Brand Manager: Jungle

Tiger Brands; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 650,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Tiger Brands is seeking a Brand Manager for the Grains category, onsite in Bedfordview, to translate consumer insights into compelling brand plans and growth.

You will lead category strategy, pricing, promotions, and innovation, collaborating with the Marketing Centre of Excellence to optimize the marketing mix and deliver strong brand performance.

Qualifications

• 2+ years brand and marketing experience with cross-functional delivery.
• BBusSc/BCom preferable.
• Consumer insights driven, analytical and strategic.

Responsibilities

• Develop and translate brand plans with pricing, promotions, innovation.
• Lead insight-driven innovation and renovation for growth.
• Partner with Consumer Insights for brand-relevant data across touchpoints.
• Lead creative agency through the Communication Strategy process and campaigns.
• Ensure day-to-day Brand Management tasks including S&OP forecasting, media planning, and brand health tracking.

Skills

Brand management

Consumer insights

Strategic thinking

Route to market

Education

BBusSc/BCom

Job description

## Brand Manager: JungleApply: Onsite: Bedfordview: Full time: Posted Today: End Date: September 22, 2026 (6 days left to apply): JR003124It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!As a Brand Manager for Grains Category, you will execute brand plans while trying to achieve sustainable and profitable growth for your brands. You will achieve this by leveraging consumer and shopper insights to craft brand/s that consumers love, and by executing compelling brand plans that are delivered through exceptional brand experiences in terms of innovation, communication and activation. On a daily basis this involves articulating and delivering the full marketing mix for your brand. You will work with the Marketing Centre of excellence, leveraging their expertise to optimize pricing, promotions, product innovation, packaging and marketing mix.**WHAT YOU WILL DO**Translate marketing insights and analysis of key issues and opportunities into clear & compelling Brand Plans - detailing execution of Category Strategy, Pricing & Channel Strategy, Promotions Plan and Innovation Plan to deliver agreed growth agenda (volume, value, profit)Identify, define, develop, deliver & track insight-driven innovation and renovation that is accretive to the brand and category (volume, value, profit). This includes defining the product & packaging solution, for customer team the trade solution, and for consumers compelling communicationPartner with the Consumer Insights team to generate brand-relevant insights from all touchpoints; including market & internal analytics, competitive intelligence, consumer behavior, trend data and other appropriate sourcesLead creative agency through the Communication Strategy process for your brand(s), culminating in the deliver of a Communication Strategy sign off and campaign judging and sign off of above-the-line and below-the-line campaigns vs the agreed brand blueprint Ensure key day-to-day Brand Management tasks are executed fully and to a high level of quality including S&OP forecasting, media planning, customer promotion tracking, Marketing Investment spend and management, quality tracking, brand health and share tracking and range management**WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE TABLE****Key attributes and competencies**Well-rounded consumer goods experience – spanning Marketing and preferably Customer rolesConsumer obsession and insights-driven – a thirst for understanding how consumers operate within your category and use that to drive strategy and decision makingStrategic savviness and financial acumen – with the ability to shape a plan to grow your category, drive its execution, and understand the trade offs involved in pulling various leversRoute to market know how – a robust understanding of both modern and general tradeExperience2+ years brand and marketing experience with a proven track record of working across functions to deliver marketing excellence and brand growthBBusSc/BCom preferableProven record of successful brand development and Idea to Market strategiesDemonstrated ability to develop innovative consumer goods propositions based on rich consumer insights**WHAT YOU WILL BE MEASURED ON**Brand(s) growthMarketing ROIBrand healthMarket share (%)Net Sales volume and value growthBrand profit / Gross marginWeighted / numeric distributionTeam development and feedbackInnovation PerformanceEnvironment createdPromotion performanceInnovation performance#LI-KM3