GM Marketing for a JV between the largest North American manufacturer of quality chocolate and sugar confectionery products & one of largest and most respected Indian business conglomerates
Location: Mumbai
About Us:
Futurestep is a high-performance global provider of innovative, scalable recruitment and people solutions. Futurestep (www.futurestep. com) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Korn/Ferry International and has offices in 20 countries. Korn/Ferry International is a publicly listed company on the NYSE (ticker; KFY) and is the largest executive search firm in the world with 82 offices in over 40 countries.
About our Client:
A Joint Venture between the largest North American manufacturer of quality chocolate and sugar confectionery products & one of India ’s largest and most respected business conglomerates, our Client was formed in April 2006 when the Amrican partner took over the Foods division of the Indian Partner.
The company has an aggressive growth agenda and plans to become the leading player in the Food & Beverage space in India . They are targeting sales revenue of Rs. 1000 Crore by the year 2010 through organic as well as inorganic growth
We have been retained by our client to help them find a suitable professional for the following position:
The Position; GM- Marketing Location: Mumbai , India
Scope:
The incumbent will be responsible for leading the marketing strategy development for the respective category and ensure its effective execution to achieve the company’s growth objectives. This would specifically involve:
· Evolving the Marketing plan in the long, medium and short term to support sales delivery.
· Monitoring, managing and leveraging brand assets in terms of both tangible and intangible aspects.
· Achieving sales numbers through marketing support, budgeting, controlling and enhancing productivity of marketing expenditure and influencing product costs.
· Creating and exceeding both product packaging as well as image building
· Working with advertising, media and PR firms for managing the advertising and promotion related activities of the company.
· Budget setting, conceptualizing, planning and executing Marketing plans within the allocated budgets.
· He will be a member of the senior management team of the JV in India .
· Building a high performing and competent team with considerable functional depth and leadership potential. This would include identification of training needs, ongoing coaching and feedback and providing the appropriate developmental opportunities.
· Working closely with the Sales and Supply Chain teams for delivery of sales targets and product innovations / introductions.
· Ensuring the best availability of external resources
· Ensuring customer care and dealing with complaints
The Ideal Candidate:
· Management degree from a premier institute with specialization in Marketing
· 8-12 years experience in Marketing and Sales functions with reputed FMCG companies in India/overseas including 3-4 years in an independent role with brand / category management and team building responsibilities.
· Hands on experience of sales at the regional / national level would be desirable
· Prior experience of the Confectionary / Chocolate industry would also be advantageous.
· The incumbent should necessarily have handled / managed brands of similar size and stature, which are category leaders.
· The person should be able to lead initiatives in all Marketing functions like
· Marketing Research
· Communication development
· Media planning
· Agency Management
· Sales forecasting
· Should be a good team player with the proven leadership and team building skills.
· Experience in handling new product development and launches.
· Strong communication skills with proficiency in written / spoken English / Hindi languages.
If the above opportunity is of interest to you and your profile matches the specifics then you may send in your profile and current compensation details, in strict confidence to Dinesh Tyagi at dinesh.tyagi@ futurestep. com or call on +91 9891497970.
Warm Regards,
Dinesh Tyagi (dinesh.tyagi@ futurestep.com)
Business Development Manager- India
Futurestep
A Korn/Ferry Company
Mobile : + 91 9891497970
www.futurestep. com
