy
• Assist with generating insights for specific brands
• Coordinate brand suppliers
• Contribute to the development of brand strategies
• Work alongside Sales force to help develop and execute excellent in-trade activities
• Project management to deliver activation on time & on budget
• Assist in the development and management of brand budgets

Requirements
Qualification / Experience and Skills Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree (or its equivalent) in a Commercial field, Marketing, or any related discipline
• Must have finished NYSC at the time of application
• Excellent Computer Skills

Key Competencies and Attributes:

• Ability to take a broad business perspective
• Self-starter
• Good interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication
• Good team player

Remuneration
Market Related.

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Job Description

• An opportunity exists for a qualified Brand Manager to join Nigeria’s most dynamic beer company.
• This role provides brand and commercial leadership for the relevant brand, ensuring alignment with relevant market strategy and/or alignment with regional/global brand strategies and integration with other key functions in the relevant market.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and implement integrated marketing and brand plans, integrating relevant insights and ensuring buy-in/support and commitment to the plans across the relevant market.
• Ensure alignment for brand with market/regional priorities
• Manage the budget for the brand within plan periods to deliver business goals.
• Manage multiple internal and external stakeholders (including agencies) effectively, exerting influence where necessary to promote brand success.

Requirements
Qualifications / Experience & Skills Required:

• Bachelors’ Degree (or its equivalent) in a commercial field.
• 5 years’ experience in FMCG or Beer market environment in the Marketing field
• Sound theoretical and practical knowledge of the marketing mix for FMCG
• Practical experience managing a brand through 2 - 3 business cycles
• Above average computer literacy and ability to manipulate data
• Good communication skills
• Presentation skills

Key Competencies and Attributes:

• Applying insights with rigour
• Brand positioning and creative platform
• Integrated activity planning
• Tracking, analysis and renovation
• Activation and execution
• Ability to take a broad business perspective
• Managing complexity
• Winning attitude and good interpersonal skills

Salary
Market Related.