Trade Marketing Manager - Export Markets

Do you want to work with one of beauty’s fastest growing brands on a global scale? Are you also passionate about elevating B2B marketing through close relationships to drive growth? This could be the perfect match!

B Corp certified haircare brand Maria Nila is now expanding the marketing team with a Trade Marketing Manager that will focus on building Maria Nila in the salon spaces across Europe, Middle East and APAC. Maria Nila is one of the world’s fastest growing hair care brands with lots of potential and opportunities on the global market. You will get the chance to influence and make a big difference within the company and in the beauty industry overall, as Maria Nila is on a journey to become leading within sustainable beauty.

As a Trade Marketing Manager for our export markets, you’ll be a key player in the marketing team at our headquarters in Stockholm, working both strategically and operationally to optimize Maria Nila’s performance worldwide.

IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:

· In charge of developing and executing customer centric marketing plans and activations to grow our brand and sales, primarily in professional channels through distributors in Europe

· Be a key player in driving profitable business growth and building brand loyalty for distributors and salons through various marketing implementations.

· Support salons and distributors with sales driving marketing material, initiatives and digital assets.

· Work closely with the teams from sales, education and brand studio to excel in the professional segment.

· Support channel owners and partners with specific salon marketing day-to-day requests in promoting brand awareness and exposure on digital channels

· Work closely with Marketing team to strategize on unique ways to message position and bring a product story or launch to life in salon.

· Create the most attractive brand in the beauty industry, with 100% vegan and carbon neutral products made in Sweden.

· Be part of our journey to lead sustainable beauty and caring for nature, wildlife and humanity through our charity projects. Read more about Maria Nila’s engagement here.

The foundation of Maria Nila is built on the values ‘Act Friendly, Be Ambitious & Take Ownership’. We have a strong sense of family culture and having fun together, while growing the company in an innovative and proactive way and taking responsibility for your work.

MARIA NILA IS LOOKING FOR THE ONE WITH:

· A Master or bachelor’s degree in Retail Management, Economics, Marketing or similar

· +4 years of experience in a similar roll within marketing, working with Trade Marketing, Brand Management or a similar role.

· A commercial mindset and ability to manage multiple relationships and cross functional partners simultaneously.

· Excellent planning, communication and presentation skills.

· Native Swedish speaker with strong communication skills in English, writing and speaking fluently

· A big interest and understanding for the beauty industry, experience is a plus.

· A proactive mindset with focus on growth and business development for Maria Nila.

THE PERSONALITY THAT JOINS THE TEAM SHOULD BE:

· Structured with strong analytic skills. Organizing, prioritizing and planning realistically is key.

· Mature, determined and trustworthy. Maria Nila is looking for someone that is down-to-earth and confident in negotiations and decision-making.

· Charismatic with a high social competence. You should be good at building new relationships and maintaining these with distributors, retailers and customers.

PS! We believe that great personalities builds great businesses so, personal qualities as well the motivation for the role and Maria Nila as a company is highly valued.

OTHER:

· Full-time position with a 6-month probationary employment.

· EU based. Our HQ office is located at Östermalmsgatan 19 in Stockholm.
Note! We’ve been nominated as one of Sweden’s most beautiful offices and would love to show you around in the personal interviews.

· 5 – 10 traveling days per month