Key Account Manager - Advertising (Agencies) at takealot.com

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and managing long-term partnerships with key advertising agencies
• Educating advertising agencies on the Takealot Advertising proposition
• Create advertising proposals to drive strategic objectives
• Drive more revenue spend from advertising agencies by adding value and insights
• Work collaboratively with other teams in the organisation to deliver strategic campaigns
• Provide insightful reporting to Agencies with suggestions for future campaigns
• Achieve and exceed advertising revenue targets
• Identify opportunities to improve the experience of the Agencies

Qualifications and experience:

• Solid network of Advertising Agency contacts
• Experience working with Ad Agencies and Media Agencies in South Africa
• Excellent presentation skills
• Ability to translate advertiser strategy into advertising plans to meet expectations
• Proven track record of consistently hitting goals and targets
• Competence in Excel, PowerPoint & Google Workspace
• Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma
• If the degree/diploma qualification requirement isn’t met, 5+ years of account manager experience selling and actively pitching to media agencies
• 5 to 7 years minimum (at least 3 years key account experience)

Skills, knowledge and abilities:

• Account Management experience
• Strong knowledge of the Digital Advertising & e-commerce landscape
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail and follow-through
• Enthusiasm for being a part of an entrepreneurial, start-up environment
• Ability to collaborate effectively with team members within the organisation
• Ability to work independently to achieve sales targets
• Ability to identify key advertising sales opportunities and translate these into implementable solutions and action plans
• Ability to manage and influence teams across various business units

The Environment: 

• takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa. 
• We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve. 
• We are short on ego and high on output. 
• We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all. 
• We love what we do and what we are creating.