Campari Group today is a major player in the global branded spirits industry, with a portfolio of over 50 premium and super premium brands, marketed and distributed in over 190 markets around the world, with leading positions in Europe and the Americas.

Headquartered in Milan, Italy, Campari Group owns 25 plants worldwide and has its own distribution network in 26 countries, and employs approximately 4,700 people.

Shares of the parent company Davide Campari - Milano N.V. are listed on the Italian Stock Exchange since 2001. Campari Group is today the sixth-largest player worldwide in the premium spirits industry.

Mission/Objectives

As a key business manager of the House of Brands – Aperitifs, this role proactively contributes to the strategising, activation, and expansion of the Aperitifs portfolio globally (with a focus on leading brands within the Aperitifs category), while leading critical innovation workstreams for the wider Aperitifs portfolio. The role closely collaborates across global markets and at all levels in the organisation.

The SBM leads the strategic thinking and implementation of the Aperitifs portfolio, managing all stages of the global brand positioning process, market expansion analysis, and innovation expansion, under the guidance of one of the Marketing Director.

This position is initially intended for the Aperol brand. However, as our organization constantly evolves, there may be opportunities for successful candidates to be considered for a similar role in another key brand within the Aperitifs portfolio.

Key Responsibilities and Activities

STRATEGIC PLANNING and ANALYSIS

Lead the annual global strategic planning process in partnership with the Marketing Director, including:

• Development of the brand-market level forecast, leveraging a range of internal and syndicated data sources.
• Contribute to the brand Long Term Forecast.
• Monitor brand profitability and performance trends, analysing variances versus plans.
• Develop and evolve category/brand strategic growth initiatives.
• Work directly with local markets to identify growth opportunities and localisation efforts.
• Develop and deliver marketing toolkits/strategic decks that outline critical strategic execution/growth initiatives to guide local markets (touching on the entire marketing mix).

NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

• Lead the NPD process, in collaboration with the Marketing Director, relevant stakeholders, and Innovation Project Managers.
• Define innovation opportunities on a global level for the assigned brand.
• Ensure strategic alignment of NPD objectives and concepts with the brand architecture, innovation philosophy, strategies, and brand positioning.
• Provide briefs for packaging, liquid development, and manage these processes with the internal Technical Centre and third-party agencies.
• Validate liquid and packaging, if applicable, with market research.
• Work with local markets to assess opportunity and localisation efforts.
• Lead internal innovation process with project manager – including development of business case (incl. both financial as well as strategic/market assumptions and goals/KPI).
• Develop global launch plans and support tools that cater to the marketing mix.
• In case of niche/turnkey projects whose Project Leadership might be assigned exceptionally to local Marketing, responsible to guarantee equity coherence liaising with the local Market.

BUDGET

• Lead the budget development of the assigned brand, in partnership with Finance Director.
• Monthly assessment of market FRCST to consolidate against budget – track actual vs. budget and proactively act to offset any variances in spending, in partnership with Finance Director.
• Manage the PO process for the portfolio.
• Identify opportunities for synergies, efficiencies, and cost savings in A&P spending.

BRAND CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT and EXECUTION

• Find new ways to grow key brand funnel metrics. Manage the ideation, creation, and dissemination of critical brand creative campaigns, assets, and toolkits:
• Insight-driven briefs to agency to deliver concept + assets.
• Ensure key market collaboration creatively and logistically throughout the process, considering in-market implementation and localisation (proactively support key markets in local adaptations of creative assets).
• Deliver marketing toolkits to inspire stakeholders and drive consistent implementation.

Experience & Education

• >7 years cumulative of Business Management, ideally within the Beverage and/or premium FMCG industries, with demonstrated career progression and leadership.
• Strong preference for a candidate with experience in Aperitifs.
• Preference for a candidate with both global/market experience.
• Experience in delivering NPD outputs through strong cross-functional teamwork with Supply, Finance, and Lead markets.
• Undergraduate Degree with emphasis in Marketing. Master’s Degree is a plus.

Required Skills & Traits

Managerial

• Ability to shift easily from operational to strategic matters.
• Dynamic and performance-driven individual, with interpersonal skills to motivate and inspire others across the organisation at different levels and across cultures.
• Capacity to influence ideas, behaviours through the communication of compelling points of view and the building of strong partner relationships vs. direct management control.
• Ability to work effectively across organisation and different cultures.
• Ability to work under pressure.

Functional

• Excellent brand management and strategic thinking.
• Consumer understanding, including familiarity in Market Research.
• Knowledge and experience in digital marketing.
• Financial acumen, including ability to lead a brand profitability analysis.
• Knowledge of latest consumer marketing trends and techniques, including both traditional and non-traditional creative development, social media, and web marketing.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Fluent in English, other languages a plus.
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.

Other

• Ability and willingness to travel up to 30%+ of the time, including globally as required.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

At Campari Group we believe in building more value together, thus we see diversity in all forms as a source of enrichment. Our employment policies and practices ensure that we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment without regard to any individual’s race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or characteristics or expression, political affiliation or activity, age, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Campari Group believes that fair compensation and equal opportunities are crucial for employees’ well-being, empowerment, and engagement.  Our efforts to ensure fair pay have earned us the Fair Pay Certification by Fair Pay Workplace, an independent organization dedicated to dismantling pay disparities based on gender, race and their intersection.

Note to applicants:

Your application will be assessed based on your abilities, expertise, general knowledge and experience, not because of any confidential, proprietary or trade secret information you may possess. You must not disclose to Campari Group any such information. In the event that you are asked a question that cannot be answered without disclosure of any confidential, proprietary or trade secret information (including from a current or prior employer or their vendors or customers), you must decline to answer the question.

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