Brand Manager

Job Summary
Responsible for meeting and exceeding performance measures and sales targets of the assigned brand; as well as the expansion of products range within the brand and maintain strong relationships with brand suppliers.
 
Main Responsibilities: 

• Implementing brand marketing strategies and enhancing them
  
• Working on the expansion of the range of products within the brand
• Maintaining strong relationships with suppliers
  

• Supporting the brand’s activities such as advertising event organizations and other activities
• Following up on client’s accounts for the clients of the assigned brand’s distribution products
• Coordinating with suppliers on delivery time and quality
• Liaise with Supply Chain Department regarding order shipping and arrival date to the clients and warehouse
• Being responsible for providing the overall brand marketing of the assigned distribution brand and new product development activities
• Acting as the single point of contact for the implementation of the marketing strategy, advertising and promotion
• Meeting or exceeding performance measures and overall sales targets of the assigned distribution brand
• Developing and implementing strategy to effectively reach customers of the brand and expanding the customer base
• Managing the reputation of the brand and creating an image for it in the market
• Continuously expanding his knowledge of the assigned brand
  

• Coaching, managing, supporting, and motivating subordinates; namely merchandisers
  
• Evaluating and appraising the performance of subordinates; namely merchandisers
• Being responsible for staffing subordinate positions of subordinates; namely merchandisers
  

• Communicating with the Supply Chain Department to coordinate the moving of merchandise from and to warehouse, and to clients of the assigned distribution product’s distribution
  
• Working closely with the Marketing Department for developing and managing the marketing budget and activities
  

Communicating with clients of the distribution products and maintaining good relations with them, with a focus on selling the existing distribution products of the assigned brand as well as introducing new ones within the same brand, in conjunction with Merchandisers 

• Ensuring proper implementation of organizational strategies and protocols
  
• Providing performance and status reporting to the Regional Non-Perfumes Distribution Manager about the performance of the brand and the subordinate merchandisers
• Undertaking other related duties assigned by the Regional Non-Perfumes Distribution Manager
  

• A bachelor’s degree
  
• 8 to 10 years of experience
• Outstanding knowledge of the assigned brand
• Outstanding knowledge of marketing strategies and methodologies
• Excellent understanding of business
• Excellent functional knowledge
• Excellent leadership capabilities
• Excellent alertness
• Excellent emotional intelligence
• Excellent proactivity
• Excellent resourcefulness
• Outstanding communication skills
• Outstanding coordination skills
• Very good accuracy
• Excellent flexibility
• Outstanding presentation skills
• Outstanding customer orientation
  

• Fluent in using English in verbal and written communication
  
• Preferably fluent in Arabic in verbal and written communication