Lavin Menezes
Marketing Executive, Marketing Officer, Brand Officer, Marketing Coordinator, Marketing Assistant
Dubai
Summary of Career
Experience as
01 May 2009
30 November 2010
Responsibilities:
• Event planning, creatives and design
• Business Development and Key Account Management
• Vendor management: contracts, negotiate costs with service provider agencies & vendors
Experience as
01 March 2011
31 October 2015
Responsibilities:
• Execute end to end brand activations, food sampling activities and sales promotion campaigns
• Business Development and Key Account Management (Worked with more than 100 brands)
• Recruiting, training and supervising merchandisers & sales promoters
• Obtaining UAE Government approvals and permits (MOL, Economic Development, Food Control)
Experience as
01 November 2015
30 November 2016
Designation : Senior Marketing Excellence Officer
• Develop and implement sales tools and marketing materials
• Work closely with cross functional teams and ATL-BTL agencies to ensure effective and timely implementation of marketing activities, to maximize brand exposure and ROI
• Negotiate costs, off shelf promotion fees, terms and timelines with partners, agencies & vendors
• Ensure timely issuance of PO, receiving invoicing and vendor payments in line with marketing budget
• Oversee trade exhibitions, event sponsorships and CSR activities
• Supervise and train sales promoters and merchandiser teams
Designation : Brand Officer – Absorbents
• Design and implement promotion calendar, product mix, planograms and on shelf & off-shelf
merchandising plans for trade channels
• Key account executive for e-commerce channel (UAE Souq.com, Mumzworld.com, Trolley.ae)
• Carry out local market research, customer survey, assessing customer demands, brand positioning,
monitor competitors’ activities, and evaluating market campaigns
• Ensuring smooth execution of in-store promotions and brand activations
• Social media marketing – execute seasonal Facebook contests and Instagram influencer campaigns
• Handle and resolve customer complaints across the UAE as per group standards
Experience as
01 January 2017
31 March 2018
Designation : Marketing Executive
Responsibilities:
• Conceptualize sales & idea pitches, convert client briefs into successful campaigns
• Orchestrate new product launches, brand activations and product sampling
• Vendor management
Master 31 August 2010
MBA - Marketing (2010) Visvesvaraya Technological University St Joseph Engineering College, IndiaBachelor 30 August 2008
BBA - Marketing and Personnel Management (2008) Mangalore University St Aloysius College, India