Brand Manager

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

An exciting opportunity has come forth for a Brand Manager to lead one of our KC brands across MENA markets and super charge its growth via the following:

• Leading execution of local communication & innovation toolkits
• Supporting marketing & commercial organization with brand initiatives to deliver top line growth

Key responsibilities:

• Project & Innovation management
  • Project management of innovations & campaigns, stakeholder management to ensure on time in full delivery of all initiatives
  • Responsible of leading the processes of all Category innovation
• Brand Growth
  • Analyzing consumer & RMS insights for commercial action & improvements
  • Market intelligence & regular updates on competition initiatives
  • Collaborating with commercial teams, local creative & media agencies to execute local campaigns holistically across all consumer touchpoints
• Brand Development
  • Interface with Global\Regional teams for local input on communication tool kits
  • Cross functionally collaborates with extended teams for bringing all innovations from idea to execution in market

This is an individual contributor role for those who hold Saudi Nationality (as per government requirements) based in Jeddah.

About Us

Huggies. Kleenex. Cottonelle. Scott. Kotex. Poise. Depend. 25% of people in the world use Kimberly-Clark products every day. And it takes the right people, in the right jobs and the right places, to make that happen.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best teams committed to driving innovation and growth. We’re founded on 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform—so what can you do with that? There’s no time like the present to make an impact at Kimberly-Clark.

It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by purpose, driven by you!

About You

The successful candidate will have a passion for building brands, developing sustainable business strategies and unleashing talent and capability in the K-C team. They will need to be able to build effective relationships, both internally and externally, with the ability to inspire and influence a wide range of people. An innovative and original approach will be required to develop new ideas and this will need to be coupled with effective problem-solving skills which embrace both broad-thinking and detail orientation. All areas of the role require exceptional Win Consistently, Continuously Improve and Think Customer behaviors. An ability to priorities initiatives against key business success metrics will be required, as will a positive, professional and commercially aware approach.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• Approx 2-3 years of core multi-national FMCG experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration / marketing / Economics or any related major.
• Brand building experience must-have: develop local\adapting regional communications, project management of innovations and executing in-market (consumer insight generation & analysis, 360 launch – media planning, communication, on-ground activation, etc.)
• Experience working with internal senior global / regional teams and external agency partners (media, creative, activation, consumer insights, packaging development agencies etc.)
• Fluent in English and Arabic.
• Based in Jeddah or open to relocation to Jeddah

Total benefits

Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com.

• An inspiring challenge within a Global company.
• Career opportunities and personalized development.
• Great support for good health with medical coverage for the employee and eligible dependents.
• Hybrid Working arrangements.

To Be Considered

Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.

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And finally, the fine print…
For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

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