Senior Product Specialist

Job Description

• Monitor, analyze, and evaluate market trends, consumer or customer behavior, and competitor activity to identify new opportunities for the brands.
• Monitor, analyze, and evaluate brand performance and customer and consumer feedback to ensure that the marketing mix is aligned to meet changing customer or consumer needs.
• Corporate with other areas of the organization ( manufacturing) to implement these changes.
• Ensure market research is utilized meaningfully to achieve business objectives.
• Assist in developing and leading the execution of the brand plans (including communication development) to deliver the business objectives (namely sales, market share, profitability, and brand health) of the relevant group of brands.
• Cooperate with the sales team to initiate, plan, and oversee the implementation of local initiatives to drive volume growth.
• Monitor and influence demand forecasting; monitor sales and other brand metrics and adapt plans as required.
• Manage external interfaces (advertising agencies, media agencies, PR agencies, and market research agencies), internal interfaces (R&D, manufacturing, SCM, market research, sales), and cross-functional teams to deliver on brand objectives
• Monitor and recommend action for brand profitability.
• Ensure that the marketing support budgets are effectively utilized and appropriately accounted for for the relevant group of brands.

Requirements:

• At least 3 years of experience in a relevant position.
• Master's degree in Commercial Management, Industrial Engineering, Food Industry Engineering, or an MBA graduate.
• Preferably with experience in the food industry.
• Military service must be done.