Brand Manager Job Vacancy in Kenya November 2016
Jobs recruitment : Brand Manager Work in Kenya 2016
Career Opening for Brand Manager in Kenya November 2016
Brand Manager
Reporting to the Retail Director, this position will be responsible for:
- Maximises sales and profitability for the brand;
- Ensures effective in season management across all retail units
- Leads brand reviews to maximize sales and profitability to set target levels;
- Plan and execute an optimal pricing strategy to position the brand in the market;
- Proactively manage liquidation of dead and slow lines;
- Build a cohesive team, coaching them to meet and exceed business goals;
- Maintains an employee value proposition that engages employees to deliver their best;
- Analyses the effectiveness of promotions in achieving targeted levels of sales and margins;
- Participate in profiling retail units/categories, assignment of size curves and merchandise ratios;
- Maintain targets for forward covers and inventory sell through rates by season;
- Ensure adherence to the merchandise ageing policy;
- Monitor performance of merchandise categories/department, reporting on the same;
- Manage Franchise partner relationships, ensuring compliance with agreements and processes;
- Acts as the face of the brand internally and externally;
- Reports on the brand profit and loss, reviewing necessary reports to monitor productivity;
- Offers support in determining financial goals for budgeting and planning purposes;
- Drives and tracks cost reduction initiatives throughout the brand operations;
- Brainstorms new thoughts to progress brand perception in the market while maintaining key attributes;
- With the Marketing Manager, guides creation of promotions to the consumer, brand, and business strategies;
- Develops and delivers direct in store communication for customer retention;
- Analyses and optimises marketing strategies to improve returns on investment.
The person:
- Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, Fashion design and Merchandising, or related field.
- 5 years’ experience in retail, sales,marketing and general management
- Experience in executing strategies and business plans
- Demonstrable knowledge of managing retail outlets and setting performance objectives
- Clear understanding of the retail industry’s valuend ability chain to source in various business models
- Experience in leading and galvanizing high performing teams to deliver to set goals
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- A passion for fashion and lifestyle products
Interested candidates holding the necessary requirements, good performance and / or references to submit their cvs to cvs@cdl.co.ke on or before 25th November 2016.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted