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Head of Marketing and Portfolio - Bulawayo
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Position : Head of Marketing and Portfolio - Bulawayo
We are looking for a Head of Marketing and Portfolio.
Job Description
Role purpose
- Builds market intelligence to enable the development & implementation of innovative business models which will include greater grower and retailer proximity.
- Work with Portfolio Lead on evaluating portfolio performance, simplifying our offer, ensuring fit with market needs & identifying critical gaps that need to be filled
- Drive creation and implementation of the brand plans & strategies (market analysis, price, positioning)
- Ensure connection of marketing team with all other teams (CPD, Regulatory, Sales, Comm Ops, and P&S) to deliver NPIs on time and in full
- Lead the development and sustenance of an efficient and effective customer marketing team that drives excellence in customer segmentation & campaign execution to achieve objectives
- Implement processes to measure effectiveness of campaign and marketing efforts.
Accountabilities
- To lead the development of an effective commercial unit Marketing function
- To drive key marketing processes with special attention to campaign, portfolio management
- To lead the conversion of crop solutions into appropriate offers delivered through campaigns
- Working with Sales Manager & Commercial Ops to ensure effective value pricing is carried out and that appropriate commercial terms are implemented to deliver on budget & objectives
- Delivers market plans and analysis to support budgeting and strategic reviews.
- Lead grower, channel & value chain segmentation process.
- Define marketing communications strategy (e.g., media mix, budget allocation across services, etc.)
- Prioritise campaigns and resource allocation in line with the strategy & oversee their execution. Plan budgets according to strategy and opportunity, ensuring marketing spend remains with agreed limits.
- Review campaign effectiveness, during & post season, against objectives by utilising Salesforce.com as a key tool for monitoring and improving effectiveness.
- Ensure delivery of grower and channel value proposition through the creation of offers.
- Analyse customer insights, customer trends, market analysis and market best practices to build successful strategies
- Ensure timely and effective preparation of reviews and budget presentations.
- Lead the execution of marketing programs from start to finish, leveraging internal support & driving collaboration
Required profile for job ad : Head of Marketing and Portfolio - Bulawayo
Qualifications
Knowledge, experience & capabilities
Critical Experience & Knowledge
- Country product/crop management
- Experience in campaign development and management
- Background in business management
- Proficiency in digital marketing and management
Critical Leadership Capabilities
- Sets ambitious strategic goals
- Communicates with impact
- Leads change and can work well in spite of ambiguity or lack of full data.
- Builds a culture of innovation and solution finding
- Focuses on customers
- Manages for performance
- Develops people, organization, and self
- Collaborates across boundaries
Critical Technical, Professional And Personal Capabilities
- Develops/delivers innovative, customer-driven offers
- Develops/implements sound value and transactional pricing based on customer perceived value
- Delivers distinctive value proposition to customer
- Creates strong, distinctive brand & crop plans
- Develops/executes campaign plans
- Develops/implements effective product communications
- Understands market dynamics and competitive environment
- Able to use market research effectively to understand customer, markets, channels
- Understands channel structure and dynamics
- Anticipates changes in the market and adjusts strategies accordingly
- Analytical thinking
- Financial acumen
- Strategic thinking
- Influencing and negotiation
- Communication and presentation skills
- People/team management
- Project management
Job criteria for job ad : Head of Marketing and Portfolio - Bulawayo
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Job category :
Marketing, communication - Production, maintenance, quality - Sales -
Industries :
Agriculture, fishing, aquaculture - Consumer goods - Distribution, selling, wholesale - Marketing, communication, media - Employment type : Permanent contract - Fixed-term contract
- Region : Bulawayo - International
- City : Bulawayo
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Remote work :
Hybrid - Experience level : 2 to 5 years - 5 to 10 years - More than 10 years
- Educational level : College - HND - Bachelor - Master - Doctorate
- Number of Position(s) : 2
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Team management :
Yes
- Marketing
- Sales
- Team Management
- Negotiation
- Communication
- Process
- Portfolio Management
- Digital Marketing
- Production
- Market Analysis
- Positioning
- Maintenance
- Quality
- Customer Marketing
- Monitoring
- Processes
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Organisme employeur


Type de poste
Temps plein
Lieu du poste
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Date de publication
2 février 2026
Valide jusqu’au
3 avril 2026











