Promotion Planning Manager

Mannings; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Mannings in Hong Kong is seeking a seasoned Promotion Planner to develop monthly promotion plans aligned with the marketing calendar, category strategies and vendor partnerships. You will lead multi-tier promotions and secure leadership alignment.

The role requires 5+ years in retail/trade marketing, strong analytical skills, proficiency in Microsoft Office, and excellent stakeholder management to drive cross-functional execution and performance reviews.

Qualifications

• Degree holder in Business, Marketing, Retail, or related discipline.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in retail industry with focus on trade marketing, category management, or commercial planning.
• Strong knowledge of promotional strategy, pricing mechanics, and retail execution.
• Demonstrated experience in handling complex, multi-layered promotion plans.
• Strong analytical capability in evaluating sales performance and promotion effectiveness with suggestion on action plan.
• Strong and effective stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills to drive trade plan execution and promotion efficiency.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and promotion planning analysis.
• Strong communication, planning, and problem-solving abilities.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, agile, resilient and able to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Develop monthly promotion plan aligned with marketing calendar, category strategies and vendor partnerships.
• Lead the planning of monthly promotion with complexity of multi-tiered promotion and overlapping campaigns.
• Acquire alignment across different stakeholders and obtain approval from leadership team upon applicable.
• Translate sales/margin objectives into actionable promotion plans and programs, including categories focus, pricing mechanics, and channel execution.
• Conduct sales and margin estimate analysis to ensure financial viability of monthly promotion plan.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration with commercial analytics, operations, marketing, and Off shelf display planning teams to align promotional goals with broader business objectives.
• Manage a single source of promotion database for cross department action and follow up.
• Support vendor negotiations and rebate settlements tied to promotional agreements.
• Performance Review & Analytics: Monitor promotion effectiveness using KPIs such as uplift, ROI, and cannibalization impact with support from commercial analytics team.
• Conduct post-event analysis to refine future promotion strategies and improve targeting.

Skills

Promotional planning

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Business/Marketing/Retail degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Is that your next challenge in Promotion Planning Team?

The challenge is to:

Develop monthly promotion plan aligned with marketing calendar, category strategies and vendor partnerships.

Lead the planning of monthly promotion with complexity of multi-tiered promotion and overlapping campaigns.

Acquire alignment across different stakeholders and obtain approval from leadership team upon applicable

Translate sales/margin objectives into actionable promotion plans and programs, including categories focus, pricing mechanics, and channel execution.

Conduct sales and margin estimate analysis to ensure financial viability of monthly promotion plan

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Work closely with commercial analytics, operations, marketing, and Off shelf display planning teams to align promotional goals with broader business objectives.

Manage a single source of promotion database for cross department action and follow up

Support vendor negotiations and rebate settlements tied to promotional agreements

Performance Review & Analytics

Monitor promotion effectiveness using KPIs such as uplift, ROI, and cannibalization impact with support from commercial analytics team

Conduct post-event analysis to refine future promotion strategies and improve targeting

Do you have experience in the Retail / FMCG industry?

Degree holder in Business, Marketing, Retail, or related discipline

5+ years of relevant experience in retail industry with focus on trade marketing, category management, or commercial planning

Strong knowledge of promotional strategy, pricing mechanics, and retail execution

Demonstrated experience in handling complex, multi-layered promotion plans

Strong analytical capability in evaluating sales performance and promotion effectiveness with suggestion on action plan

Strong and effective stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills to drive trade plan execution and promotion efficiency

Proficient in Microsoft Office and promotion planning analysis

Strong communication, planning, and problem-solving abilities

Self-motivated, detail-oriented, agile, resilient and able to work under pressure

Mannings is the leading health and beauty chain in Hong Kong with over 300 stores, territory-wide. Our trusted reputation is based on Mannings’ commitment to improve customer health and personal care, leading to ten consecutive years of being voted “No. 1 Most Preferred Brand” in Hong Kong. Our culture is open and progressive – simply to achieve the best for our customers both externally and internally. Applications are welcomed from high calibre individuals to join our growing team.