Product Manager Family Care - MENA

Kimberly-Clark; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consumer goods company is seeking a Brand Manager B2B for the MENA region, based in Jeddah. The role involves managing the B2B product portfolio and leading critical projects aimed at enhancing sales and profitability. Candidates should have a proven background in marketing, excellent communication skills, and be fluent in Arabic and English. This position offers a flexible work environment and extensive professional growth opportunities.

Benefits

Dynamic and inclusive work environment

Opportunities for professional growth

Highly competitive compensation and benefits package

Qualifications

• Proven track record in marketing, new product development and product renovation.
• Experience in dealing with internal/external product supply, manufacturing and logistics.
• Self-motivated and able to work with a high degree of autonomy.
• Ability to work effectively across functions in a multi-cultural team.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Support execution of the MENA B2B strategy.
• Lead critical B2B project teams impacting MENA sales.
• Collaborate with packaging teams to ensure adherence to brand guidelines.
• Manage SKU change communication for the MENA portfolio.

Skills

Marketing

Product Development

Communication

Cross-functional Collaboration

Fluent in Arabic & English

Job description

Overview

Product Manager Family Care - MENA

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In your Sales role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

About Us

Huggies. Kleenex. Cottonelle. Scott. Kotex. Poise. Depend. 25% of people in the world use Kimberly-Clark products every day. And it takes the right people, in the right jobs and the right places, to make that happen.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best teams committed to driving innovation and growth. We’re founded on 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform—so what can you do with that? There’s no time like the present to make an impact at Kimberly-Clark.

It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

About You

As Brand Manager B2B – MENA Region, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the effective management of MENA product portfolio and build systems to enable business growth, cost management and profitability across all our categories; Work with key internal and external stakeholders to create and execute portfolio change plans to deliver growth and support the execution of portfolio transformations via effective product management processes to support GCC mills.

Key Accountabilities

• Supports effective execution of the MENA B2B strategy and communication of detailed changes to relevant departments. Leads critical B2B project teams that significantly impact on MENA sales or profitability.
• Effective commercial support of MENA B2B product categories and systems to enable achievement of growth and profit objectives. Supports the P&L for product portfolio.
• Assists renovation cadence for the local B2B products, DTV and cost optimisation projects in accordance with marketing strategy.
• Responsible for SKU change management communication for MENA portfolio.
• Collaborates with packaging team to ensure artwork new designs or changes adhere to brand guidelines.
• Ensure portfolio specs, technical data compliance & product data accuracy
• Provides product support to internal customers upon request.
• Maintain a current and thorough knowledge of customer, product and competitive capabilities and limitations to improve the regional business competitive position – tactical tracking, benchmarking, war rooms.
• Collaborate with product managers to support product launches with B2B-focused communication and branding

You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• Proven track record in marketing, new product development and product renovation.
• Experience in dealing with internal / external product supply, manufacturing and logistics.
• Self-motivated and able to work with a high degree of autonomy.
• The ability to work effectively across functions in a multi-cultural team is essential as is the ability to communicate with people at all levels both internally and externally.
• Strong communication, presentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Fluent in Arabic & English
• Willingness to travel

We offer

• A dynamic and inclusive work environment.
• Opportunities to shape the future of B2B branding in the MENA region.
• A chance to work with passionate professionals across diverse functions.

Our employees value the opportunities for professional and personal growth which our company offers. Our employees appreciate both the open work environment and the global nature of our company and are always ready to take on new challenges. In addition we offer a highly competitive compensation and benefits package.

Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com.

To Be Considered

Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.

In the meantime, please check out the careers website.

And finally, the fine print….

For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.

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Primary Location: Jeddah Sales Office