Global Marketing Manager - MENARP & Africa

Reckitt; Dubai; On-site; AED 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in health and hygiene is seeking a Global Marketing Manager to drive category strategy and innovation across MENARP & Africa. This role involves collaboration with various teams to bring products to market and ensure brand growth. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in marketing within the FMCG sector, with a strong emphasis on consumer insights and brand strategy. Join a diverse team dedicated to making a positive societal impact.

Benefits

Employee Resource Groups

Parental benefits

Mental health programs

Life insurance

Global share plans

Short-term incentives

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience.
• Outstanding marketing skills in brand building and digital marketing.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead strategy and innovation workstreams for brand growth.
• Collaborate with R&D and CMI for product and positioning plans.
• Manage market research projects to gain consumer insights.

Skills

Consumer insights

Analytical skills

Brand and category strategy

Presentation skills

Innovation drive

Product sustainability

NPD

Storytelling

Creativity

Marketing optimization

Digital marketing

Brand activation

Commercial acumen

Collaboration

P&L management

Education

MBA in Marketing & Sales

Job description

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal, and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Category Growth Organization

The Category Growth Organization is at the heart of Reckitt. We pride ourselves on our unique way of driving growth for some of the world's most loved and trusted health, hygiene, and nutrition brands. Our purpose and fight motivate us to design and deliver distinctive communications throughout our consumer funnel, aiming for category growth and a positive societal impact. With extensive media and digital teams embedded throughout the organization, we measure both our business and societal impact. Our global teams lead our overarching brand strategy, brand guardianship, and innovation pipeline in close partnership with R&D, while local marketing teams execute regional goals alongside Sales teams. With a community of 2,500 marketers and the Category Growth Organization Academy, opportunities for growth and upskilling are extensive.

About the role

The Global Marketing Manager plays a key role in developing the overall category strategy and global innovation pipeline, focusing on MENARP & Africa. The role involves interaction with Consumer & Insights, R&D, Shopper Marketing, Finance, and Country Marketing teams to develop the innovation pipeline and guide global team structures to bring products to market. The manager also influences country teams to scale innovation platforms globally.

Close collaboration with Regulatory and Legal teams is essential to ensure portfolio readiness for current and future needs.

Responsibilities

1. Develop, recommend, and lead strategy and innovation workstreams for future brand segment growth.
2. Create segment-level innovation plans based on strong consumer understanding.
3. Collaborate with R&D and CMI to develop product and positioning plans, testing with consumers to validate the pipeline.
4. NPDs/EPDs
   • Draft and deploy product development briefs with global R&D, Supply, Sales, and Finance.
   • Conduct consumer and market surveys to identify trends, generate ideas, and develop concepts supporting product development.
   • Coordinate with market teams on brand learnings, new projects, and market understanding.
   • Ensure timely, within-budget development and successful launch of products.
5. Identify and implement profit-enhancing ideas for the brand, managing the brand within strategic guidelines to maximize long-term profitability.
6. Manage market research projects to gain consumer and customer insights, translating these into innovation plans.

Experience required

• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience.
• Outstanding marketing skills in brand building, activation, digital marketing, and product sustainability within an FMCG environment.
• Proficiency in consumer insights and analytics, with the ability to turn data into strategic insights.
• Strong knowledge of sales and marketing processes, with commercial awareness, P&L management, and a collaborative approach.
• Ability to craft compelling brand stories and drive marketing innovation.
• An MBA in Marketing & Sales is preferred.

Skills for success

Consumer insights, analytical skills, brand and category strategy, presentation skills, innovation drive, product sustainability, NPD, storytelling, creativity, marketing optimization, digital marketing, brand activation, commercial acumen, collaboration, P&L management.

What we offer

We prioritize inclusion, supporting our people through Employee Resource Groups, parental benefits, mental health programs, life insurance, and global share plans. We also offer short-term incentives for outstanding performance. Our pay-for-performance philosophy rewards excellence.

Equality

We hire for potential and value diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, religion, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or other protected categories.