Job Requisition ID : 130061
Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United A rab Emirates.
Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands.
responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.
By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.
About the Role
Will be responsible to lead all Marketing activities for ACE in UAE and Qatar to develop, plan and implement marketing strategies and programs aimed at promoting the products / brands to help enhance and grow business volumes and increase brand equity and awareness.
Accountable for the end to end management of Trading and Merchandising Operations and Strategies to achieve ACE revenue target and associated KPIs (Forecast, Revenues, Merchandising, Content, related KPIs).
The JH will manage Visual Dept under their umbrella of responsibilities.
Key Role Specific Accountabilities
Marketing Strategy :
In coordination with the Division Heads, you will be responsible for planning, developing and implementing effective marketing and promotional strategies for all brands.
You must aim to communicate the brand identity and innovate Marketing within each business
Budget & Marketing calendar :
Create a Marketing calendar per brand, per market in order to support the local Trade Plan and seasonality of the business.
In discussion with the various Heads of Finance across all businesses, you should draw a brand spend strategy keeping in mind the seasonality and trends involved in each of the businesses.
Compile the overall budget and exercise effective budgetary control through the year to highlight any variances for immediate action
Meet footfall targets :
Agree on footfall targets with Management team per brand, per region, per store and ensure the targets are met on a weekly basis through a mix of online & offline marketing channels.
Support the ecommerce websites for ACE through website visitation and customer journey planning
Strategy & optimization
Identifying growth opportunities, testing hypotheses to improve SEM traffic and increase ROAS
Delivering customer-focused, profitable multi-category campaigns to agreed targets
Addressing and escalating campaign performance issues.
Responsible for AB tests, Search Query analysis and keyword mining.
Apply the SKUs naming convention
Optimize content (descriptions, images etc..)
Use VOC to enhance the product and optimize the onsite experience
Post purchase experience (Last mile), return & refund process, customer feedback -Yearly strategy document updated every quarter
Agency / Partner and Online training
Force of proposition for tools to optimize campaigns performance and reporting
Support specific stores :
Collaborate with Operations Teams per brand to identify teams and stores that need focused marketing and track improvement in performance WoW
Liaison with partners :
Effectively lead all liaisons with representatives of the various agencies across all businesses (media, social media, creative, PR, etc.
to ensure timely and efficient execution of campaigns as well as accurate reporting
Customer Database & Loyalty
Collaborate with the Central Retail CRM team to effectively use the brand customer database to craft, run and measure strategic campaigns
Education :
Must possess at least a bachelor's Degree / Professional Degree / Post Graduate Diploma in marketing / advertising or other related fields
Minimum Experience and Knowledge :
A minimum of 8 years' managerial experience specializing in 360 marketing channels with an understanding of emerging marketing channels
Preferably someone with experience in retail
Job-Specific / Technical Skills required to complete the tasks :
Excellent interpersonal skill and strong leadership skill
Must have strong analytical and business acumen skills
Must be attentive to details, resourceful, self-motivated with the ability to work under pressure and urgency in meeting tight deadlines
Able to think creatively and innovatively to identify trends and challenges
Excellent in MS Office such as Excel, Word and PowerPoint
Excellent in written and verbal communication skills
Must be able to speak and write fluently in English; Arabic is a plus
Strong creative sense, with an eye for design and creative writing
Eagerness to collaborate and ability to work with senior executives up to Board Level
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