Marketing Manager

Our Client :A globally recognized food brand is taking its next phase of international growth seriously. The brand is established. The international marketing engine is still being built.That distinction matters.Your Role : We are looking for a challenger brand marketer. Someone used to making limited resources work hard, moving quickly and staying close to both the consumer and the numbers.Initially, this is an individual contributor role. You will have agency and partner support, but not a large marketing team.You will own the marketing agenda across priority international markets, working directly with commercial teams to:• Build locally relevant growth and activation plans• Drive launches, campaigns and seasonal moments from idea through execution• Create demand that translates into footfall, rate of sale and revenue• Build the right mix across retail, digital, social, influencers and performance marketing• Strengthen in store visibility and trade activation• Use consumer insight and market data to spot opportunities quickly• Test, learn and redirect spend when something isn't working• Track marketing investment against commercial outcomes and ROIMust Have• 8 to 12+ years across challenger, emerging or high growth consumer / food brands• Food, FMCG, beverages, snacks, dairy consumer experience• Evidence of building, not simply inheriting, marketing capability• Comfortable operating as a senior individual contributor• Strong digital capability without being only a digital marketer• Commercial understanding of distribution, retail execution and rate of sale• GCC market exposure• Equally comfortable discussing brand, consumers, sales and numbersWhat Will Separate YouYou have worked somewhere that didn't have unlimited budgets, perfect data or a specialist for every problem. You figured it out anyway. You know when to protect the brand and when to move quickly. You can brief an agency on Monday, challenge a campaign on Wednesday and sit with Sales on Thursday asking why the product isn't moving off the shelf.We are looking for a builder, not a custodian.