Vacancy title:
Shopper Marketing Manager

Jobs at:
Guinness

Deadline of this Job:
24th August 2018

Duty Station:
Nairobi, Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: 21th August 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

Guinness (/ˈɡɪnɪs/) is an Irish dry stout that originated in the brewery of Arthur Guinness (1725–1803) at St. James's Gate brewery in the capital city of Dublin, Ireland. Guinness, produced by the British Diageo beverages company, is one of the most successful beer brands worldwide. It is brewed in almost 50 countries and is available in over 120.^[1][2] Annual sales total of Guinness in 2011 was 850 million litres (220,000,000 US gal).^[

JOB DETAILS:

This role is responsible for the creation of all the must-have and focus Brand Shopper Marketing growth drivers across all beer brands for KBL. This role will lead a team of 4 to develop the most efficient and effective Industry leading Shopper Marketing Growth Drivers. The growth drivers developed must grow our share, but also drive equity and penetration growth. The role requires the individual to transform our growth drivers to be ‘channel’ ready. There is a requirement in this role to develop growth drivers that deliver against all aspects of the ‘path to purchase’ and not just at the ‘Moment of choice’
Key outcomes:

• Working very closely with brand teams, and starting with strong insights, this role leads the creation of high quality and scalable single brand Shopper Marketing growth drivers for execution. The creation is for all beer categories & priority brands & innovations
• Delivers Inspiration and Toolkits that are ‘Channel Ready’ across countries for Execution
• Working with, and managing Agencies to set eh highest standards and deliver the very latest and best Shopper Marketing work in the Industry
• Deliver tools that conform to the developed NGM Physical Availability principles, covering the full Path to Purchase, and in accordance with the M&E learnings
• This role will also control the flexible resourcing work plan across all Shopper Marketing and Category Asset Creation teams. As part of this the role will take budgetary responsibility for ‘creation’, and the selection of appropriate agencies and the agency model we use

With the change in structure the role and scope of the Shopper team will change and as part of this the incumbent will play a key role in setting out and defining the new responsibilities and ways of working.
Budget Responsible:

• The Shopper Marketing Single brand ‘Create’ budget
• Indirectly the activation money spent on Shopper Marketing/BTL execution.

Top functional capabilities for this role:

• Strong Consumer Marketing Experience/skills, and a clear understanding of the Commercial requirements for brilliant execution
• People Management & Coaching Expertise
• Stakeholder management and influencing at all levels, across Marketing & Sales teams, to align on consistent TTL plans executed brilliantly at scale.

Top 3 leadership capabilities for this role:
Win Through Execution – ensure join up between the Shopper Team and the Brand Team, and in particular the Category team who will sign off the ‘Channel Readiness’.

Inspire Through Purpose– provide context & insight for the team to act on, and for the Countries to execute brilliantly against.

Shape the future – ability to make sure our Shopper Marketing is Industry leading – a benchmark for others. Ability to look beyond the traditional ‘Shopper Marketing’ and understand and develop the tools to win along the Path to Purchase.

What would you need to demonstrate to be successful in this role?
  Brilliant Consumer and Shopper Marketing Skills
  Fantastic People Management Skills.
  A track record of Thought Leadership.

What would we expect you to develop in this role?
Wide-ranging influencing skills
Sizeable People and Strategic Leadership
A strong profile within senior circles in the business