Deployment Executive - Pretoria at British American Tobacco

WHAT YOU WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR

• Intimately understands and supports the company’s SOP process and develops and delivers the regional deployment Meeting.
• Provides Regional Operation Manager with market feedback, insights, and trends based on sources of data available (Shipment, Nielsen, Internal systems, External Research)
• Exhibit leadership capabilities in engagement with key stakeholders through behaviours and attitudes which are in line with the guiding principles
• Lead forward-looking, actionable insight delivery through robust regional insights resulting in informing decisions with a customer and consumer-centric perspective
• Track actual regional sales performance against bottom-up forecast and provide analysis and recommendations to Regional Operation Manager for remedial action.
• Management of POS and Merchandising in the Region will clear records management aligned to territory digests that are regularly reviewed and updated.
• Build and maintain good working relationships within the region and intra-department to support implementation and smooth execution of bottom-up demand forecasting within the S&OP process.
• Continually improve the quality of regional/market insights and processes within the region to optimize practical insights to foster better regional business decision-making.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, AND KNOWLEDGE

• Bachelor’s Degree (preferably in Marketing/Business Management)
• 3-5 years relevant experience
• Excel reporting experience at an advanced level – is a must.
• FMCG experience would represent a plus.
• Experience in interpreting marketing information data and presenting conclusions to senior management.
• Working knowledge of forecasting techniques, capable of both building and validating relational insights
• High level of attention to detail, thorough analytical skills (quantitative and qualitative), rational decision-making, objectivity, creativity, and good negotiation capacity.
• In-depth understanding of the inter-relationship between different data sources and the application thereof in the development of business insights
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and being a ‘team player’ are essential.
• Has a clear understanding of channel dynamics within SA market.
• Has working knowledge of importance of Brand code.