Head of Marketing Blue Dubai

Job Description

Job Requisition ID: 155914 Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the worlds most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Groups entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate. By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.Overview of the roleThe Head of Marketing will responsible to supervise the development & execution of Marketing strategies & plans for the Blue brand with an objective to drive strong brand image, KPISs, establish our positioning as market leaders in the category.What you will doMarketing Strategy:Develop the integrated regional marketing strategy & implementation roadmap of BLUE including but not limited to product launches, communication campaigns for both corporate & tactical.

• Drive brand awareness, consideration, and relevance amongst the target audiences.
• Drive market share growth through development of brand equity and improved customer loyalty
• Monitoring of consumer behaviours, market trends, demographics, competitor activities

Activation & Campaigns:

• Manage and coordinate external agency partners
• Lead, activate and execute consumer communications across integrated communications channels
• Coordinate with the digital team to ensure pure integration on strategy implementations & campaigns.
• Sustain a performance measurement framework across key platforms to drive sustainable growth and continuous improvement
• Responsible for financial planning and reporting (paired with KPI framework to deliver campaign attribution/ROI measurement)
• Ensure pure integration of campaign with relevant local insights implementation in various countries.

Customer Experience:

• Support delivery of exemplary Customer Experience across all brand touchpoints
• Improving Customer Experience in retail sales spaces and workshops by implementing a branding strategy that is consistent throughout the POS.

Team Management:

• Drive a talent development system that creates marketing professionals who are recruited correctly, developed, coached, and engaged through performance management, learning, development, and succession planning.
• Lead a lean and effective Marketing structure & team
• Drive performance of Marketing team through measurable KPIs
• Ensure 100% compliance with Standard Operating Procedures
• Drive Al-Futtaim Values in workplace

Required skills to be successful

• Strategic and structured business, sales & marketing understanding - long term and short term
• Clear strategic thinking, and ability to create buy-in and influence at a senior level through formalized proposals and business cases.
• Strong communication skills with external / internal stakeholders.
• Ability to lead and motivate others through strong leadership skills, whether through direct line management or via a matrix setup.

About the teamThe role will report to the Chief Marketing Officer and will be based in Dubai Festival City.What equips you for the role

• A business or university degree is preferred in Business, Marketing
• Minimum 15 years work experience in Marketing & Communications.
• Advertising agency experience a plus.
• Multi-market & communications channels experience
• Experience delivering strategies with high Customer Centric approach

Were here to provide excellent service but a little help from you can ensure a five-star candidate experience from start to finish.Before you click apply: Please read the job description carefully to ensure you can confidently demonstrate why this opportunity is right for you and take the time to put together a well-crafted and personalised CV to further boost your visibility. Our global Talent Acquisition team members are all assigned to specific businesses to ensure that we make the best matches between talent and opportunities. We not only consider the requisite compatibility of skills and behaviours, but also how candidates align with our Values of Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, and Excellence.As part of our candidate experience promise, we also want to make ourselves available to you throughout the application process. We make every effort to review and respond to every application.

Keyskills :
Succession Planning Leadership Communications Workshops Marketing Learning Sales Demographics Pos Customer Experience brand equity Brand Awareness Advertising Performance Management Retail Sales Strategy Development

About Company

The Al-Futtaim Group is a large conglomerate based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.As a family-owned business, we take a long-term view in everything we do, because we believe that sustainable success requires uncompromising commitment.
That’s the reason why some of the world’s most admired and innovative brands from the USA, UK, Japan, Sweden, France, Germany and Switzerland – from sectors as diverse with each other as automotive, retail, real estate and finance – trust Al-Futtaim with their own reputation and commercial success since the 1930s.
And through our inherent customer-centric approach and relentless pursuit of perfection, we add significant value – connecting consumers in 20+ markets with these brands in contemporary, powerful, meaningful and emotional ways that create longstanding relationships based on loyalty and mutual trust.