Manager - Talent Acquisition at Pernod Ricard India
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Pernod Ricard India - Brand Lead - Innovation (6-10 yrs)
Brand Lead - Innovation | Pernod Ricard India
JOB SUMMARY
- Design the comprehensive brand positioning and consumer mapping and lead development of launch strategy and brand assets to drive consumer acquisition
- Creation of ATL and BTL assets with advertising agencies
- Lead the consumer trends and undertake concept testing to validate innovation projects
- Collaborate and work with sales team to jointly launch NPD plans across regions
- Liaise with relevant Brand Company head for business case inputs and approvals
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Innovation Strategy
- To conceive, develop, implement, and execute successful innovation strategies and obtain leadership across brands
- Lead successful NPD strategy and activities to improve visibility and credibility in the media
- Develop and present innovation plans to ensure business growth within the Competitive environment
- Ensure efficient utilization and tracking of allocated and phased innovation budgets
- Constantly monitor competitive strategies and pricing and recommend innovation plan to launch NPDs in desirable markets
- Lead the PR NPD strategy which comprehensively addresses market and competitors and allocate adequate resources to deliver the strategy
- Anticipate changes in trends and environment and identify key business opportunities / risks and develop strategies for growth
- Build relationships with strategic partners, suppliers, and industry experts
- Lead the development of "Innovation" culture within the organisation
- Brand communication led media Innovations
Market Share:
- Strive towards enhanced market share for the innovation portfolio in line with the business objectives for the year
- Achieve relevant targets (Volume and profit) through conceptualizing, implementing, and evaluating marketing plans, activities, and strategies in collaboration with the regional teams
- Facilitate business and profit opportunities through Strategy Plans
Consumer Insight and Market Intelligence:
- Commission researches to use relevant market data, consumer & demographic trends to develop future market projections. Work closely with the insights team.
- Advise on new product development and strategies etc. through consumer insights derived from market research, competitive mapping, and other market intelligence
- Monitor monthly volume and industry performance of NPDs to generate accurate and meaningful insight about consumers & categories
Brand Communication:
- Lead timely implementation and evaluation of NPD marketing plans and extend the brand communication through all mediums like fashion, lifestyle, cricket, movies etc. and the other innovative ways/mediums
- Anticipate future trends in terms of communication and their impact on business
- Draw clear business implications from communication performance and use it to maximize a brands' performance
- Assess skills of creative / media agencies and continuously manage / challenge them to provide exceptional level of service
- Leverage Digital media initiatives to further strengthen the brand activation
- Media Planning - traditional and digital
Brand Activation:
- Identify promotion best practices out of the market scope, use them to inspire continuous improvement of promotions on NPDs and set up best practice sharing tools across teams and companies
- Ensure adoption of brand activation / channels relevance & strategy by the Sales team
- Allocate & prioritize promotion resources according to brand / innovation strategy
- Lead new innovative activations or promotional ideas to give our brands a competitive edge and a greater PR Value
- Project Lead for collaboration with Incubation team within Sales to drive launch metrics and monitor impact.
Cross Functional Working:
- The Innovation Team requires a multi-functional structure to support it and involves multiple stakeholder management- both internal and external
- Develop, train, and motivate Regional Marketing and Sales Teams to ensure high standards of performance
- Liaise with Brand Owners, internal departments, and external agencies for timely implementation of all activities
INTERACTIONS:
INTERNALLY:
- Cross Functional Teams: Manufacturing, Planning, Strategy, Finance, Trade Marketing etc.
- Sales - Zonal heads, Region heads
- Regional Marketing Team
- PR Leadership Team
- Consumer Insights
EXTERNALLY:
- Agencies - Advertising, Market Research, Media, PR, and Event
- Brand Owner Companies
- Suppliers and Vendors - Printing, Designing and Activation
PROFILE DETAILS:
QUALIFICATION:
- Postgraduate in Marketing Management from a Premier B School
- EXPERIENCE (Please specify in case there are any preferred industries):
- 6-10 years of total experience in handling sales and marketing of domestic and international consumer brands at National level (Including Premier category)
- Should have at least 3 years of experience in generating and translating innovation plans
FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCY:
- Business Intelligence
- Insights into Action
- Brand & Portfolio Strategy
- Product Evolution & Innovation
- Experience Planning
- Experience Activation
- Price Management
- Communication Development
- Creativity
- Project Management
- Influencing & Partnering
- Drive for Business Results
- Financial Acumen
- Digital Acumen
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