Ongoing recruitment at Reckitt Benckiser

RB is the world's leading consumer health and hygiene company, with brands (such as Nurofen, Strepsils, Mucinex, Dettol, Lysol Finish and Vanish) sold in nearly 200 countries and operations in over 60 countries.

Every day, we strive to find even better ways to give people innovative solutions for healthier lives and happier homes.

Feeling well is at the heart of RB's rapidly growing consumer health business. Making a difference to the lives of consumers means we continually invest in research and innovation to stay ahead of the game. In fact, we are changing the game in consumer health.

Ranked in the TOP 20 on the London Stock Exchange, our relentless drive to outperform has trebled our revenue since 2000 and quadrupled our market cap.

We’re just as demanding of our social and environmental impact too. We’ve cut our carbon footprint by 20% in just 5 years and set new 2020 targets; cutting water use by a 1/3, carbon by a 1/3 again, and for a 1/3 of sales to come from more sustainable products.

As one of Save the Children’s largest FMCG partners, we are now committed to helping them stop diarrhoea being one of the biggest killers of children under five.

Position: Project Coordinator

Incumbent:

Supervisor/Manager’s Title: Category Manager

Job Purpose:

Fully manage and responsible for implementing Project Hope in Nigeria.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Manages Baseline study for project which would be done in conjunction with research institute/University.
•  Deliver Project Hope deliverables: stop deaths from diarrhea, Women Empowerment, drive Behaviour change.
•  Hire and manage 3rd party to execute project inline with KPI deliverables. (Business to consumer, Business to Business).
• Monitor and evaluate project.
• Report to local body.
• Work and support Save the Children in Nigeria.

Minimum requirement

• Second Class upper degree and MBA with 1 year experience.
• Microsoft Office.
• Adequate analytical skills
• Good project management skills.
• Champion/drive initiatives that support delivery of the project promise.
• A wide degree of creativity and Latitude is expected.
• Involvement in community development work/project.

Position: Brand Manager

Incumbent: 

Supervisor/Manager’s Title: Marketing Director

Job Purpose:

Manage the creation and delivery of high quality programs/materials - on time and on budget. Support implementation planning and execution with excellence. To work with the brand teams and external audiences in program planning with the Marketing Manager and Agency resources.

Deliver effective communication of support plans and schedules.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Manage own brand(s) within the context of the agreed strategies to maximise short and long term Sales, Market Share and profitability
• Develop, recommend and lead the execution of local marketing plans and manage the effective deployment of the marketing budget
• Contribute to development of category strategies and innovation plans.
• Develop and execute annual marketing including media plan
• Initiate market research projects to deliver powerful consumer and customer insights as the basis for long term brand growth. 
• Lead the development of local copy strategy / executions
• Coordinate with the Sales function for the execution of pricing and distribution strategies for assigned brands

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Implementation of agreed plans on time and budget

Position Requirements

• 5 years of Promotional Marketing experience
• Effective cross-functional team work experience Maturity and leadership
• Independent worker, self Starter (outside the office), strong interpersonal and relationship building skills – Outgoing personality and ability to interact and influence different third parties
• Lead a teams of third party demo girls including training and motivation of this team to execute Housewife Connect, HCP connect & School Activation including direct selling
• Strong negotiation skills with Understanding of Marketing – promotional programmes, PR, literature, artwork development
• Self sufficient, proactive and able to work with a high degree of autonomy
• Excellent communication in English (verbal & writing) as well as presentation skills

Position: Logistics Manager

Incumbent: 

Supervisor/Manager’s Title: Supply Services Manager

Job Purpose:

Oversees entire warehouse and logistics co-ordination, stock inventory freights and distribution activities to all customers.

Responsibilities:.

• To ensure the implementation of the company’s occupational Safety and Health policy in the ware house.
• Ensure Maintenance and control of all materials handling equipment.
• Ensure that stock are dispatches based on FEFO.
• Supervision of team to ensure the implementation of the prevailing SOPs.
• Identify and recommend solutions to ware house unfriendly practises.
• Ensure relevant reports are sent based on the agreed timings

Minimum requirement

• Bachelor degree with 4-5years of relevant experience in FMCG.
• Knowledge in basic Book keeping.
• Must be keen to details.
• Good Communication skills.
• Must be oriented, entrepreneurial and self-motivating, driven to achieve even when faced with obstacles.
• Analytical, Proactive, Customer Service Oriented.
• Good team player, highly result oriented with a strong co-ordination and leadership skills.

Position: Assistant Brand Manager

Incumbent:

Supervisor/Manager’s Title: Brand Manager

Job Purpose:

To enhance brand image and manage the creation and delivery of high quality programs/materials - on time and on budget. Support implementation planning and execution with excellence. To work with the brand teams and external audiences in program planning with the Marketing Manager and Agency resources.

Deliver effective communication of support plans and schedules.

Responsibilities:

• Manage own brand(s) within the context of the agreed strategies to maximise short and long term Sales, Market Share and profitability
• Initiate market research projects to deliver powerful consumer and customer insights as the basis for long term brand growth. 
• Must know how to create a brand plan

Requirement

• First degree with 2 years Brand Management experience in an FMCG preferably MNC. It is mandatory that this employee understands the business drivers and what brand management is about from a hands on perspective.
• Independent worker, self Starter (outside the office), strong interpersonal and relationship building skills – Outgoing personality and ability to interact and influence different third parties
• Good negotiation skills with Understanding of Marketing – promotional programmes, PR, literature, artwork development
• Excellent communication in English (verbal & writing) as well as presentation skills

How to Apply

ONLY qualified candidates should send their CV’s to careers.nigeria@rb.com

Deadline is Monday 13th of July, 2015.