Temp. Brand Operations Manager - Nutrition

About the role

Nestlé is looking for a Brand Operations Manager to join its Nutrition business in Nairobi on a fixed-term maternity-cover basis (8 months). The role covers East and Horn of Africa and ensures business continuity and delivery of key brand priorities while the maternity cover is in place. It suits someone who can step in quickly, take ownership of the portfolio and work across commercial and cross-functional teams in a science-driven Nutrition environment.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and update consumer understanding and the consumer engagement funnel for assigned brands, and activate Brand Essence consistently
• Manage product and packaging experience, including brand-health and Nutrition, Health and Wellness measures
• Contribute to category, promotional, channel and SKU recommendations, and support the innovation/renovation pipeline
• Execute brand and ICP plans, track brand performance and health, and support disciplined marketing-spend decisions
• Partner with communication and activation agencies and collaborate with Sales, Supply Chain, Technical, R&D, Finance and other stakeholders

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or relevant tertiary qualification in Marketing, Business or a related discipline
• Minimum 3 years' marketing experience
• Demonstrated experience working across cross-functional teams
• Previous Nutrition, Medical, consumer-healthcare or science-led category exposure is advantageous
• Ability to learn quickly and deliver confidently in a fixed-term cover role

Required skills

• Strong consumer and shopper understanding with practical brand-building capability
• Project management, negotiation, communication and stakeholder-management skills
• Experience executing brand/ICP plans, monitoring performance and managing marketing investment