Senior Trade Marketing Brand Manager
Position:
Organization: Heineken Breweries Ethiopia
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Position Title: Senior Trade Marketing Brand Manager
Locations: Head Office
Application Closing Date: February 15, 2026
Job Purpose:
The Senior Trade Marketing Brand Manager is in charge of guiding a panel of Brands (directly and indirectly via his team) to generate the maximum in terms of Rev/Vol and Brand Power. The Person has to generate innovative insights of shoppers/consumers by channel level that drive the brand & channel strategy plans, in order to create and maintain a competitive advantage. Responsibility to keep the connection between the Marketing and Sales team, starting from defining strategies with the marketing team up to translating them in commercial plan. Create and deploy permanent and temporary visibility to enhance the brand presence in the market and win vs competition. The Senior Trade Marketing Brand Manager is responsible for a large budget in order to define all the key elements to win in the market
Key Responsibilities
STRATEGIC MINDSET
Have a strategic mindset to define a sustainable brand strategy focusing on: RTM, Portfolio, Visibility, Activations
Have a 360° mentality to manage and influence different areas/function: commerce, procurement, capabilities, finance
RESEARCH MARKET ANALYSIS & COMPETITIVE BENCHMARKING
Strong external focus to understand trends in the market and a continual evaluation of how our product offerings compare to the competition.
Develop a deep understanding of the customer (participating in research, conducting data analysis, and reading/listening to customer feedback) to effectively serve as the voice of the customer during product development or initiative execution.
Periodic physical trade visit for the purpose of gathering feedback to develop best practices and tools.
BUDGET MANAGEMENT
The Senior Trade Marketing Brand Manager is responsible for a large budget in order to define all the key elements to win in the market
PROJECT EXECUTION AND MANAGEMENT
Design strategy focused on attracting, developing and retaining customers.
Collaborate with the Global Team to define/develop/import on time all the relevant POSM to be deployed in the market
Have clear understanding and tracking of target ambition by region in term Brand Vol/Rev, brand power and additional KPI
LEADERSHIP
Provide leadership and expertise that establishes credibility with business partners and increases the focus on draught
Drive the opco results on draught influencing the sales team via an indirect reporting
STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT
Enable alignment among commercial teams (i.e. Sales, Marketing, Trade Marketing)
Responsible for ensuring planning during SP, ICP, AP & Business Review cycles of the contact center is included
Job Requirements
Education
Degree qualifications (BA, BSc, MA, MBA, MSc) in the following fields are preferable:
Economics, Finance, Accounting,
Business or Marketing
Experience and Skills
5-8 years of experience in the relevant field
Prior experience in the following areas would be enabling:
Sales
Trade Marketing
Marketing
Project Management
Finance
How To Apply
Interested applicants can apply through: THIS LINK
Job Requirements Master's Degree or Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business, Economics, or in a related field of study with relevant work experience How to Apply Apply using the provided link belowDeadline: Feb 17, 2026, 12:00 AM
Location: , Addis Ababa
Amount: 1
