Senior Manager, Brand Management, Fanta & Schweppes

Manager: Senior Director, Category Lead, Sparkling Flavors
Job Grade: cf-B
Location: Shanghai
Role Type: Individual Contributor
Language: Fluent English & Mandarin

Please note: This role is not a fully remote position. The selected candidate will need to be based in Shanghai and follow our hybrid work setup

Role Summary

We are looking for a passionate, business driven marketer to drive Fanta and Schweppes, two of our big and most dynamic brands across mainland China, Hongkong and Taiwan. Possessing some super-powers will be essential to success. The ideal candidate will be a keen brand strategist but also possess strong business acumen, an analytical wizard but also an impactful creator, a leader of self but also a powerful influencer. The vision is to assert Fanta leadership in fruity sparkling and double Schweppes in next 3 years. 2 brands have different agenda. Fanta must grow into the most loved consumer brands, continue to drive recruitment, while Schweppes has a market development job. Both are the major profit drivers for the company.

What You'll Do for Us

• Core focus will be to develop and execute brand growth strategies, business plans and innovations to fuel equity and market share growth.
• You will need to master and own global brand architectures and standards, local human insights and market reality to fuel brand and business, inspire partners and deliver consistent consumer brand experiences.
• You need to fully involve and lead in partially Fanta initiatives and Schweppes E2E strategy, to make sure activation landing aligned with strategy and business requirements. And bring new initiatives to the system, especially on Social & E-Commerce knowledge, to accelerate 2 social first brands.
• This will involve collaboration within the marketing function across the networked organization globally, locally and in other OU for GC&M led campaigns as well as other OU led campaigns.
• This will also require cross-functional work with Creative, IMX, Frontline Marketing, Customer Commercial and Franchise, Finance, Technical and R&D, bottler marketing and sales teams.
• Keep a finger on the pulse of consumers, customer and market. Constantly measure business performance and marketing effectiveness. Influence the system to action with speed.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned, in response to evolving business needs and market dynamics

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications or Business
• 6-10 years of experience development and execution of brand strategies and business plans on leading brands in China with focus on B2C and FMCG businesses. Market development category experiences and global experience is a PLUS.
• Business analytics incl. market share, shipment performance, channel performance and etc.
• Performance management, budget planning.
• Deeper understanding of consumer insights.
• Quality experience on social & E-Commerce is a must.
• Multi-national company experience, leading direct and indirect teams, and working in large multi-functional and cross-geography teams.
• Solid communication skills.
• English fluency is required to effectively operate in globally networked marketing model. Chinese fluency will be ideal.

• Career Growth & Development: Access to global learning platforms, coaching, and mentoring as part of our Leadership & Development process.
• Diverse & Inclusive Culture: Be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
• International Exposure: Collaborate with multicultural teams and participate in global projects through our networked organization.