Brand Director BACARDÍ DACH (M/W/D)

Job Name

Country:

Germany

City:

Hamburg

Function:

Marketing - Communication - PR

Reporting Line:

Brand Director - Western Europe

Job type:

Full time

Lead recruiter:

Hayley Snowball

About the role

Your Opportunity

Get ready to be the “General Manager” of BACARDÍ Rums and the “Marketing Director” across the DACH Cluster! You will be accountable for driving BACARDÍ Rum equity, financial performance, winning market share, as well as leading and developing a brilliant “All-In” marketing team. You will develop, execute & evaluate the BACARDÍ annual marketing plan that hold integrated customer and consumer programs. As the voice of the Consumer Marketing Team you will be a key member of the DACH Leadership Team, led by the Cluster Director. In addition, you will be a key representative of the European business at a Global marketing level.

About You

You are a born Marketing Leader who places the consumer at the heart of your work. Using penetrating insights, you inspire others to execute innovative brand campaigns that push the boundaries, deliver commercial growth and nurture long term brand equity. Strong relationships define you and you demonstrate strong gravitas in building close partnerships across the Matrix – both within and outside our Company.

Responsibilities

With our Consumer at the heart, your key focus will be to:

Take, translate, and execute Global strategies to drive Market share & DACH performance across the BACARDÍ portfolio.
Coach, inspire & develop the DACH BACARDÍ Brand Manager (1 direct report), and lead (indirectly) the DACH Marketing community to execute innovative brand campaigns that push the boundaries, inspire change and impact consumer behavior. As Consumer Marketing representative within the Cluster Leadership Team you drive an “All-In” culture that is based on collaboration across the matrix.
Lead Integrated Activity Planning (IAP) and the allocation of your brand A&P, working closely with the Managing Director, CPA Director and Regional Brand Director. Diversify the channel & occasion mix to keep winning during & post Covid.
Define short-mid-long-term growth plans, strategic priorities, implement global pricing strategy and methods for measuring and evaluating A&P spend effectiveness.
Be accountable for your Brand(s) P&L incl. budget management & road mapping sustainable growth.
Work in close partnership with the International team, occasionally partnering to co-create assets / deliver projects and ensuring the Cluster’s voice is heard and considered in the strategic development.
Actively monitor Brand KPI’s an provide guidance on corrective action. Ensure clear M&E for 80% of total investment, identify & prove-out growth drivers to scale in service of the roadmap.
Expectation to travel 10% of time to be close to the team and consumers in Market (adhering to Covid restrictions).

Skills and Experience

The Skills & Experience needed to create your legacy

Strong (8-10y) Marketing experience with exceptional brand building skills. Familiar with DACH & international marketing. Proven track record proving business savviness that reaches beyond building beautiful campaigns & long-term impact.
Great analytical & commercial acumen/execution skills with the ability to translate brand strategies into a tangible commercial advantage. With strong understanding of channel, price, promotional activity and through-the-line activation.
Gravitas to influence and manage multiple stakeholders in a complex matrix environment. Comfortable working with ambiguity & change.
Decisiveness in making timely, fearless decisions, focusing the team and business on the key priorities for the BEST10.
Ability and commitment to coach, develop and provide opportunities for Primos to grow. Inspire and lead agencies to deliver world class work.
Digitally savvy with the ability to connect people and systems in the delivery of results. Early adopter of technology. Relevant experience working with On-Trade, Digital Commerce and/or CRM is advantageous.
Languages – English essential, German and other European languages are advantageous.

Personal Qualities

Authentic inclusive leader who acts with purpose and has an approachable, empathetic, open leadership style. Street smart attitude dismantling complexity, being solution oriented & strong straightforward communication skills.
Passionate, trustworthy & open minded forming great relationships with new customers, consumers, and stakeholders.
Able to balance creativity with business performance.
Addicted to winning, resilient, credible, able to collaborate and manage ambiguity within the matrix, calm under pressure and able to keep their team inspired and motivated.
Enjoy life along the way. Savor drinks & hospitality. Highly rate sustainable business initiatives.

Our culture

We share the passion and entrepreneurial flair of our founder and are guided by our three culture pillars - Fearless, Family and Founders, they inspire our Primos to be the best they can be and drive us forward in all we do. But what does this mean?

· Being Fearless; means adopting an agile mindset, being comfortable trying new things and taking risks. We are empowered to question, challenge and innovate.

· Family; We treat each other, and our communities, like Family. Always.

· Founders; The spirit of entrepreneurship is at the heart of everything we do. We see the business as if it’s our own. We do the right thing for the business and we all take accountability for our work.

When you join Bacardi, you become part of our family and gain more than just a job.

Disclaimer: Bacardi is an equal opportunity employer that values workforce diversity. Diversity is core to our business: by embedding diversity into all aspects of our culture, we maximize the opportunity to achieve sustainable business success and growth. The duties and responsibilities described in the role profile might not be a comprehensive list.