Channel Marketing Manager (Professional Salon)

The role:

As the Channel Marketing Manager for Latin America Export markets for Oribe and Portfolio brands, you will play a crucial role in creating a seamless customer experience and excitement with distributor teams that will drive equitable brand presence and revenue growth.

You will report into the Associate Director of Sales for Latin America and will support in the drive for further expansion by analyzing market trends and identifying growth opportunities.

You must be fully fluent in Spanish (speak, read, write).

At Kao, we offer amazing benefits that are available to you on your first day of employment (healthcare, 401(k) plus company match), 36 total days off (vacation + holidays + sick) and a competitive salary range of $80,000 - $110,000 plus bonus.

What you will do:

• Point person for regional CS&P, Brand, Education and Capability teams for Oribe and Portfolio brands
• Establish an understanding of the global and regional product and program offering
• Identify share & reapply opportunities between distributor markets and within Delivery teams
• Create sell-in sheets and deploy annual SME plans, product and program news to distributors
• Forecast NPDs and relaunches with distributors
• Deploy pricing, claims, assets, out of stocks, discontinuations to distributors
• Collaborate with regional brand teams on the local go-to-market preparation
• Identify distributor specific support needs in SME for each year and NPD for local implementation
• Work with each distributor's Marketing department
• Work closely with Customer Logistics team to improve order accuracy and speed
• Create and keep order form for Oribe and Portfolio brands current
• Remain up to date on Product Expertise and Training
• Observe and analyze Sales Performance & Program on a country and brand level
• Work with each country's regulatory group, being the liaison between Kao salon regulatory groups

What you will need:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or a related field.
• Bi-lingual in English and Spanish.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Marketing, Sales and/or Business Administration, or related field
• 7+ years of professional experience CPG/Beauty Experience .
• 5+ years of Trade/Category Marketing preferred with retailers/distributors.

How we work: Having been selected among the World's Most Ethical Companies for 1 consecutive years, we are a company with a purpose and strong corporate values. We never compromise on quality and create our products with care for the consumer and the environment. At Kao, each employee can actively shape their job and their career. We work collaboratively to achieve our common goals, always aiming to deliver the best for our customers.

What we offer: A friendly and flexible work environment with great compensation packages, benefits package, ongoing development and the opportunity to enhance your skills and deliver tangible results. At Kao your voice will be heard. Your opinion really counts. We believe that change comes from taking opportunities into your own hands, so we value and reward entrepreneurial thinking and innovation.

Hiring Process: Kao embraces the diversity and the individual personalities of its people because we believe it is diversity that makes us strong. This is why we welcome applications from all areas of the global community.

Want to learn more: If you feel you are as unique as our products and want to find out why 33,000 people across the globe opted for a career with us please visit our Americas website (https://www.kao.com/americas/en/).

Kao USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.