Senior Marketing Manager Food & Beverage Full Time

About the job
Role Description:

Regional Marketing Manager IMEA QSR Join industry leading Quick Service Restaurants team as a Regional Marketing Manager for IMEA and see why Selling Power magazine has consistently ranked as a top company to sell for. We’re growing and need talented people like you to help us continue to protect the world’s most vital resources. In this role, you will help our customers meet their goals, differentiate from our competition, and impact the achievement of our aggressive growth targets.

Responsibilities:

The opportunity to take on some of the world’s most meaningful challenges, helping customers achieve clean water, safe food, abundant energy and healthy environments
The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth
The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives and ideas to achieve our best

What You Will Do:

Support sales growth, customer retention and profitability of the business within the business platform by supporting strategic planning and execution of marketing programs for the region.
Develop and execute regional margin improvement strategy, including localization and portfolio optimization.
Drive marketing efforts of existing products.
Work across the IMEA region to drive global innovation
Provide sales force with leadership and marketing support, including sales tools, training, competitive intelligence, and actionable reporting
Develop in-depth customer and market knowledge. Communicate market needs and opportunities.
Develop short and long-term strategies and plans for demand generation, on-going market research, customer needs assessment, sales and inventory forecasting, and customer and sales history analysis.
Execute marketing strategies, programs, and pricing strategies which will meet profit objectives for the business unit.
Assist in developing sales and customer training programs and sales tools to support the sales force in response to customer and competitive needs.
Provide competitive intelligence to the field sales teams to counter competitive offers.
Stay current on market standards, trends and practices and understand impact on product line and business.
Lead cross functional teams, as needed, to deliver project results.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of professional experience or MBA in Marketing with 5 years of experience
Proficient with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and the Internet

Preferred Qualifications:

Business-to-business marketing experience including localization and gross margin ownership/experience within a multinational organization
Ability to relate to influential people and complex organizational structures? strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
Demonstrated initiative and leadership skills? setting vision and strategy, planning, critical thinking, orchestrating cross-functionally, overseeing multiple project elements and proven track record of results
Effective oral and written communication skills, organizational skills, good attention to detail and use of sound judgment in a fast-paced environment are essential
Must have demonstrated initiative and ability to work independently and handle multiple tasks
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black belt is a plus.