Associate Manager, Marketing Commercialization

SC Johnson is a fifth-generation family company built on a spirit of adventure and winning the right way. We have been leading with purpose for over 130 years, building top brands such as Raid®, Glade®, Kiwi®, OFF!®, Windex®, Ziploc® and more, in virtually every country. Through these household names, we are making a positive difference to the world around us. But we only succeed with the combined vitality and strength of our 13,000 people who we truly value and support in their pursuit of individual and shared goals.

This role is responsible for leading the day-to-day Kabikiller business, and accountable for translating Global strategies into locally relevant go-to-market plans, as well as launching new products, implementing portfolio restages and executing marketing campaigns to grow the business profitability while gaining share and strengthening the brand equity.

Position Responsibilities:

• Lead key projects and initiatives for Kabikiller business, providing insights and actions to address problems to solve
• Contribute to defining the business strategy and translate into a winning go-to market plan
• Drive commercialization of new products, as well as the sustainability strategy
• Provide input to Global Marketing on NPD concepts as well as develop local regional base news opportunities
• Manage scale media planning including co-create/adopt/adapt global marketing assets accordingly  
• Work closely with Customer Marketing and Sales to optimize customer plans
• Own S&OP marketing inputs at the country level
• Grow the business in terms of sale, profits, and share
• Manage and achieve successful financial outcomes through effective P&L Management and ROI
• Lead, develop, and coach Sr. Associate
  

Required skills / Experience / Competencies:

• Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of relevant experience

Preferred Skills / Experience / Competencies:

• Prior marketing experience in the CPG industry
• Global experience/exposure
• Proven project leadership capability and propensity to grow within brand management and other commercial roles (including sales, customer marketing, and shopper marketing roles)
• Leadership of cross-functional team
• Passion for innovation
• Passionately deliver winning results individually and through others
• Entrepreneurship and “think like a founder” approach to business
• Ability to define root cause factors from data, experience and judgment
• Successful partnerships with agencies and ability to leverage IMC assets into execution
• High sense of urgency

Job Requirements:

• Permanent: full time job
• Work location: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
• Working hours: 9:00-17:30
• Benefits: Japan full package (social insurances, retirement pension programs, etc.
• Relocation: It is not currently anticipated

SC Johnson Asia has been recognized as the Best Multinational Workplace by Great Place to Work®!

Inclusion & Diversity

We’re a global business, with people from every culture, ethnicity, race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age and ability. We recognize the breadth of human experience, and we work to celebrate it. It is our goal to build a diverse, inclusive and supportive work environment where all people can thrive.

We’re committed to ongoing efforts that help us attract, hire, and retain diverse talent who want to build a positive, inclusive environment. Read more about our ongoing initiatives at https://jobs.scjohnson.com/inclusion.

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