Regional Marketing Director

Essity, Withington, Manchester

Regional Marketing Director

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Essity, Withington, Manchester

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 day ago, 23 Apr | Get your application in today.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

Job ref: 075e6ed61d3840ed9615aca5d5ec02e1

Location ref: Withington, Manchester

Full Job Description

As Regional Marketing Director, you will lead the regional marketing agenda to accelerate brand performance, portfolio relevance, and sustainable growth. Acting as a strategic connector between global category teams, central functions, and local markets, you will translate ambition into execution. Ownership of the end-to-end regional market performance, ensuring that brand strategy, innovation pipelines, and product assortments are relevant, competitive, and commercially effective. This is a senior leadership role with high visibility, influence, and impact across the region.,

  • Regional Strategy & Brand Leadership: Shape and lead regional brand and category strategies that drive growth, penetration, and brand equity across markets.
  • Strategy Translation & Execution: Convert global brand, product, and innovation strategies into clear regional priorities and actionable plans.
  • Market Performance Ownership: Own regional performance across KPIs such as brand health, market share, pricing, and competitive position.
  • Commercial Partnership: Collaborate closely with Sales and Commercial teams to define customer, channel, and activation strategies that influence purchase decisions.
  • Innovation & Portfolio Management: Lead regional oversight of the innovation pipeline, portfolio priorities, and go-to-market readiness.
  • Creative & Media Excellence: Guide regional adaptation of creative assets and partner with Media teams to optimize media investment and effectiveness.
  • Leadership & Collaboration: Lead and develop a high-performing regional marketing team while driving best-practice sharing across markets.

    Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field.
  • Extensive senior-level marketing experience within FMCG, consumer health, or similar industries, with proven multi-market responsibility, strong knowledge and network in the UK market.
  • Strong expertise in brand management, regional marketing strategy, innovation commercialization, and portfolio optimization.
  • Proven experience managing multi market portfolios and navigating different market maturities with a solid track record in innovation commercialization, portfolio management, and assortment strategy.
  • Background from working in international matrix organizations with the ability to network and coordinate.
  • A collaborative and influential leader with a strategic mindset and commercial acumen.
  • Proven ability to develop and implement strategic initiatives that deliver business results.
  • Ability and willingness to travel.

Direct job link

https://www.jobs24.co.uk/job/regional-marketing-director-126730284