Product Promotions Specialist at Ackermans

Job Description

We're on the lookout for a Product Promotions Specialist to drive Product Strategy of the Company to the Marketing Team, by strategically coordinating relevant product required for Marketing promotions and ensuring a cohesive look across all departments, within the agreed formats and cycle times.

Key Responsibilities: 

• To ensure cohesive styling across all departments for campaigns and present Product at marketing walk-throughs
• To ensure product strategy is briefed to marketing seasonally 
• Ensure Promo Grid aligns with product strategy 
• To coordinate through the buyers and deliver agreed/ signed-off input for the following processes:
  • Seasonal look
  • Value Messaging
  • Marketing Match Reviews
  • Internal walkthrough
  • All Marketing Assets sign-off in merch
• Merchandise lists and product samples are coordinated with the Buyers Assistants to the VM and/or Marketing teams.
• Manage the Merchandise Marketing Calendar and ensure critical path is maintained. 
•  For Editorial requests to the Marketing teams, ensure they are coordinated across all departments
• Action digital requests to the Digital team.
• To collate, coordinate & obtain sign off for the seasonal look for all departments and Buying Executive.
• To align with VM seasonally on instore product requirements and communicate new in season requirements.

Experience:

• Previous experience (at least 3-5 years) in a fashion product related role within a retail/buying/marketing environment.
• Experience working with advertising and briefing of marketing/agencies in apparel retail

Qualifications:

• A Grade 12 Certificate/Matric
• A tertiary qualification in Retail, Administration, Marketing, or Buying would be beneficial

Skills required:

• Good strategic, conceptual skills and a solid knowledge of the South African retail climate and landscape
• Strong eye for fashion with the ability to create stories of product in line with customer requirements
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to communicate ideas visually, verbally and in writing
• Proficiency in the latest Microsoft applications(Outlook, Word, PowerPoint & Excel)
• Excellent planning, organising & time management skills
• High energy level, is performance-driven and deadline-orientated
• Enthusiastic self-starter
• Strong sense of integrity
• Service-orientation
• Emotional maturity
• Sense of urgency
• Reliable

The ability to:

• be highly assertive
• be resilient and maintain high levels of drive and initiative under pressure
• positively influence others
• be resourceful
• work independently, as well as be a team player
• be proactive
• be flexible, function under pressure and adapt to change
• to keep one’s self motivated and to maintain a positive attitude and work performance in a variety of circumstances

Knowledge required:

• Knowledge of apparel product attributes: fabrics, styles, colours
• Knowledge of the retail merchandise cycle with regards to buying as well as the marketing calendar/ cycle