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Senior Marketing Manager
KIMBERLYCLARK MANUFACTURING PROFESSIONAL SL. Serve as a key member of the South Africa Leadership Team and strategic advisor to the General Manager .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates strong strategic and commercial leadership capabilities, with expertise in Category Management, Trade Marketing, and Revenue Growth Management. Proven ability to drive profitable growth through data-driven decision making and effective stakeholder influence in complex consumer goods environments.
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Category ManagementTrade MarketingCommercial StrategyRevenue Growth ManagementFinancial Acumen
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Hard Skills
Commercial StrategyCategory ManagementTrade MarketingRevenue Growth ManagementP&L InterpretationData-Driven Decision MakingPricing StrategyPromotional EffectivenessChannel StrategyPortfolio Management
Soft Skills
Strategic LeadershipSenior Stakeholder InfluenceMultifunctional Team LeadershipExecutive-Level CommunicationChange Management
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor's DegreePostgraduate QualificationMBA
Industry Keywords
FMCG DynamicsConsumer GoodsMarketplace ExecutionCommercial ActivationShopper Behaviour
Tech Stack
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About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Serve as a key member of the South Africa Leadership Team and strategic advisor to the General Manager
- Shape growth opportunities, portfolio priorities, customer strategy and commercial investments
- Provide leadership across the commercial agenda, connecting business strategy with marketplace execution
- Bring together Marketing, Category Management, Trade Marketing, Sales and Customer Development to deliver sustainable, profitable growth
- Translate regional and business growth priorities into locally relevant commercial and marketing strategies
- Influence investment, resource allocation and organizational priorities
- Drive alignment across commercial functions to ensure effective execution of business priorities
- Provide strategic leadership and governance across Family Care and KCP marketing organizations
- Lead portfolio prioritization, innovation commercialization and marketing investment
- Shape category, channel and customer growth strategies aligned with South Africa's business priorities
- Guide deployment of DPSM principles and customer development priorities
- Provide strategic oversight of trade marketing, shopper marketing and commercial activation
- Connect marketing and customer strategy with sales execution
- Use local market, customer and category insights to identify growth opportunities and focus resources on highest-value priorities
- Champion continuous improvement and lead transformation initiatives that strengthen commercial capabilities and marketplace competitiveness
Requirements
What you’ll need- A Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Commerce, Economics, Finance or a related field
- Typically 10–15 years of progressive experience across commercial, sales, marketing, category management, revenue growth management, trade marketing or related business leadership roles
- Demonstrated success leading multiple commercial disciplines and delivering profitable growth in a complex consumer goods environment
- Significant experience in at least three of: Category Management, Trade Marketing, Brand Marketing, Commercial Strategy, Sales/Customer Development or Revenue Growth Management
- Strong strategic and commercial leadership capability
- Financial acumen
- Multifunctional team leadership
- Senior stakeholder influence
- Data-driven decision making
- Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity
- Advanced knowledge of commercial strategy and Go-to-Market execution
- Strong understanding of FMCG dynamics, customer channels, shopper behaviour and competitive landscapes
- Expertise in category and portfolio management, channel strategy, pricing, trade investment optimization, promotional effectiveness and revenue growth management
- Ability to interpret P&L drivers, investment trade-offs, forecasts and overall business performance
- Executive-level communication and influencing skills
- Passion for developing talent
- Ability to lead multifunctional teams through change and competing priorities
- Employment is subject to verification of local policies
- Postgraduate qualification such as an MBA, Master's degree or equivalent commercial/business qualification is preferred
- Experience leading organizational change, transformation or operating-model redesign initiatives is preferred
- Experience operating within a matrixed regional and global organization is preferred
- Revenue Growth Management experience is preferred
Benefits
Comp & perks- Total Benefits are offered, but no specific benefits, perks, or compensation extras are listed
- Equal opportunity employment commitment