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Marketing Manager

Marketing Manager

HaleonJohannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
30+ days ago
Job description

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re in control of. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question.

With category leading brands such as Sensodyne, Voltaren and Centrum, built on trusted science and human understanding, and combined with our passion, knowledge and expertise, we’re uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong, successful business.

This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special.

About the role

To initiate, plan and achieve Haleon’s ambition of becoming one of the most innovative, best performing, and trusted Consumer Healthcare Companies in South Africa. To plan, direct and co-ordinate all strategic and marketing activities of the portfolio of brands the person is responsible for, to achieve consumption growth, sales, profit, and marketing objectives.

Key responsibilities

Essential Job Responsibilities :

Strategic Planning

  • In order that the overall company and strategic brand objectives are achieved, delivers, and executes strategic long, medium- and short-term plans for brands by :
  • Developing strategies that will deliver the 3-year consumption, sales, profit, and marketing objectives for the categories.
  • Analysing past performance, economic variables etc. against the backdrop of world-wide portfolio, growth, and profit objectives, in collaboration with BU / Category Teams.
  • Ensure development and execution of detailed 1-year plans for all the brands in the category which will ensure the achievement of strategic objectives, in partnership with BU / Category Teams and aligned agencies.

Operational Execution :

  • In order that plans are successfully implemented, and commercial and business objectives are met, directs and co-ordinates the implementation and achievement of agreed plans by :
  • Providing advice and direction for Brand Team
  • Embedding continuous learning from successes and failures
  • Initiating and coordinating progress on all projects
  • Facilitating implementation with other functions within the organisation as well as with aligned agencies.
  • Data & Analytics :

  • To determine potential impact on plans as well as identify future opportunities, monitor, analyse and evaluate marketplace developments relating to :
  • Own and competitive developments
  • Sales and supply chain performance
  • Consumer, Expert and Customer behaviour
  • Agility

  • Adapts / replans to accommodate deviations / changes in market conditions by devising and implementing new action plans, to ensure the brands, retain their competitive advantage.
  • Team Effectiveness

  • Maintain the highest standards of team effectiveness within the team, across functions and with BU / Category Team.
  • People Leadership :

  • Coach and develop direct reports
  • Motivate and support the team through appropriate reward and recognition programmes
  • Identifying training and development needs via the regular check-ins
  • Foster open an honest style within the team
  • Ensure that all team members always act professionally and set the appropriate example
  • Create and encourage an innovative team climate which results in superior performance
  • Demonstrate performance driven leadership and enterprise thinking
  • Input into talent review and career succession planning process for their team
  • Drive commercial understanding across Sales, Commercial Excellence and Finance
  • Use Haleon values and behaviours to drive actions and decisions, role model values and behaviours
  • Business Leadership

  • To ensure that overall strategic objectives are met carry out marketing leadership duties by :
  • Working within budget parameters
  • Monitoring progress towards achieving annual personal objectives
  • Communicate effectively with senior management, peers, marketing and other departments
  • Providing input into overall planning of business
  • Consulting and working with other functions and departments to address and resolve issues such as distribution, production, R&D, sales performance, etc.
  • Liaising with the BU / Category organisation regarding best practices, global strategies, R&D etc.
  • Develop a loyal consumer franchise for the company’s brands by creating positive brand perceptions, associations, and usage experiences, through tools such as advertising, promotion and supply chain management, in order to build strong brands and ensure the long-term profitability of the company.
  • Corporate Governance

  • In-depth knowledge of products.
  • Understand and abide by Haleon policies and procedures.
  • Conduct Management Monitoring
  • Communicate effectively with senior management, peers, marketing and other departments
  • Use our values and expectations to drive actions and decisions, role model values and expectations
  • Qualifications and skills

    Essential

  • Tertiary qualification in Marketing or Business
  • 10 years experience in a similar environment relating to Pharma / FMCG
  • Proven track record of developing and implementing brand strategies that will deliver long term strategic and profit objectives as well as grow and nurture strong brands.
  • Liaises closely with BU / category role players within Haleon regarding best practices, global strategies, R&D etc.
  • Work closely with Marketing Director and takes responsibility for the development and implementation of all marketing-related aspects of the ABP for the category.
  • Preferred

  • Understands and abides by Haleon policies and procedures, conducts Management Monitoring
  • Uses our values and behaviours to drive actions and decisions and role models values and behaviours.
  • Good understanding of the complex economic and socio-political environment in S.A. to successfully formulate strategies within these constraints.
  • Establishing Innovation pipeline and launches.
  • Data Driven Marketing transformation within the market.
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    Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

    At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone.

    We’re striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives.

    We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

    Care to join us. Find out what life at Haleon is really like Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone. We're striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

    As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information and we will treat your information confidentially.

    Haleon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered / protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.

    Accommodation Requests

    If you require a reasonable accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at Haleon at any stage of the application process, please let your recruiter know by providing them with a description of specific accommodations you are requesting. We’ll provide all reasonable accommodations to support you throughout the recruitment process and treat all information you provide us in confidence.

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