Junior Brand Manager - Dubai

Focus Management Consultants Limited (FMCL); Dubai; On-site; AED 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading branded food manufacturer seeks a highly professional and ambitious Brand Manager fluent in Arabic. This critical role involves developing marketing strategies, managing budgets, and delivering innovative programs in a dynamic environment. Ideal candidates will have FMCG experience and a relevant degree.

Qualifications

• Fluent Arabic speaker.
• Experience in Brand or Category Management.
• Currently working in a branded food/FMCG manufacturer.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement innovative marketing strategies.
• Manage budgets and explore new markets.
• Evaluate and measure success of campaigns.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Consumer Insight Skills

Influencing Skills

Education

Degree in Business or Marketing

Job description

This is an incredible opportunity for an Arabic speaking, highly professional and ambitious Brand Manager to work for one of the world’s largest and most respected branded food manufacturers.

With regional offices in one of the most exciting and fastest growing cities, this organisation is famous for manufacturing and distributing some of the most instantly recognisable and respected food brands throughout the entire globe.

Known for its innovation, creativity, quality and scope, this company is famous for its culture of excellence and its commitment to nurturing the very best and brightest talent. We are looking for the very highest calibre food and beverage professionals seeking to fast track their career and thrive within a high energy, dynamic, challenging and fast paced environment.

Operating in a growing and increasingly diverse market you will be responsible for initiating, developing and implementing innovative and creative marketing strategies that maximise volume, increase profits, grow market share and elevate brand awareness to new levels.

Budgets will fall within your remit as you push into and develop new markets throughout the region. Using your exceptional marketing judgement, consumer insight skills and commercial awareness you will play a high profile role in assisting the Senior Brand Manager in the development of new strategic plans and initiatives for the brand portfolio within the region.

This role will see you propose and deliver innovation programs which will include exciting new packaging designs and variants, advertising, promotions and media strategies. Your expertise will enable you to effectively understand the changing trends and developing needs of consumers across an incredibly diverse and dynamic region that includes oil rich nations as well as rural and traditional markets.

An expert within your field, possessing high potential and exceptional influencing skills, you will be an ambassador for best practice, forward thinking innovation and positive change. You will need to have an eye for detail and an analytical mind as evaluating and measuring the success of your campaigns and activities will also form a large part of your responsibilities within this high profile and critical role.

To be considered for this role you must;

Be a fluent Arabic speaker
Be currently working for a branded food/FMCG manufacturer
Educated to degree level ideally with an emphasis on business or marketing
Possess relevant experience within Brand or Category Management
If you have a strong background within a branded food / FMCG manufacturing organisation, are educated to degree level and are looking for an opportunity to develop your career and benefit from a highly competitive tax free salary this could be a career defining opportunity for you.

REF. JJM10586 By Joel Mason

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About The Company

Focus Management Consultants Ltd (FMCL) commands a premier position in the Food and Drink recruitment industry.

Working in long term partnership with many leading manufacturers, retailers and foodservice organisations, it has developed a strong credibility in its sector for high performance standards and results delivery.

Established in 1990 in the recruitment sector, it is comprised of seven specialist divisions each offering a bespoke, confidential and targeted response to client needs, and offers candidates a route through to the leading employers in their chosen industry.

FMCL is a founding member of the International Food Recruitment Alliance, with International food recruitment partners in Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Poland and Spain.