Sales Assistant - Baby City Mall@55 at Dis-Chem Pharmacies

Minimum Requirements

Essential:

• Grade 12 – Matric or Senior Certificate
• 1 - 2 years working experience in Advertising or Promotions
• Tertiary qualification in Sales and Marketing

Job Description 

• Assist with the planning of weekly online promotions and to determine the type of promotional offers that would be most effective in line with specific promotional themes and trends.
• Source deep discounted deals from suppliers and buyers to feature in the weekly online promotions in line with the promotional themes and ensure all deadlines are adhered to.
• Send out marketing communication to communicate promotions to all stakeholders.
• Compile a deal sheet and ensure all offers are approved by Category and once finalized send to all relevant departments to ensure promotions are successfully executed.
• Ensure that the booking forms are complete and accurate at all times.
• Ensure all products on promotion are listed online with images and sufficient stock levels.
• Track sales results and effectiveness of promotional offers in the different categories.
• Send post promotion sales reports to buyers and suppliers.
• Responsible to send sales to Accounts to bill suppliers.
• Ensure that all relevant documents are saved on the relevant share drives
• Build and maintain good relationships with suppliers and internal departments.
• Source advertising for both print and digital publications in line with specific content planned, promotions, product launches, awareness and brand building initiatives.
• Effectively communicate with suppliers, buyers and co-departments regarding relevant marketing / advertising opportunities.
• Ensure deadlines, budgets and targets are adhered to.
• Compile booking forms; keep booking schedules updated and accurate at all times and liaise with suppliers and ad agencies to ensure all marketing material is submitted on time.
• Responsible to proof-read advertising material and ensure the approval processes are adhered to and any amendments on artwork are implemented.
• Ensure that all relevant documents are saved on the relevant share drives.
• Ensure products advertised on the digital publications are listed online.
• Create trackable UTM links for all product mentions and artwork.
• Send post campaign reports on the results of the advertising activities to advertisers.
• Ensure billings are done on marketing by vendor and all other advertising activities.
• Ensure implementation of best practice guidelines and follow company processes.
• Compile any ad-hoc reports for management when required.
• Keep abreast of industry trends to contribute towards the quantitative and qualitative research and identify opportunities to enhance customer experience and grow market share on digital and print platforms.
• Analyse all digital activities and develop recommendations based upon the performance results and effectiveness in meeting business objectives.
• Utilise various Web analytic tools to measure the performance of campaigns.
• Serve as the key liaison between the marketing department and online department, master data, buyers, suppliers and other internal departments.
• Build and maintain good relationships with all stakeholders.
• Liaise with stakeholders responsible for inbound workflow on new and upcoming work to effectively plan this into the current schedule.
• Effectively communicate regarding marketing campaigns, requirements and deadlines to internal and external stakeholders and team members.
• Provide proof of execution on launch of campaigns.
• Provide full campaign report to suppliers at end of campaign.
• Monitor results of digital marketing campaigns and report any successes or shortcomings to the manager.
• Ensure that daily tracking document and all booking and finance schedules are updated daily.