SBM Africa Expansion

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Category Growth Organisation​

Marketing is at the heart of Reckitt. We pride ourselves on our unique way of driving growth for some of the world's most loved and trusted health, hygiene and nutrition brands.
Our purpose and fight are what motivates us to design and deliver distinctive communications throughout our consumer funnel, so that we deliver category growth as well as a positive impact on society.

With extensive media and digital teams embedded throughout the organisation, we measure both our business and our societal impact. Our global teams lead on our overarching brand strategy, brand guardianship and innovation pipeline in close partnership with R&D. Leaving our local marketing teams to deliver on our regional goals in partnership with our Sales teams.

With the scale of our 2500 marketing community - alongside our leading-edge Marketing Academy - your opportunities to grow and upskill will be extensive.

About the role

Elevate your career and join Reckitt as a SBM Africa Expansion, where your expertise will shape the future of iconic brands, within the dynamic world of e-commerce. Here's your opportunity to lead the charge in crafting and executing brand strategies that make an impact. At Reckitt, we foster a nurturing environment where your ability to innovate drives tangible progress and brings to life products that matter. As a key member of our dynamic team, you'll have the platform to elevate our brand and deliver groundbreaking projects from concept to launch.

• Leads innovation pipeline for their segment/brand in Africa, including Late-Phase Innovation Delivery and Stage-gate Approval,
• Leads local EPDs and works with IMEX for BDIs.

Your responsibilities

In summary, you'll:
- Chart the course for brand strategic plan for the segment /brands in Africa , developing and realising innovative ideas that capture the imagination of our e-commerce audience.
- Join forces with a variety of stakeholders, ensuring the seamless progression of new product development and enhanced product projects from their genesis to market introduction.
- Craft and drive multi-faceted marketing campaigns to augment brand presence and catalyse sales within the segment.
- Provide analysis of market data and insights, shaping brand direction and product initiatives that resonate with our consumer base.
- Key partner for the ABD's innovation agenda.

- Key partner with IMEX teams for their segments/brands in Africa

• Key partner with cross- functional teams to ensure delivery of Innovation on time and with desired quality
• Oversee Late -Phase Innovation Delivery and Stage -Gate approbal for both products (NPD/EPD), Commercial )BDI) Innovation, ecom and sustainanility project a, as applicable.
• Coordinate innovation incl,TP supply strategy, Clusterization principles (NPI Support)
• Lead local EPD's and Cpoordinate interntion to launch (ITL)-Sizing/Pricing, roll out existing SKU in new markets .
• Collect Area Business & Consumer Insight along innovation perfomance to feedback into category strategy and iinovation (e.g market opportunity analysis , consumer reaserch)
• Develop /Lead post - launch reviewes

The experience we're looking for

• Solid background in brand management, product innovation, or marketing, with a sector of Hygiene or comparable consumer goods categories.
• Minimum Bachelo's Degree in Business Management /Marketing with excellent record of accomplishment
• Minimum of 5-8 years expirience in marketing skills developed in FMCG enviroment inclduding experience on the brand or the broader category,
• Innovation Expireence : Demostrate outstanding skills in innovation development and delivery
• Well-honed strategic thninking and decision making capabilities
• A thorough grasp of consumer behavior, market trends, competative analysis and ability to leverage insights into brand development and activation strategies 
• Strong skills in communication, collaboration and stakeholder engagement.
• Demostrated createvity in brand strategy and the ability to drive innovation
• Fluency in offline and online media touch points and the role they play in the consumer engagement funnel.

The skills for success

Consumer Insights, Analytical skills, Brand Strategy, Category Strategy, Presentation skills, Drive Innovation, Storytelling, Creativity, Marketing optimization, Digital Marketing, Commercial acumen, Collaboration, P&L management, eCommerce, Social Media.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.