About the Role
The Assistant Brand Manager manages marketing activities of an assigned brand, potentially leading functional brand teams and ensuring activities align with brand strategy and achieve financial goals.
Responsibilities
- Manage mid-long term brand visions, goals, objectives, and strategy.
- Oversee annual budget, including sales and profit.
- Execute brand activities internally and externally.
- Develop and implement brand marketing plans to grow the business.
- Drive a multi-function team to achieve sales results.
- Manage new product development (NPD) projects, including concepts, claims, scheduling, forecasting, internal approvals, and package design.
- Conduct consumer research to define project direction.
- Lead and facilitate cross-functional projects to improve operational efficiency and capability.
Requirements
- Experience in project management.
- Experience in marketing management, including analysis, strategy, and consumer communication planning.
- Leadership and team management skills.
- Agile and independent work style.
- Critical thinking skills.
- Problem-solving skills.
- Effective communication (verbal and written).
- Basic accounting knowledge.
- Basic statistics knowledge.
Skills
- Project Management
- Marketing Management
- Leadership
- Team Management
- Agile
- Independent
- Critical Thinking
- Problem-Solving
- Effective Communication
- Accounting
- Statistics
Location
- Japan
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Associate
Education Level
- Academic education, preferably business administration
- Preferably in Marketing, Psychology, Behavior Science, Economics, or a related educational background
About the Company
- Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally.
- Opella's mission is to bring health in people’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be for over half a billion consumers worldwide.
- The company has over 100 loved brands, an 11,000-strong global team, 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites, and four specialized science and innovation development centers.
- Headquartered in France, Opella is the maker of brands such as Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan.
- Opella is B Corp certified in multiple markets and is committed to healthier people and planet.
