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Flora Food Group

Group Brand Activation Manager EE

Budapest

September 23, 2024


About Flora Food Group
We offer consumers a compelling choice in four growing categories: butters and spreads, creams, liquids and cheeses. We hold leadership positions in many of the 100 countries we operate in, with iconic brands including Flora, Becel+Pro Activ, Blue Band, Country Crock, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, Rama, and Violife, together with our local brands and Professional business.
Global branded food champion Flora Food Group, offers the next generation of delicious, natural, nutritious food. Our products are more affordable and more sustainable than their dairy equivalents.


Location: Budapest, Hungary
Hybrid work

About the position
As the Group Brand Activation Manager for Eastern Europe, you will drive the strategic direction and execution of Flora Food Group international brand portfolio across the CEE region. You'll leverage deep category knowledge, consumer insights, and market analysis to ensure brand growth and sustainable commercial success. You'll be responsible for managing key brands in the region, overseeing P&L, and working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated marketing plans.
Key Responsibilities:
  • Strategic Direction & Implementation: Define the strategic direction for our international brand portfolio in the CEE region, using strong category expertise, consumer insights, and competitive analysis.
  • Brand Management: Oversee the integrity of the brand portfolio and category, ensuring the achievement of both short-term and long-term brand objectives (strategic, volumetric, financial).
  • P&L Ownership: Manage the brands' P&L, ensuring A&P budget planning and control, while delivering on business objectives.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with local teams and the central office to ensure the alignment of marketing strategies with local market needs. Work closely with trade marketing teams to ensure brand strategy is effectively executed.
  • Brand Planning & Execution: Lead the annual brand planning process and implementation of marketing initiatives to grow key KPIs (financial performance, penetration, and market share).
  • Agency Leadership: Lead and manage external agencies, ensuring cost-effective, high-impact work aligned with category relevance.
  • Brand Activation: Own and develop full brand activation across multiple channels (ATL, BTL, social media) for Hungary, Slovakia, and Czechia. Develop communication strategies across brand pillars and lead integrated marketing plan execution.
  • Market Understanding: Stay ahead of market trends, including plant-based food trends, competitive analysis, media insights, and consumer behavior.
  • Innovation & Renovation: Manage brand innovation and renovation projects to expand presence in the category, focusing on company transformation towards higher-margin offerings.
  • Business Performance Monitoring: Track and analyze key business metrics (market share, growth trends, ROI, competitive activity), and take corrective action as needed.
  • Marketing Plan Leadership: Design, lead, and execute marketing plans, from strategy to launch, to drive overall brand portfolio growth.
  • 6P Strategy & Execution: Ensure excellent execution of the 6P strategy (Product, Price, Place, Promotion, People, Performance).
  • Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of 3 to drive brand success.
  • Stakeholder Management: You excel at navigating relationships with diverse stakeholders, combining strong problem-solving skills, a can-do attitude, and a growth mindset to drive collaboration and deliver successful outcomes.

So what does it take to be successful in this role?

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in business, economics, or marketing.
  • 7-10 years of relevant experience in marketing, brand management, or brand building, ideally within FMCG.
  • Solid experience in consumer activation and innovation management, with proven project management skills.
  • Strong digital/online affinity with a track record in data-driven digital marketing.
  • Strong understanding of business and ability to work with cross-functional teams to achieve objectives.
  • Demonstrates entrepreneurial drive, ownership mentality, and a high level of accountability.
  • : Strong analytical thinking with excellent communication skills to present ideas clearly and influence decision-making.
  • Fluent in English and Hungarian (both spoken and written).
  • Proficient in MS Office tools.


What's next?
If this position sounds interesting, please hit the apply button now!


We understand your resume might not be up to date and recommend that you apply with what you have or your Linked In Profile. Flora Food Group is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, we understand that you might not meet all the requirements stated in the description, but we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this role or other roles.
Flora Food Group is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias.
No personal characteristics should be a barrier to joining Flora Food Group. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other personal characteristics.

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