MARKETING & SALES COORDINATOR

McCormick & Company, Inc.; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in flavor is looking for a Marketing & Sales Coordinator in Dubai. The role involves providing insights for business strategies, researching food trends, and supporting customer engagements. Ideal candidates will have strong analytical and communication skills, with market research experience. This position offers growth opportunities within a respected organization.

Qualifications

• Exposure to marketing, NPD and innovation.
• Strong business acumen and presentation skills.
• Effective communication in English; Arabic is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide input on category focus for business strategy.
• Research local food & beverage trends.
• Support F2F customer engagements and innovation sessions.

Skills

Market research and insights

Strong analytical skills

Effective communication (English)

Project management

Relationship building

Tools

PC/software tools

Job description

Overview

Marketing & Sales Coordinator

Dubai, UAE

& Category Data Analysis

Using Global Data, Euromonitor, purchased market data, bespoke research studies

Providing input & recommendations on category focus for business strategy / Competitor understanding

Beverage Trends

Pro-actively researching local food & beverage trends / Exploring top menus & restaurants and what is trendy

4.McCormick Capabilities

Creating a McCormick capabilities deck to share with new and current customers, including focus on the local factory

5.Creative Toolbox

Lead Food Safaris in local market / workshops with key customers

Facilitation of internal workshops

6.Customer Engagements

Support F2F customer engagements

Provide support to R&D for innovation sessions

Interface with key customers like Pepsico, yum, McDonald especially with their marketing team to support on their Innovation agenda.

Be an active part of the Marketing & Business Development team, adding value to the flavour solution business growth in Middle East region.

To provide back up support to Commercial Controller in managing Pepsico business in the region.

Helping to prepare periodic sales reports / Presentations for Dubai Commercial team.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

• Market research / insights with exposure to marketing, NPD, and innovation.
• Strong business acumen, analytical, and presentation skills; project management ability.
• Effective communication in English both verbal and written, spoken Arabic would be an added advantage
• Ability to build and sustain relationship at all levels (internal and external)
• Proficient in PC / software tools; adaptable to complexity and changing priorities

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COMPANY

At McCormick, we bring our passion for flavor to work each day. We encourage growth, respect everyone's contributions and do what's right for our business, our people, our communities and our planet. Join us on our quest to make every meal and moment better.

Founded in Baltimore, MD in 1889 in a room and a cellar by 25-year-old Willoughby McCormick with three employees, McCormick is a global leader in flavour. With 12,400 employees around the world and more than $5 Billion in annual sales., the Company manufactures, markets and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments and other flavourful products to the entire food industry, retail outlets, food manufactures, food service businesses and consumers

While our global headquarters are in the Baltimore, Maryland, USA area, McCormick operates and serves customers from nearly 50 locations in 27 countries and 135 markets in Asia-Pacific, China, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and the Americas, including North, South and Central America.

At McCormick, we have over a 100-year legacy based on our “Power of People” principle. This principle fosters an unusually dedicated workforce requiring a culture of respect, recognition, inclusion and collaboration based on the highest ethical values.

TO APPLY

Agencies : McCormick as needed will work with external recruitment vendors through our Agency Portal. Unless previously contacted, McCormick does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies.

McCormick is an EOE / Veterans / Disabled / LGBT employer.