Project Process Specialist at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Development and communication of national and regional promotions
• Facilitate and co-ordinate communication between various stakeholders including project process team, brand, marketing, procurement, key accounts and regional marketing throughout the process
• Operationalize plans in terms of objectives, target segments, dates, budgets, reaches, merchandise and mechanics
• Develop, order and manage promotional point of sale and prizes
• Manage communication of promotional plans
• Conduct in-trade assessment of campaigns to measure effectiveness
• Adhere to Critical path analysis process from concept to commercialization, ensuring timeous handoff and execution of individual activities
• Leverage internal and external best operating practice that will enhance the company’s promotional outputs
• Ensure integrated calendar is aligned to the Group Account KOP process
• Management of the Spiritual Home project, Capex and Opex budgets, supplier relationships & reporting and communication of project to regional stakeholders
• Operationalize the QD roll out framework, identify new opportunities for cost saving and efficiencies
• Development of Brand channel toolkits and coordination of ordering and execution
• After action reviews of all campaigns with TMM Core/+ investment
• Development of Tactical campaigns by channel based on business priorities and identified opportunities. Includes identifying gaps and opportunities proactively, based on key commercial metrics (Lead by TMM Core/+)
• Budget management: raising all requests and actioning feedback to suppliers, updating the TMM Core/+ budget tracker and ensuring compliance on submitted phasing. Supplier, requestor relationship management, ensuring on time GRN’s and accurate view of project specific budgets as well as entire Core/+ budget
• National Wholesale Team: point of contact for promotional calendar/activity. Development and implementation of additional tactical WHS campaigns, under the guidance of TMM Core/+ and National WHS Director. Identifying new opportunities in terms of promotional activity and adhoc activity to ensure impactful and innovative trade mechanics in the channel.

Key attributes and competencies

• In-depth knowledge of commercial Channels
• Superior communication skills
• Superior negotiation skills
• Superior conceptual skills
• Creativity
• Assertive
• Attention to detail
• Strong work ethic
• Commercial and business acumen
• Project Management skills
• Strong interpersonal relationship skills

Minimum requirements:

• Degree in Business or related field preferred
• Minimum 3 years in a sales or marketing related management position (preferably in SAB)
• Sales/Promotions Management experience
• High degree of Brand Literacy