Marketing Specialist

• Input into the long-term plan (1-2 years) for the Marketing Unit
• Research and consider best methods, local conditions, trends, as well as competitor activity
• Contribute towards continuous improvement and innovation at process and procedure level
• Input into identifying ways to fine tune systems in line with changing work practices
• Recommend ways to exploit new opportunities to grow the business further
• Assist in identifying innovative ways to use minimum resources to achieve maximum outputs
• Assist in the development, alignment and management of the marketing strategy
• Ensure consistent execution of marketing strategy and efficient use of marketing resources across all regions 

• Provide administration and coordination support to the relevant Manager and leadership of the Business Unit.
• Evaluate situations and determine the best methods to reach defined outcomes
• Liaise with OEMs to prepare for new product launches
• Coordinate teamwork and gather people around understanding of and achievement of objectives
• Share experiences, knowledge and understanding of purpose
• Determine who needs to do what, when, where, how and why
• Support and coordinate work to be performed by service providers
• Establish the most efficient use of resources, i.e. cost, people, time, etc
• Put effective methods and standards in place
• Gather information and research to ensure delivery of results

• Assist in identifying and assessing market trends, taking local conditions into consideration
• Address problems on a case by case basis, ensuring an optimal balance between the response to the situation, the cost of that response, and the core purpose of the organisation
• Deal with problem situations that arise in time and efficiently

• Define and monitor the execution of processes and procedures for the BU Portfolio
• Ensure that all processes and procedures implemented are aligned to the set operational framework for the BU
• Ensure that workflow continues without interruption
• Continually improve existing processes and procedures to enhance effectiveness, efficiency and performance

• Provide frameworks for projects and tasks
• Define and assign work to be done
• Control, manage and monitor all logistics
• Plan the implementation of the chosen action in terms of activities, resources, timelines, follow-up dates, etc
• Monitoring of the effective solution

• Resolve issues and report to management any unresolved issues.
• Manage projects  within the channel
• Assist line manager with special projects
• Input in creative executions and overall channel campaigns
• Assist in the processing and tracking of all financial costs for retail marketing communications end to end

• Understand customer needs and input into the development and fine-tuning of systems accordingly
• Contribute towards initiating change to continually improve all aspects of service delivery
• Assist in identifying trends and patterns pertaining to customer requests and needs to continually improve all aspects of service delivery
• Ensure all customer queries are attended to and resolved within agreed SLA’s

Education:

• 3 year Degree / Diploma in Commerce (Marketing / Communication) or related

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in area of specialisation; with experience in supervising others
• Experience working in a medium organization