Project Manager
vakansiya — 2024

Full time:

Are you excited to work with the internationally known infant milk formula brands such as Aptamil, Nutrilon, Cow&Gate and Malyutka ? Are you a hands-on, proactive, agile marketeer with proven record in project management, communication with stakeholders and keen on taking the challenge to work with the vibrant fast growing organization? Apply now for your next challenge with Danone.

The Regional Marketing Project Manager (Maternity Leave cover) reporting directly to the Brand Manager in Danone will be focusing on the CIS+ region and will be co-responsible for executing the regional strategy in the markets through the distributors in 11 countries including Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Sri Lanka and Georgia among others.

About The Job:

In this vibrant fast-pace position you will be based In the partner agency reporting to the Brand Manager in Danone and be a part of the Danone cross-functional team working on the business in CIS+ region. On the job you will be in touch with 11 distributors with various ways of working and more than 5 agencies to achieve the best brand activation execution in the markets.

Specifically, in this position you will bring value by…

• Observing, collecting, understanding key consumer-insight led trends in the region, monitoring competitor activities and capturing those in the explicit structured reports delivered to the Brand Manager;
• Tracking& driving excellent on time execution of the agreed activation plan & recommending amendments to the plan as appropriate to drive stronger performance together with the Brand Manager and distributors of each country;
• Supporting Brand Manager with growth hacking (incl. innovations, new communication channels launch etc);
• Leading/Participating in campaigns adaptations with the creative& digital agencies;
• Leading adaptations of monthly social media content into local languages and setting monthly posting plans together with the Community Manager and Digital Agency;
• Preparing reports and tracking the execution KPIs in the markets;
• Building strong communication streams with Distributors Brand Managers, Community Managers, Agencies through collaborating, leading, coaching and onboarding them on the brand strategy and activation plans;
• Participating in organization of local BTL events for the brands;
• Performing regular store checks in the country where located;
• Providing ad-hoc support on various projects to the Brand Manager of the region.

About You:

• Our future Regional Marketing Project Manager is proactive, passionate about everything she/he is doing, well-organized and uderstands the power of the excellence in execution in the short- and long-term results.

We believe our ideal candidate also needs to:

• Have 1-3 years’ experience, working in sales within FMCG/pharma industry or within the agency;
• Proven track record of marketing project management;
• Be a team player with the power to collaborate efficiently with various people at all levels;
• Be agile, adaptable to the changing situation yet committed to bringing the best results;
• Be attentive to details and hands on the projects;
• Native speaker in Azeri, Russian and fluent in English.

About Us

• Danone’s mission is bringing health through food to as many people as possible and we want to invite people to join the movement for a healthier world. We recognize the power people have to impact the world through their daily choices. Healthy food needs a healthy planet, and this is what our new signature One Planet One Health embodies.

Danone Specialized Nutrition business operates under the Nutricia brand.

Since 1896, Nutricia has pioneered nutritional solutions that help people live longer, more joyful and healthier lives. Building on more than a century of research and innovation, Nutricia has harnessed the power of life-changing and life-saving nutrition to create a leading specialized nutrition portfolio that can change a health trajectory for life. With its nutritional solutions, Nutricia supports healthy growth and development during the first 1000 days and helps to address some of the world’s biggest health challenges; pre-term birth, faltering growth, food allergy, rare metabolic diseases, age-related conditions and chronic disease, such as frailty, cancer, stroke and early Alzheimer’s disease.

Nutricia Worldwide is the part of Nutricia organization that continues to grow rapidly in a complex global environment. We are active in more than 40 countries and driven by a clear strategic vision with a track record of sustainable and profitable growth.
In the team you will work with dynamic, growth-oriented and open-minded people from various backgrounds& cultures with strong commitment to results and passionate of bringing projects alive.

What we offer

Please, indicate the name of the position you are applying for in the subject line of the application and send it to the e-mail: HR@havas.az