Analyst Customer Marketing MEA

Position Title:

Customer Marketing Analyst, MEA

Work Location:

Dubai, UAE Work Arrangement:
Hybrid (3 times a week working in the office) Summary

The role will be reporting to the Senior Business Development Manager and work closely with Sales/ Marketing team. Candidate will act as coordinator and support in the consolidation of the reports at regional level, executing Marketing and Sales strategies to drive the success of effective plans and promotional activities of the company.

• Candidate will be responsible for extracting insights from Customers sell in and sell out database and formulate as appropriate.
• Analysis of aftersales business performance for both service and parts; looking at market trends to identify opportunities in both B2C as well as B2B verticals, to support strategic business decision-making and revenue maximization.
• Metrics and Reporting:
  Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) for customer marketing initiatives and regularly report on campaign effectiveness. Use data insights to make informed decisions and adjust strategies accordingly.
• Conduct post evaluations of Promotions, activations, innovations launch, and visibility initiatives .
• Manage all vendors, delivery, and quote manag ement plus processing PO’s.
• Working in partnership with the sales/marketing team to identify risks and opportunities to calculate size of prize and make recommendations on opportunities to close gaps. New customer development set up, end to end process.
• Where there are gaps in demand, work with sales team to identify most effective levers or customer activities (promotions, calendar events) to address market concerns and to manage inventory and ordering to balance supply & demand while minimizing inventory losses.
• Work closely with product, sales, and customer support teams to ensure a cohesive customer experience. Align marketing efforts with product launches, updates, and sales initiatives.
• Manage portfolio by channel including changes: discos, weight outs, replacements and formulas.
• Work on Customer selling decks on New promo ideation/Innovations/Activations
• Deliver activation across Path to Purchase:
  • Activation big idea based on path to purchase touchpoints to communicate at the right place at the right time.
  • Tailored messaging/mechanics to tie into consumption needs and occasions.

• Assists Trade Marketing Manager in implementing the annual brand marketing plans to achieve the target sales, profit, share and consumer KPI results.
• Work with sales on Monthly/ Quarterly Planning on Promotions, Activations, JBP
• Work on MSL based on current and future shelf allocation.
• Work on Planogram/Enhanced Visibility guideline for primary/secondary and adjacent placement
• Advertising– participates in deployment of shopper campaigns across in-store touch points.
• In-store activations – drives superior instore merchandising, sampling and promotion programs to build winning instore impact and consumer off-take & conduct mystery shopping to review brand visibility in stores.
• Compliance/Tracking:

• Biweekly connects with distributor to ensure plan translates into execution.
• Promo tracker for close monitoring to take actions on fixing issues or further enhancing execution.

• Innovations & Seasons performance evaluations
• Promo ROI calculation to understand best performing activations from both ICs and profitability perspective for optimal return.
• Use customer Sell In & Sell out results to understand actual performance and track impact on base business/market share.
• Assess activation type and touchpoints to gauge the most efficient one meeting our KPI’s.
• Devise by channel promo plans strategic vs tactical based on key objectives of either driving penetration and velocity.
• Identifying channel specific & trade opportunities through selective NPDs and seasonal items
• Innovation business case – work with sales and marketing on size of prize calculation, Category, pricing, distribution targets/ RTM strategy

• Track and issue monthly progress reports by client & by…