Temp. Brand Operations Manager - Nutrition

About the role

Nestlé, a food and beverage company with a history of over 150 years, is looking for a Brand Operations Manager to join its Nutrition business in Nairobi on a fixed-term maternity-cover basis of 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

• Consumer and brand building: develop and update consumer understanding and the engagement funnel, activate Brand Essence, and manage product and packaging experience including brand-health and Nutrition, Health and Wellness measures.
• Shopper, innovation and commercial planning: understand the in-store environment, contribute to category, promotional, channel and SKU recommendations, support the innovation/renovation pipeline, and execute brand and ICP plans.
• Performance and investment: track brand performance and health, understand the impact of PFME and TTS investment, and use insights to identify risks, opportunities and corrective actions.
• Agency and stakeholder management: partner with communication and activation agencies, and collaborate with Sales, Supply Chain, Technical, R&D, Finance and regional/category marketing teams.

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 and strong consumer and shopper understanding.
• Experience executing brand/ICP plans, monitoring performance and managing marketing investment.
• Previous Nutrition, medical, consumer-healthcare or science-led category exposure is advantageous.
• Ability to learn quickly, work with limited ramp-up time and deliver confidently in a fixed-term cover role.

Required skills

• Project management, negotiation, communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Strong consumer and shopper understanding with practical brand-building capability.