PT. Akasha Wira International, Tbk.International Business & Strategic Marketing Director
Jul. 2013 - Jun. 2019Greater Jakarta Area, IndonesiaLed global direction in terms of: - Strategic brand & product development, mid and long-term business development and acquisitions, and over-all brand guidelines - Product development, communications/PR/advertising development, all creatives and merchandising for international roll-out via internal creative team and via advertising and PR agencies. - Led the International Business Division (Exports): Marketing, Product & Catalogue development, Sales, Recruitment, Customer Service, and P&L responsibility - International Business Development: Acquisition of new distributors to expand locally developed brands internationally as well as the acquisition of new brands from overseas to distribute in Indonesia - Developing new websites, e-commerce sites. Initiated app development. - Developing communication strategy, plan, and content for social media platforms for all brands - Led development of formulation from outsourced OEM vendors, labs and chemists based in the EU - Guided local and international marketing and education teams - Enhanced cost efficiencies (i.e. COG, media / advertising investments, business operations streamlining, etc) - Aligned all countries and Management into a single brand and business direction across several countries/ business units/ in two divisions (Consumer and Professional B2B like Salons and Spas) - Business, Consumer and Market insights data mining and analytics - Visual Merchandising (international trade shows, events, in-salon, in-trade, shop displays) and planogramming - Best practices sharing across business units - Member: BOARD OF DIRECTORS - Total direct team size: 6