Promotions Manager Job Vacancy at Diageo in Kampala,Uganda

Job Title:        Promotions Manager 
Job Ref.:    40788BR
Job Location:   Kampala, Uganda
Employer:    Diageo
Reports to:     Commercial Excellence Manager

About Us:
Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across spirits, beer and wine. These brands include Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, J&B, Windsor, Buchanan's and Bushmills whiskies, Smirnoff, Ciroc and Ketel One vodkas, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness.

Job Overview:
The Promotions Manager will steer the development of the national promotions strategy for the business and guide its implementation to maximise sales and achievement the business numbers. He/she will also co-ordinate the creation, targeting, implementation and evaluation of the UBL national promotion programme while analysing competitor activity strengths and weaknesses and propose corrective action.

Job Requirements:

• Atleast 5 years’ experience in brand management, trade marketing and marketing support.
• Prior experience implementing revenue marketing strategies and programs
• Experience developing strategic and business case documents
• Experience in Monitoring and evaluation
• Good problem analysis and decision making skills
• Excellent organizational and project management skills
• Excellent Interpersonal effectiveness and teamwork
• Good Creativity and innovation skills
• Excellent communication skills

Job Duties:

•     Oversee, lead the development and implement sales promotion policies, programs and initiatives to maximise the profit of organizational sales
•     Research, evaluate, recommend and implement initiatives to enhance the market positioning of the entire UBL product portfolio
•     Design and develop the annual and quarterly promotions calendar for the business
•     Develop and monitor budgets for the promotional campaigns to ensure utilization is as planned and ROI is maximised.
•     Identify and build strategic networks and alliances to support UBL promotional campaigns
•     Carry out reviews with the sales and marketing teams and manage the evaluation of promotions to identify issues, assess effectiveness and exploit future improvement opportunities
•     Generate new innovative promotion mechanics to reach targeted consumer segments
•     Coordinate the ordering, delivery and distribution of promotion support materials, sales
•     Ensure compliance and adherence with safety requirements at the work environment.

Deadline Date: 07/05/2014

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