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Trade Marketing Manager

  • Location:

    Erbil

  • Sector:

    FMCG

  • Contact:

    Elaf Khoshnaw

  • Job ref:

    3602

  • Published:

    10 months ago

  • Expiry date:

    2024-02-21

mselect is looking to hire a Trade Marketing Manager for an international FMCG client in Erbil. Candidates must have a minimum of 5 years of related marketing experience in the FMCG industry. Fluency in English and Arabic is a must.

Responsibilities:
Operational Involvement:
Trade Marketing
  • Compile marketing activities and suggest annual promotions in line with the overall brand strategy
  • Coordinate and follow up on displays and extra displays with merchandising team
  • Develop with the principal tailored promotions and tailored activities in order to market the product

Trade and Sales
  • Deal with suppliers and aligned with them on marketing and business development plans.
  • Implement annual budget, annual ad-hoc, and annual investments per sector and per client
  • Follow up monthly targets and regular meetings with sales team to ensure targets are being met and providing incentives
  • Conduct regular market visits to all sectors to ensure that all agreements are being applied
  • Update special promotion offers on dataflow for all products, as agreed with marketing manager
  • Announce new arrivals and price changes to sales team to keep them aware and updated with the situations

A/P budget
  • Control all invoices/credit notes of the brand for the local market to ensure reliability
  • Recap all expenses per category to have a control over the expenses
  • Coordinate with accounting on all invoices to ensure validity of invoices

Logistica and Customer Service
  • Perform stock verification to ensure a proper invoicing and communication with sales
  • Follow up on near expiry stocks and suggest solutions

Operational Involvement:
Report Development and Documentation
  • Gather and analyze data to ensure management has the relevant information needed to support decision-making
  • Handle all documents according to related policies and procedures to ensure proper tracking
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree in related field with 5 to 6 years of experience in FMCG
  • Good command of English and advanced computer skills
  • Strong team player with ability to build effective relationships and excellent stakeholder management skills
  • The Job is based in Iraq and requires travel in territory

*Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.