Junior Brand Manager

Kimberly-Clark Ukraine is part of the international company Kimberly-Clark Corp.

Kimberly-Clark Corp. is an international company with more than 145 years of history producing products for personal, professional and industrial hygiene. The business is represented by two main directions:

• Products for users (Kleenex®, Huggies®, Kotex®, etc.).
• Professional B2B products, made for the development of business of other companies.

Company in figures:

• Year of foundation: 1872 year
• More than 42,000 employees
• Products sold in 175 countries
• Production and offices in 37 countries
• Kimberly Clark Ukraine celebrated 20 years in 2018.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure strategic approach to the brand development; be ready to work under the given guidelines from head office;
• Prepare short- to mid-term brand plan development - activity calendar, budgeting;
• Forecast market, segments and market share dynamics;
• Regularly (monthly & quarterly) analyze the market, competitors, business KPIs - outline root causes of progress, risks and opportunities for K-C brands and initiate relevant actions/projects;
• Initiate proactive approach for keeping competitive advantage with brand activities and message to consumer in diverse and relevant channels;
• Constantly (monthly) track the budget within given territory and sub-categories;
• Ensure effective collaboration with cross functions i.e. Category & Revenue Management, Supply Chain, Finance, Legal and cross-functional teams within EMEA region;
• Manage third parties for timely and qualitative execution of brand's activities;
• Provide inputs for S&OP process based on planned trade activities and ensure high level of forecast accuracy;
• Manage the brand P&L and deliver profitable growth according to KPIs.

Requirements:

• Higher education, relevance to marketing is an advantage
• Proven knowledge in integrated, focused brand plan development & execution; P&L and 4P management and control
• Collaborative, Consumer oriented
• Analytical skills and Creative mind-set
• High energy and communication skills
• Ability to lead cross-functional projects
• Maturity in professional field
• MS Office
• fluent English is a must, fluent Russian, fluent Ukrainian.