Manager, Marketing & Communications (6 month contract)

About the Role

The Manager, Marketing and Communications is responsible for driving end-to-end marketing and communications strategies, plans, and implementation for the local market, in alignment with Group and local leadership direction. This role plays a key part in strengthening the DKSH brand presence, delivering outstanding stakeholder communications, and ensuring consistent, high-quality marketing execution across all channels.

What You Will Deliver

- Implement Group branding, marketing communications, and media strategies, guidelines, and processes across the local market to ensure brand consistency and visibility

- Develop and execute a comprehensive local marketing and communications plan in close collaboration with local market leadership, aligned to overall market strategy

- Produce compelling content for a wide range of internal and external marketing and communications materials, including e-newsletters, campaigns, websites, trade fairs, webinars, town halls, presentations, press releases, brochures, and advertisements

- Lead project management for local marketing and communications campaigns, and actively contribute to agile cross-border projects

- Serve as the custodian of the DKSH brand in the local market, overseeing brand compliance and delivering training to local users

- Manage and continuously develop local digital touchpoints, including websites, intranet platforms, and social media channels, to ensure relevance and engagement

- Coordinate, write, and distribute press releases and organize local media activities, including interviews and press conferences, to build positive media presence

- Act as the principal local media contact for DKSH, cultivating strong and trusted relationships with key local media representatives

- Experience in video shooting, familiarity with AI tools, and the ability to be resourceful will be an added advantage.

- Support local incident and crisis communications to protect and preserve the organization's reputation

- Administrative duties and coordination tasks as required

What You Bring

- University degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, or an equivalent discipline

- Minimum 5 years of corporate or marketing communications experience in a Business-to-Business (B2B) environment, within multinational organizations or an agency setting

- Excellent command of English, with strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to connect effectively across all levels of an organization

- Independent, reliable, and structured working style with a hands-on, pragmatic approach and a keen attention to detail

- Quick-thinking mindset with a strong can-do attitude and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

This is a 6-month fixed-term contract for maternity cover, which may be extended subject to business requirements.

Why Join DKSH

At DKSH, we help companies grow in Asia and enable people to perform at their best. You will be part of an organization that values accountability, collaboration, and long-term partnerships. We offer a dynamic environment where your contributions are visible and where you can build a meaningful career in Marketing and Communications.