Brand Manager

Lesaffre; Desio; In loco; EUR 40.000 - 80.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Brand Manager to enhance its marketing team. This strategic role involves managing a diverse portfolio of health and wellness products, ensuring profitability, and adapting offerings to meet evolving market demands. The ideal candidate will leverage strong analytical and communication skills to drive brand growth and collaborate with cross-functional teams. This position offers an exciting opportunity to influence product strategy and engage with customers while contributing to a mission of better nutrition and health. If you're passionate about marketing in the health sector, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Servizi

Smart Working after Trial Period

Competenze

• 8-10 years of experience in a marketing role within health & wellness.
• Strong communication and brand positioning skills are essential.

Mansioni

• Manage brand portfolio profitability and develop 4P's.
• Conduct competitive intelligence and establish brand platform.

Conoscenze

Marketing Management

Brand Positioning

Analytical Skills

Project Management

Communication Skills

Business Sensitivity

Formazione

Scientific Degree

Marketing Background

Descrizione del lavoro

Company Description

For over 30 years, Lesaffre has been involved in Human Health & Nutrition as part of its ambition to Better Nourish and Protect the Planet. In November 2018, Lesaffre acquired Gnosis Advanced Biotech and officially combined it with Lesaffre Human Care to form a new Business Unit named Gnosis by Lesaffre.

At Gnosis by Lesaffre, we are committed to cultivating and delivering nutritional actives, probiotics, and nutritional and functional yeasts that benefit human health and well-being, thanks to the power of microorganisms and biotransformation processes like fermentation. Put differently, we explore life to improve living.

Our vision: At Gnosis by Lesaffre, we strive for a world that moves better, digests better, ages better, feels better, and ultimately lives better thanks to microorganisms and biotransformation.

Job Description

Gnosis by Lesaffre is willing to reinforce its marketing team with a new strategic position as Brand Manager to ensure the profitability and growth of a portfolio of products in the short, medium, and long term.

In a changing market, the candidate will ensure the profitability of the brand(s) and manage the 4Ps of his/her product portfolio. To ensure sustainable growth of his/her brand(s), he/she will adapt the offer to market evolution, aligning it with customer needs and the strategy of the Global Gnosis Portfolio.

The candidate will manage one or several Active ingredient portfolio brands (K2 vitamin, Nutra botanicals, glutathione, folates, SAMe…).

He/She will report to the Global Category Manager.

Main missions

• Is responsible for his/her brand portfolio profitability.
• Develop the 4P's of his/her branded products.
• Build competitive intelligence around his/her branded products.
• Contribute to the definition of the Target Product Profile for in-market product development.
• Define the Ideal Customer profile(s) based on customers and consumers insights.
• Establish and manage the brand platform of his/her product in strong collaboration with the Category Manager, the communication Team, and the Operational Marketing team.
• Define the pricing guidance of his/her brand(s).
• Identify key levers of growth for his/her Branded Product(s) (Market access, application, formulation for his/her product).
• Engage with customers and identify range extension opportunities.
• Manage his/her product portfolio.
• Support the Category Manager in building the Strategy for his/her in-market Branded product.
• Coordinate OPERATIONAL PLAN (cross-functional plan within the BU).
• Establish and drive the Product Performance Analysis of his/her brand(s) in strong collaboration with finance, customer experience team, Global Operational Marketing, and sales team.
• Pilot or contribute to profitability optimization projects for his/her Branded products.
• Establish the Launch Marketing package for new products coming from the Strategy and Innovation team.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Experienced (8-10 years) in a Marketing position (Brand Manager, Market manager…) in the health & wellness Market and/or BtoB environment.
• Ability to manage Branded Product range throughout its lifecycle.
• Strong communication & brand positioning skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Business & controlling sensitivity.
• Ability to understand industrial & supply chain topics.
• Project management skills are a plus.
• Creative, Rigorous, Organized.
• Open-minded and capable of working in a multicultural environment and a transversal mode.
• Open to travel, Attend events, Customer meetings.

Education:

• Scientific degree and/or Marketing background.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory (French or Italian is a plus).

Additional Information

• Possible Smart Working after Trial period