Associate Brand Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION

1. Strategic Brand Management & Business Growth

- Manage key brands that serve as the backbone of the company’s portfolio, ensuring strong brand equity and sustained growth.

- Plan, develop, organize, implement, supervise, and evaluate marketing and advertising programs to stimulate consumer demand for assigned products.

- Oversee market research, promotions, and advertising, continuously assessing success against plan and making data-driven recommendations.

- Guarantee strong brand performance across Brand Margins, Awareness, Market Reference, NPD, and Product Innovation.

2. Marketing Strategy & Execution

- Develop and implement annual marketing plans, ensuring alignment with company objectives and budget efficiency.

- Lead integrated marketing campaigns across multiple platforms (TV, digital, social media, PR, and in-store activations).

- Coordinate closely with the sales team to align marketing strategies with commercial execution.

- Create, publish, and oversee all marketing materials ensuring brand consistency and effectiveness.

- Plan and implement promotional campaigns, monitoring and optimizing their performance.

- Maintain effective internal communication, ensuring all relevant company functions are aligned with marketing objectives.

3. New Product Development (NPD) & Portfolio Management

- Lead NPD projects from ideation to execution, ensuring on-time, in-budget, and within-scope launches.

- Implement a robust project management process, ensuring alignment with PMR (Portfolio Management Review) and IBP (Integrated Business Planning) processes.

- Manage NPD volume forecasting, refining forecasts based on assumptions and continuously updating through each stage of development.

- Conduct post-launch analysis using standardized evaluation templates, ensuring learnings are documented for future improvement.

- Foster cross-functional collaboration with R&D, Supply Chain, Sales, Trade Marketing, and Finance to optimize portfolio strategies.

4. Data-Driven Decision Making & Performance Analysis

- Master the analysis and consolidation of market research data (Kantar, Nielsen) to extract valuable insights for decision-making.

- Plan and participate in consumer research, benchmarking, and competitive analysis to assess brand health and identify opportunities.

- Track portfolio performance and efficiency, measuring ROI, adherence to schedules, and budget variance to ensure continuous optimization.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

- Technical/ Professional knowledge and skills

• Knowledge: degree in Marketing/ Business Administration; or at least 4 yrs experience in brand management or marketing communication

• Skills: Presentation, Communication (both oral & written in Vietnamese & English), excellent use of PowerPoint, Excel

- Operational analysis

- Sales ability & persuasiveness

- Work standard (=Plan, coordinate, implementation & control)

- Innovation

- Initiating action

- Passion of online shoppers