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  • Posted: Sep 24, 2026
    Deadline: Oct 16, 2026
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  • Dis-Chem Pharmacies is a major South African retail pharmacy chain known for its slogan "Pharmacists who care". Working here involves fast-paced retail, customer service, and healthcare support. Employees generally report an average work experience with opportunities in retail, nursing, and pharmacy

     

    Head of Brand & Marketing Strategy - Midrand

    Job Description

    • The Strategy, brand and comms role is responsible for defining, embedding  and enforcing marketing and brand standards that ensure consistent, high-quality execution across all channels and functions. 
    • The role supports the Chief Marketing Officer in setting execution strategy, establishing governance frameworks, and driving unified marketing planning. It ensures brand consistency, operational efficiency, and data-driven decision-making across the marketing organisation, aligning all activities to Dis-Chem’s strategic objectives and brand positioning.

    Minimum Requirements…

     Essential:

    • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or related Honours degree or postgraduate qualification advantageous
    • 8+ years’ experience in marketing strategy, governance, or brand management roles within retail, healthcare, FMCG, or consumer-facing sectors.
    • Minimum 3–5 years’ experience in a leadership or people management
    • Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and influencing senior stakeholders within complex
    • Demonstrated success in improving brand consistency, marketing efficiency, and governance compliance

    Responsibilities

    Strategy & planning

    • Define strategic marketing priorities, brand direction, and campaign objectives that inform go-to-market execution
    • Run annual marketing planning process to align on marketing ambition and major campaigns
    • Define annual marketing priorities and strategic campaign frameworks that inform the integrated go-to-market calendar (owned by GTM)
    • Define strategic budget allocation principles and priorities across retail and ecosystem marketing, with overall budget tracking and management led by the GTM function
    • Provide insight-led recommendations to optimise marketing spend and portfolio performance

    Brand strategy and governance

    • Provide brand research to enable informed decision making
    • Develop and maintain brand architecture - act as custodian of the Dis-Chem brand, ensuring consistency of tone, look, and message across all channels and materials
    • Oversee brand compliance reviews, campaign approvals, and regular brand audits across retail, digital, and communication touchpoints, working closely with head of integrated marketing campaign team and creative studio.
    • Provide strategic direction for messaging frameworks and brand narratives, which are adapted for execution by Communications and Integrated Marketing teams

    Retail media

    • Determine guardrails to ensure alignment of retail media content with Dis-Chem’s marketing vision
    • Define strategic guardrails for retail media allocation to ensure alignment with brand priorities and customer experience principles
    • Internal and external communication
    • Lead internal communication plans

    Competencies

    Essential: 

    Key competencies

    • Deep understanding of marketing governance, planning, and brand management within a retail or General Merchandise environment & healthcare landscape.
    • Expertise in developing and implementing brand guidelines and quality assurance processes
    • Strong knowledge of marketing analytics, reporting tools, and performance measurement frameworks
    • Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and embed governance in complex organisations
    • Strong communication, analytical, and facilitation skills to balance creativity and control
    • Collaborative mindset with experience aligning brand, commercial, and creative teams

    Key Performance Indicators

    • Brand governance & consistency: Compliance with brand guidelines and brand audit results
    • Brand & customer outcomes: Brand awareness, sentiment/trust, and consistency across channels
    • Campaign effectiveness: Reach, engagement, and brand lift for brand campaigns
    • Capability & process improvement: Adoption of toolkits/training and reduced rework from clearer standards
    • Team leadership & capability: High-performing team culture, capability development, collaboration, and accountability.

    Special Conditions of Employment

    • South African citizen
    • MIE, clear criminal and credit
    • Driver’s license and/or own reliable transport

    Remuneration and benefits:

    • Market related salary
    • Medical aid
    • Provident fund
    • Staff account

    Closing Date 29 September 2026

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    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Dis-Chem Pharmacies on dischem.simplify.hr to apply

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