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Location(s):
Japan
City/Cities:
Tokyo
Travel Required:
Relocation Provided:
Job Posting End Date:
January 30, 2025
Shift:
Job Description Summary:
Join the Coca-Cola Company, a global brand that has been innovating and evolving since 1886, and become a part of our inspiring brand strategies. We are currently seeking a Brand Manager who is creative, innovative, and inspirational to refresh the world. This role requires a high level of collaboration, working effectively with various stakeholders including brand team members, agencies, customer teams, innovation, R&D, and commercial leadership. If you are strategic, driven, and collaborative, we want to hear from you.
What You'll Do for Us:
- Writing short and/or long-term business/brand plans, identifying business objectives, strategies, key initiatives and performance measurements.
- Developing marketing plans which support strategic initiatives to deliver annual business plan.
- Developing and communicating written briefs for use by agencies and directing their work activities.
- Assessing consumer opportunities that are currently untapped by leveraging consumer research and in-market performance.
- Assisting in developing portfolio strategies across brands/categories.
- Providing on-going business analysis to identify and prioritize brand-building opportunities.
- Developing annual brand business reviews, as well as growth platforms and brand roles.
- Recommending brand budgets and investment allocation.
- Building a clearly defined positioning for new offerings, new categories entrants/brands.
- Leading alignment on the brand initiatives with key functions and bottler marketing, sales and technical teams.
- Project development in conjunction with functions, such as Operating Unit management, Market Managers and bottling system partners.
- Presentations of business results for marketing manager, regional manager and divisions.
- Recommendation and analysis of trends and key initiatives to the management team and bottlers that will drive brand growth.
Qualifications & Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications or Business.
- 5+ years of experience in brand management.
- Experience with Nielsen or IRI, Bases and other quantitative research tools and a passion for understanding consumer behavior.
- Knowledge of procedures and media used to drive increased volume and brand equity.
- Knowledge of and ability to apply basic marketing concepts.
- Ability to manage and inspire agency performance.
- Making consumers and their needs the primary focus of the business.
- Knowledge of the creative brief development process.
- Ability to evaluate creative concepts and executions based on creativity, strategic alignment and consumer impact.
- Ability to utilize syndicated, custom, and secondary research to identify opportunities to develop brand plans and marketing tactics.
What We Can Do For You:
- Exposure to World Class Leaders: Availability to global technology leaders that will expand your network and exposure you to emerging technologies and techniques.
- Brand Reputation: You'll have the opportunity to work with over 200+ brands worldwide.
- Challenging Work: Our unique system offers constant opportunities to develop world-class skills and the opportunities to grow and develop global brands.
Join us in our journey to refresh the world and make a difference. Apply today!
Skills:
Analytical Thinking, Brand Architecture, Brand Positioning, Channel Management, Competitive Assessments, Consumer Segmentation, Creative Process, Digital Media Strategy, Group Problem Solving, Leadership, Marketing Strategies, Media Planning, Quantitative Research, Social Media Strategies, SWOT Analysis
Our Purpose and Growth Culture:
We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.
What We Do
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is a total beverage company, offering over 500 brands in more than 200 countries and territories.
In addition to the company’s Coca-Cola brands, our portfolio includes some of the world’s most valuable beverage brands, such as AdeS soy-based beverages, Ayataka green tea, Dasani waters, Del Valle juices and nectars, Fanta, Georgia coffee, Gold Peak teas and coffees, Honest Tea, innocent smoothies and juices, Minute Maid juices, Powerade sports drinks, Simply juices, smartwater, Sprite, vitaminwater and ZICO coconut water.
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