Marketing Director Nordic - Thorn Lighting

An opportunity has arisen within Thorn Lighting as we are looking to recruit a Marketing Director Nordic.The marketing responsibility for the position covers all the Nordic as well as the Baltic countries.We see a great potential for Thorn as a brand on the Nordic market and this position will have a great influence on product development and new marketing tools.Purpose of position - Execute brand strategy locally.- Manage all local & central marketing activities in Nordic.- Provide local interface between marketing and sales and being responsible for local interaction between Nordic & local marketing.- Decide Nordic activities according to group decisions and proactively implement Nordic activities supporting our strategy.- Secure that country-specific activities are according to Brand strategy.- Provide interface from Nordic to central marketing + product management and secure that Nordic needs are taken into consideration regarding R&D, marketing tools and product portfolio decisions.- Implementation of positioning.Key Responsibilities - Ensure conformity of all marketing activities with corporate identity guidelines and established strategy.- Decide on gross prices for new products and on tactical sales promotions.- Review local marketing communications budget and reallocate if advantageous.- Manage, supervise and support all local input to central marketing + product management (budget, strategy formulation, country-specific information).- Sign off marketing materials supplied by central marketing and decide on local refinements in coordination with central marketing.- Measure and analyze efficiency and effectiveness of local marketing.- Execution of product launches within central planning framework.- Proactively support local activities to reach goals.You have five direct reports in your team and you report to Commercial Director, Nordic.The position is based at the Nordic headquarters in Landskrona, Sweden.You also have a functional dotted line to Thorn Global Marketing Director in U.K.Qualifications and personal qualities Your experience covers several years of product management and/or marketing management in a B2B environment, preferably in the construction/building services industry.You are used to work in an international environment. You have great marketing and leadership skills and you also have a good technical understanding as well as a commercial awareness.Your presentation skills are excellent.You are fluent in English and in one of the Scandinavian languages, both written and spoken.It is important that you have a willingness to travel internationally, probably at least 30 days/year.As a person you are proactive, action oriented, dedicated, result oriented, entrepreneurial and motivated.You are creative and able to think ?outside the box?but you are also structured and analytical.You have an intercultural understanding and behaviour and you are co-operative and transparent.How to apply and get further information In this recruitment Thorn Lighting cooperates with Academic Search.To apply for the position, click the link below, fill in your contact details and attach your letter of intent together with your CV, written in English.We need your application as soon as possible but no later then November 4th.