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• This is an entry-level opportunity for a Junior Brand Manager/ Brand Coordinator to join the marketing team of a leading pet care retail company where you will play a key role in managing and coordinating Private Label brands.
• As the key representative of the brand you will be involved in various marketing related activities from assessing sales, to driving key initiatives and playing a key promoter role.
• This position requires a candidate with strong selling, planning, coordinating, management, communication and administrative skills.
• You would be joining a highly productive team with very high standards and a great deal of passion and energy for the work that they do. You will report to the Marketing Manager but liaise with various individuals and departments in the company, as well as external stakeholders.

Events

• Coordinate and set up events at store.
• Coordinate and set up events at shopping centres.
• Manage the brands participation at other events.
• Attend some store events and shopping centre events.
• Coordination includes preparing resources, branding and marketing material and liaising with event organisers.
• Ensure brand standards are adhered to at every event.
• Promote the brand and products at these events.

Stakeholder relationships

• Build and manage relationships with all stakeholders, internal and external.
• Ensure in-store advisers are trained on private label products and co-ordinate training with the Company training department and carry out training as required.
• External stakeholders include animal welfare organizations, breeders, vets, animal nutritionists etc.

Marketing coordination

• Ensure sufficient marketing activity is taking place for the brand, across social media, website, product promotion, and other.
• Drive marketing activities and provide support to the various team involved in the process.
• Fulfill an in-store promoter role interacting with team and customers in store, representing the brand.

Sales

• Drive sales of the private label products in Company stores
• Responsible for establishing new sales channels for private label brands and growing sales at third party partners and stockists.
• Monitor and assess sales of the brand across stores, drilling down into all products listed under the brand.
• Assess where poor performance is coming from and help formulate a plan of action to drive sales.

Customer service

• Assist with customer queries regarding the brands products.
• Assist customers via email and telephone.
• Capabilities and strengths
• Pet lover
• Organized and meticulous – high attention to detail
• Excellent planning skills
• Great time management skills
• Excellent communication skills – written and verbal
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Great people skills
• Productive and extremely efficient
• Driven /action orientated
• Strong initiative
• Resourceful
• Ability to prioritise and re-prioritise
• Service-orientated
• Multi-tasking
• Ability to work under pressure and with tight deadlines
• Experience in the premium pet care industry and knowledge of pet nutrition and products an advantage
• Experience in a marketing team or role is preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft office – word, excel, ppt

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• Specialising in premium pet foods and accessories, Absolute Pets is the leading pet retailer in South Africa with over 150 stores across the country.
• Our team of experts is looking for passionate and driven sales assistants to join the Absolute Pets family at one of our growing stores in Edgemead and surrounds.
• If you want to join our team, these are a few of the key areas that you will need to be responsible for:
• Provide our customers with world class service
• Ensuring the store is fully stocked and orders placed accordingly
• knowledge of administration and IT systems
• Adhering to all company policies and procedures
• Its important that you have a passion for retail and love for animals. ( We will train you in all the products)

To join the Absolute Pets Team you should check all of the requirements :

• Matric or equivalent
• One year retail/sales (This would be advantageous - )
• Verbal communication skills
• Must be able to work flexible retail hours.
• Ability to carry and pack stock
• Hardworking
• Interactive and engaging
• Reliable, trustworthy and dependable
• Passionate

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• Specialising in premium pet foods and accessories, Absolute Pets is the leading pet retailer in South Africa with over 170 stores across the country.
• Our team of experts is looking for passionate and driven sales assistants to join the Absolute Pets family at one of our growing stores in Fourways.

If you want to join our team, these are a few of the key areas that you will need to be responsible for:

• Provide our customers with world class service
• Ensuring the store is fully stocked and orders placed accordingly
• knowledge of administration and IT systems
• Adhering to all company policies and procedures
• Its important that you have a passion for retail and love for animals. ( We will train you in all the products)

To join the Absolute Pets Team you should check all of the requirements :

• Matric or equivalent
• One year retail/sales (This would be advantageous - )
• Verbal communication skills
• Must be able to work flexible retail hours.
• Ability to carry and pack stock
• Hardworking
• Interactive and engaging
• Reliable, trustworthy and dependable
• Passionate