EABL Asset Care Best Practice Implementation Manager and Engineering Standards Manager Jobs

East African Breweries Limited is East Africa’s leading beverage business. We thrive on the development of great people and great brands.

We have created a talented, diverse and passionate team of professionals running a superb and robust business with associate companies across the region, delivering the highest quality brands to consumers and long-term value to our investors.

The following career opportunities exist within East African Breweries Limited

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EABL Jobs: Spirits Brand Manager – Local Priority Brands – Venture

Reports To: Marketing Manager Local Priority Brands – Venture
Context/Scope:

• The job holder works closely with relevant Venture Spirits Portfolio Marketing Manager for planning and implementation of brand GAME plans;
• with sales team to ensure that field activities are in line with brand strategies;
• Consumer Planning &Research for provision of up to date research on brands;
• Global Brand support offices for brand strategy search &spin;
• Advertising Agencies for effective brand communication;
• Media agency/Media houses for proper brand communication;
• Group procurement for prompt availability of quality materials and at budgeted cost;
• Finance for cost/budget controls and brands profitability;
• Production department for monitoring product quality and availability and PR agencies for enhancing brands image.

Purpose of Role:

• Protect, grow and build the brand by managing demand for the brands to achieve budgeted volume, market share and profit objectives.
• To develop and effectively implement marketing activities for the brands and ensure harmonization of brand positioning in Kenya, Uganda &Tanzania.

Top 3-5 Accountabilities

• Develop, implement & monitor annual strategic brand plan including economic management of allocated budget.
• Monitoring brand availability and sales and being proactive on factors affecting the brand sales and market share performance.
• Identify and recommend market research programme aimed at enhancing brand positioning.
• Analyzing market research data including secondary research and taking corrective action for enhancement of brand strategies.
• Effective management of brand advertising and sales promotion to generate brand growth.
• Recommending, planning & co-ordinating brand PR activities likely to enhance the brand sales and image in the short or long term.
• Monitor competitor activities affecting the brand and take appropriate corrective action
• Monitor, evaluate and recommend brand-packaging update including pack and range extensions and follow through to implementation in liaison with Marketing Manager.
• Regular and continuous monitoring of brand costs and profitability and recommend areas for improvement.
• Prepare monthly brand expenditure and variance report to control budgeted expenditure.
• Plan and implement brand media strategy.
• Market intelligence through regular trade visits and utilizing this to enhance brand activities.
• Design, procurement and economic distribution of brand promotional materials to plan.
• Interaction with Regional Brand liaisons to give updates on implementation of Brand strategic plans.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor of Commerce Marketing or business degree or equivalent

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years marketing experience preferably in a FMCG environment.
• Marketing management experience
• Experienced in the development and execution of advertising strategies.
• Knowledge on consumer and customer insights on spirits

How to Apply
Visit the Diageo career site here to make an online application

EABL Jobs: Group Strategy Manager

Context/Scope:
EABL operates within a multi cultural, multi national, multi currency environment. Recognized as the leading value and premium drinks company that is proud of the growth of our brands and our people.
The ambitious business goals focus our company on achieving strong growth through understanding of consumer & customer motivation.
The Strategy section will be tasked with formulating, implementing and evaluating cross- functional decisions that will enable EABL to achieve its business objectives. This section will be mandated with providing overall direction to the business after approval by the BOD and GMD.
This role will work closely with GMD, MDs, Executive Committee and relevant external parties.
Dimensions
Market Complexity:

• This role operates in the East African context and has significant impact on the business requiring self-drive, management and dealing with a lot of uncertainty.
• Ensuring that the strategic direction developed is not rigid or narrow to allow for creativity or change due to market dynamism.

Leadership Responsibilities:

• This position will provide overall direction to the Group Strategy section as well as guide Business Unit MDs as well as other senior managers on the strategic planning agenda.

Purpose of Role:

• To lead the strategic planning agenda in the Group and get agreement of the same as well as raise the performance bar, by challenging the status quo throughout the group.
• To guide key local strategic initiatives and work alongside project teams on the highest value strategic priorities that will deliver business growth.

Accountabilities

• Manage the interface between EABL and the pan-African strategic issues.
• Communicate strategy and guide the process of integrating strategy to performance management systems within the group.
• Champion and provide continuity for the strategic planning process. Ensure key strategic issues are implemented and progress vs. plan monitored.
• Develop detailed business analyses and work with businesses to deliver action plans supporting short and long term strategies within the group.
• Facilitate group strategic initiatives e.g. MFV and ensure that strategic capabilities are rolled out to all levels of management and work with Innovation Manager to offer guidance on Navigate process
• Be proactive in the conceptual formulation, evaluation and implementation of business development initiatives identified across the Group.
• Offer guidance to finance heads in strengthening decision support role within the group.

Qualifications:

• Degree level and Post Graduate qualifications (MBA/MA), preferably from a top tier school with high scholastic achievement.

Experience:

• Broad business experience in a senior management position in a large “blue chip” organization.
• Project management experience
• Comfortable with individuals at all the levels in the organization
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Excellent influencing skills
• Conceptual, problem solving/analytical skills

Barriers to Success in Role:

• Inability to keep up with macroeconomic forecasts for the region, latest and expected regulatory changes in the environment, etc..
• Inability to give thought leadership to Government and other key stakeholders who influence the fiscal policy in their territory, and to give the requisite support to Corporate Affairs to help drive their agenda in this respect.
• Inability to maintain a regional outlook and to think ‘total beverage’.
• Inability to orchestrate different business units/functions to work together towards execution of agreed strategies in a coherent and timely manner.
• Inability to think the ‘extraordinary’.
• Lack of basic M&A understanding.

How to apply
Visit the Diageo career site here to make an online application