Marketing Manager Fish

Skretting is looking for an enthusiastic Global Marketing Manager Fish, who will be responsible to develop our market proposition, and provide marketing and innovation support to our business across Europe, Asia, Americas, and Africa. You will play a key role in defining and developing our value proposition for relevant fish species, working closely with marketing managers in our operating companies.  

You will identify market needs based on technical and commercial requirements and collaborate with our Researchers in Skretting Aquaculture Innovation to develop product solutions from conception to post-launch follow-up. This entails enhancing profitability by strengthening our market position, identifying growth opportunities, leading development efforts, and delivering new products, applications, and services to customers within the segment.  

The Marketing Manager will report to the Skretting Innovation Director Warm Water Species for Fish and join the Warm water species innovation team based at the Skretting headquarters in Stavanger, Norway. 

Tasks and responsibilities 

• Agree on targets and action plans with our operating companies and align with the relevant Business Unit management ambitions. 
• Develop and lead the overall marketing plan together with the operating companies 
• Identify business opportunities for new products and concepts and propose initial plans to exploit these opportunities. 
• Work together with the R&D department to drive the new products into the innovation pipeline. 
• Participate actively in the Innovation team to cultivate a competitive product portfolio and exert a significant influence on shaping the value proposition and content of all branding pillars. 
• Define specifications for new products and improvements of existing offerings. 
• Prepare product marketing plans, product presentations and forecast sales and profit estimates. 
• Close collaboration with fish specialists in Skretting’s operating companies and with Skretting’s Research departments. 
• Liaises with internal departments and external agencies to ensure alignment of marketing plans and safeguard the quality of the products in collaboration with the quality department. 
• Initiate and follow up registration of new and existing ingredients and be up to date on regulations in EU and other relevant countries. 

What we ask 

We are looking for a Marketing Manager that can work strategically with a long-term time frame in mind, whilst balancing this with the short-term operational needs of our Operational companies. Your skillset should combine a structured approach to planning and direction-setting with creativity, problem-solving ability, and exceptional communication skills. You find it motivating to drive processes and dare to challenge when needed, and you have the interest in digging into details of new opportunities and turning it into commercial reality by collaborating with others. We hope that you are innovative – and solution oriented, with a proactive and business focused approach. You should thrive in a hands-on role and have a passion for delivering tangible goals and results.  

What you bring 

• Master’s degree in innovation management, product development, or strategic marketing is preferred. Master's degree within aquaculture biology is also relevant
• Good and proven business understanding, with minimum of 5 years’ experience in marketing/innovation/product development 
• Aquaculture and project management experience is an advantage 
• Good communication skills in English, both verbal and written. Knowledge of other languages is an advantage. 

What we offer 

Working for Skretting means working in an international environment with lots of development opportunities. Our values of Trust, Inclusivity, Integrity, Passion and Curiosity are important to us, and our culture is strongly characterized by them. In this role you will be close to the core of what we do; innovation and be able to gain valuable insights into our business. We offer challenging tasks that allow you to grow professionally, competitive terms, a good pension and insurance scheme and a strong innovative and inclusive culture. We encourage and support extracurricular sport, health and cultural activities. We have a good diversity of nationalities, ages and professional backgrounds and have several social activities that are driven forward by our own employees and our social committee. 

Some international travel to be expected. 

For detailed information about this position, please contact Anita Viga, Innovation Director Fish (Anita.viga@skretting.com) or Stine Lerstøl, HR Advisor (stine.lerstoel@skretting.com). 

Application deadline: 18.09.2024, but we strongly encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as we will review applications continously.