Marketing Coordinator (CPT/JHB) at Metropolitan

Role Purpose    

• Provide administrative support to the marketing team in the coordination and execution of marketing campaigns and plans, managing the financial process in support of the marketing strategy.

Requirements    

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business or related field
• 2-3 years' relevant experience in marketing or related field (essential)
• Relevant marketing and product training, financial systems
• Relevant product knowledge
• Knowledge of marketing principles
• Knowledge of budget management principles
• Brand Performance metrics tracking

Skills:

• Communication skills
• Numerical skills
• Planning and organising skills
• Time management
• Networking and relationship building
• Attention to detail

Duties & Responsibilities    
Internal Processes:

• Collaborate with and support the marketing team to execute the marketing strategy and enable sales growth.
• Provide administrative support to the marketing team to ensure efficient function of the team.
• Coordinate the production of various marketing collateral for print, digital and other media in association with service providers.
• Maintain marketing databases with relevant information, for ease and efficiency of use within the marketing team.
• Conduct market research to identify trends, competitive analysis and customer preferences.
• Provide assistance with the execution marketing plans, campaigns, and strategies in line with the agreed budget and report on expenses and spend.
• Assist with the quality checking of marketing material to ensure alignment to brief and marketing plan and maintain promotional materials inventory, where necessary.
• Monitor and report on performance of marketing efforts through analytics tools
• Manage budgets for marketing projects and track spending
• Organise marketing files and documentation to ensure that the correct level of authority has authorised the document.
• Process daily and monthly financial transactions in line with procedure and within agreed timeframes, to ensure timely reconciliations and reporting.
• Accurately allocate all cashbook transactions to ensure accurate month-end reporting.
• Process and upload journals within agreed timeframes, in adherence to guidelines.
• Contribute to the audit process and resolve any audit queries within deadlines.
• Adhere to financial controls and mitigate financial risks.
• Processing of monthly creditors payments according to a payment schedule.

Client:

• Provide authoritative, expertise and advice to clients and stakeholders.
• Build and maintain relationships with clients and internal and external stakeholders.
• Deliver on service level agreements made with internal and external stakeholders and clients.
• Make recommendations to improvement of client service within area of responsibility.
• Participate and contribute to a culture which build rewarding relationships, facilitates feedback and provides exceptional client service.

People:

• Develop and maintain productive and collaborative working relationships with peers and stakeholders.
• Positively influence and participate in change initiatives.
• Continuously develop own expertise in terms of professional, industry and legislation knowledge.
• Contribute to continuous innovation through the development, sharing and implementation of new ideas.
• Take ownership for driving career development.

Finance:

• Contribute to the development of area specific budgets to minimise expenditure, in alignment with operational plans.
• Identify opportunities to enhance cost effectiveness and increase operational efficiency.
• Provide input into the risk identification processes and communicate recommendations in the appropriate forum.

Competencies    

• Generating Ideas
• Developing Expertise
• Producing Output
• Meeting Timescales
• Challenging Ideas
• Inviting Feedback
• Establishing Rapport
• Showing Composure

Deadline:16th October,2025