Marketing Project Manager at BURN Manufacturing

BURN designs, manufactures, and distributes aspirational fuel-efficient cooking products that save lives and forests in the developing world.BURN has revolutionized the global cookstove sector by proving the business case for selling a high quality, locally manufactured and unsubsidized cookstoves.Since 2013, BURN has sold 200,000+ high quality, locally manufactured and unsubsidized jikokoas â„¢ stoves in East Africa. These stoves have helped 1,000,000+ beneficiaries save $39 million in fuel expenditures and 626,221 tons of wood while reducing indoor air pollution by 65%. BURN currently sells ~10,000 stoves per month and intend to double sales by the end of 2017.

Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Work closely with Global Marketing Director to design a project management system and way of working across the department from product management to field marketing.


• Align all marketing activity plans across departments and geographies and kickstart projects to deliver all of BURN’s marketing activities on time and in full.


• Collaborate with the Product Management and NPED (New Product Development) teams to ensure marketing deliverables surrounding new product development projects are delivered on time and in full.


• Collaborate with front-line field marketing managers to develop marketing activity projects ensuring the right amount of time, and resources (including budgets) are allocated to the project to ensure success.


• Ensure regular and accurate reporting on all Marketing projects (and or deliverables).


• Provide training and support on the use of project management software and resources within the company and be the single point of contact for the marketing team on all things Project Management related.

Qualifications:

• We expect 6-10 years of relevant experience in project management preferably managing marketing and commercial-related projects. Project management certification will be a bonus. You are a strong communicator and have always an overview of all moving pieces of the marketing department.


• You have tremendous experience in collaborating with diverse teams that might span different time zones.


• You are a project manager; a people person and you know how to set priorities and coordinate with all stakeholders within and outside of the company.


• You are not shy to ask questions and are always striving to deliver the best results, considering the complexity of the system and its requirements.


• We offer A role with significant responsibility and compensation including benefits matching the level of the candidate.

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