Brand Manager

GREEK NATURAL BEAUTY, POWERED BY SCIENCE

KORRES is a Greek skincare brand, born out of Athens’ oldest homeopathic pharmacy in 1996. Founded by Greek Pharmacist George Korres, who believes in the innate potency of natural ingredients, and chemical engineer Lena Korres, who believes that nature is the inspiration for scientific discovery.

Inspired by the most powerful natural ingredients and local traditions, KORRES delivers effective natural products, discovered in nature and nurtured by science. KORRES collaborates with over 15 different European academic universities to do ground-breaking research into the power of plants. Our research shapes and nurtures nature’s inherent powers.

Today, KORRES takes Greek herbs around the world through more than 400 natural products, with brand presence in 30 markets. It’s all about clean, effective plant-powered formulas that capture the beauty of Greece in harmony with nature.

Job Description

KORRES is looking for a talented Brand Manager to join the BU Greece Marketing team. As a member of the Marketing team, he/she will have the following key responsibilities:

• Plan and evaluate on promotional and trade plans to ensure consistency with product line strategy and profitability.

• Gain a deep understanding of consumer experience and generate new BTL and ATL ideas for increasing market shares.

• Be able to work with budgets, KPIs and deadlines. Act as a product evangelist to build awareness and deep understanding of the brand
• Recommendation of product assortment (innovations, relaunches, delists, hero products), pricing and promo strategy.
• Develops and implements 360 communication plans, media and pricing, in close collaboration with the Group Marketing team.
• Closely monitors and analyzes competition, market and consumer trends to identify growth opportunities and make timely recommendations to correct plans accordingly.
• Profit and Loss Management. Effectively manages categories budget and P&L to meet or exceed sales and profit targets.
• Integrated Business Planning. Works closely with cross-functional teams to ensure commitment and focus to achieve budgeted target. Contributes in forecasting procedure.

Requirements

The ideal candidate is a passionate marketer, a self-motivated and a team player. A professional with positive attitude and creative thinking, able to operate effectively in the context of a high pace working environment, with significant autonomy and also be qualified with:

• University degree in Marketing, Business Administration or relevant field. A postgraduate degree will be considered an asset.
• Minimum 3-4 years of marketing experience. Experience on Beauty / Personal Care brands will be considered an asset.
• Experience in digital marketing will be preferred.
• Fluency in English (oral and written)
• Entrepreneurial spirit, enhanced business awareness and critical judgement.
• Pragmatic, able and willing to deal with operational things.
• Business and results oriented with consistency and accountability.
• Excellent time management and project management skills.
• Strong analytical and good reasoning skills.

PC literacy (MS office)

Excellent stakeholder management, communication and interpersonal skills.