Job Openings at The Heineken Company

About the Job

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive impactful and cost-effective brand campaigns.
• Support direct line manager with relevant and accurate analysis on brand performance and budget status.
• Support Marketing Manager with strategy, planning and content development.
• Support brand team to grow brand equity and ensure that overall Brand Health targets achieved.
• Rollout brand elements to touch points including digital/social media communication and campaigns.
• Track and report on campaign effectiveness.
• Ensure merchandising & POS collateral is available and deployed as required.
• Create funds planning and manage campaign processes in SAP CRM.
• Manage specific brand campaigns from concept to execution.
• Provide timeous and relevant feedback to line managers communicating campaign success and implementation challenges with recommended improvements.
• Develop internal and external relationships and networks with organizational focus to resolve brand performance issues.
• Collaboratively implement the Brand plan(s) with inputs from all stakeholders and feeds back to brand team.
• Feedback relevant marketing insights and campaign learnings to drive improvement in campaign impact and effectiveness.
• Drive world class implementation of new product launches and take corrective action where required.
• Follow Newco’s policies and procedures and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years’ relevant marketing experience, ideally across a range of categories/FMCG’s.
• Understanding and experience of SA channel landscape.
• Knowledge of product pricing, packaging, distribution and positioning.
• Familiarity with latest marketing trends and best practices.
• Ability to conduct research and analyze data.
• Good organizational skills.
• Experience in meeting tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) and sound presentation skills.
• Knowledge of SAP CRM as a planning and management tool for brand activity will be advantageous.

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About the Job

• This role is accountable for the business partner relationship to deliver the HR strategy and working with line managers within the Export Logistics Function. To enable bottom line growth and the achievement of business plans and overall strategic direction of the business/organization. The Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) will play a crucial role in fostering positive labor relations, ensuring compliance with labor laws, and collaborating effectively with unionized employees, shop stewards, and trade unions within the business function they support.

Key Responsibilities

Business Partnering:

• Provide strategic HR partnership with business leaders.
• Providing people direction to maximize performance, sound employee relations, High staff morale and devise functional strategy to unlock full potential of the talents through diversity and inclusion
• Contribute to the HR Leadership Team meaningfully to drive the people agenda for the overall business success and to maximize shareholders value, Operating company profitability, market share and drive optimum cost efficiencie

Organizational Development:

• Work with the departmental heads to design fit for purpose org structures.
• Develop job profiles and arrange job evaluations as and when necessary.
• Facilitate rollout of functional competencies in area of responsibility
• Train manages and employees on HEINEKEN behaviours and values
• Assist departmental heads to interpret climate survey results and develop action plans

Performance Management:

• Coach managers and employees on the use of the performance Management systems
• Co-ordinate objective setting sessions with departmental plans
• Co-ordinate calibration sessions in areas of responsibility
• Ensure that departments set SMART objectives in areas of responsibility
• Prepare performance trend report and coach managers on the execution of performance improvement initiative

Talent Management

• Work with departmental managers to identify future talent needs and prompt the People & Organizational Development team
• Support hiring managers to fill vacant positions by utilizing fit for purpose sourcing methods
• Manage the recruitment process to ensure completion of recruitment activities within targeted timelines
• Provide guidance to hiring managers on employment equity targets
• Prepare a regular talent analysis report

Employee Exit Process:

• Execute all types of employee exists
• Conduct exist interviews for middle and senior managers

HR Business Partnering:

• Work with the departmental heads to design fit for purpose org structures
• Attend departmental meetings regularly
• Assess customer needs and recommend interventions
• Develop sound relationships with internal customers
• Perform other duties as required from time to time

Employee Relations

• Manage Dispute and Grievance procedures
• Negotiating Collective bargaining agreements with the union
• Overseeing dispute resolution involving employees, management and unions
• Advising management on issues regarding union-management relations, such as contract negotiations
• Handle CCMA matters (Conciliation, Arbitrations, reviews, Condonations, Rescission and Mediation
• To ensure that robust Employee Relations policies are developed and implemented in alignment with the Group HR strategy and business needs
• To monitor labour legislation developments and implement appropriate strategies to ensure compliance and minimize business risk.
• To build and maintain excellent relationships between management, employees and employee representatives

Job Requirements

• A degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Humanity, Business or any other related field
• A Minimum of 6-years experience in Human Resources, or in an Organisational Development/Effectiveness environment.
• 3+ years specialized experience in one or more of the following: Learning, Organisational Development & Design, Change Management, Organisational Effectiveness, Talent Management, Diversity, Well- being, Reward, HR Generalist
• Regional Experience as an HR Business Partner preferably in a FMCG company
• Sound knowledge of HR trends, best practices and procedures as well as appropriate labour legislation, e.g. Basic Conditions of Employment Act, Labour Relations Act, Employment Equity Act, etc.
• Successful Industrial and Employee Relations with a successful CCMA track record
• Good business acumen and successful problem-solving experience leading to lasting employee relations solutions within a business.
• Track record of effective leadership practices – leading self, others and teams
• Compututer literate and technologically savvy in the general office management systems e.g. MS Office as well as HR Information Systems e.g. SAP Specific Company or Industry Knowledge

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About the Job

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive impactful and cost-effective brand campaigns.
• Support direct line manager with relevant and accurate analysis on brand performance and budget status.
• Support Marketing Manager with strategy, planning and content development.
• Support brand team to grow brand equity and ensure that overall Brand Health targets achieved.
• Rollout brand elements to touch points including digital/social media communication and campaigns.
• Track and report on campaign effectiveness.
• Ensure merchandising & POS collateral is available and deployed as required.
• Create funds planning and manage campaign processes in SAP CRM.
• Manage specific brand campaigns from concept to execution.
• Provide timeous and relevant feedback to line managers communicating campaign success and implementation challenges with recommended improvements.
• Develop internal and external relationships and networks with organizational focus to resolve brand performance issues.
• Collaboratively implement the Brand plan(s) with inputs from all stakeholders and feeds back to brand team.
• Feedback relevant marketing insights and campaign learnings to drive improvement in campaign impact and effectiveness.
• Drive world class implementation of new product launches and take corrective action where required.
• Follow Newco’s policies and procedures and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years’ relevant marketing experience, ideally across a range of categories/FMCG’s.
• Understanding and experience of SA channel landscape.
• Knowledge of product pricing, packaging, distribution and positioning.
• Familiarity with latest marketing trends and best practices.
• Ability to conduct research and analyze data.
• Good organizational skills.
• Experience in meeting tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) and sound presentation skills.
• Knowledge of SAP CRM as a planning and management tool for brand activity will be advantageous.

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About the Job

Key responsibilities:

• Drive implementation of the brand plan across the key consumer touch points, channels and regions
• Deliver brand campaigns according to best practice on process and timing.
• Develops and implements brand “promo in a box” tools for use by regions in our decentralized model.
• Tracks usage of tools and effectiveness of tools by region and channel and optimizes where required.
• Develop an understanding of the key market dynamics by performing regular site visits.
• Ensures business value through driving implementation of ongoing corrective action across key channels and functions for the brand(s) on a daily and weekly basis.
• Evaluate monthly performance trackers with prioritized and aligned corrective actions in place.
• Delivers campaigns OTIF and within financial and procurement governance.
• Tracks campaign status daily and weekly to ensure OTIF and that campaign compliance is delivered against benchmarked targets.
• Manages brand funds and updates CRM on a weekly basis to ensure that funds accurately reflect cash flow timings and actual costs.
• Updates and maintains brand assets on brand and trade 360 for use by regions and agencies.
• Co- develops and maintains a full brand catalogue of items that are relevant to the brand and its positioning and ensures that procurement delivers items according to the right material specifications.
• Illicit feedback from regions on the effectiveness and usability of the items.
• Ensures equitable distribution of annual generic merchandising to all regions.
• Ensures that the tools ordered deliver the right balance of equity/ consumer desire and short-term consumer reward for purchase
• Designs TTL campaigns (with support from creative and execution agency partners) and understands which touch points to use where for maximum equity and commercial impact.
• Collaborates on designing and updating brand ITEGs to ensure that the brand leverages touch points relevant to the brand positioning.
• Ensure that ITEGS are reviewed and updated annually and that the ITEGS effectiveness is regularly tested and evaluated across channels.
• Creates and manages the brand digital strategy.
• Develops digital campaigns and programs with bold, consumer centric, thumb stopping content and experiences that are amplified through digital and social channels to create engagement (with or without support from agency creative partners, depending on size of brand).
• Foster organic engagement via digital platforms.

Experience:

• Minimum 5-7 years relevant marketing experience on brand execution, ideally across a range of categories/FMCG’s.
• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) and sound presentation skills.
• Experience of agency procedures and the successful management thereof.
• Experience in budgetary control and cost control management.
• Excellent project management skills & experience.
• Sound understanding of the difference between qualitative and quantitative research and when to use which appropriate research method.
• Exceptional knowledge of digital marketing
• Be present at all activations and events.
• Solid understanding and contribution to demand forecasting accuracy.
• Knowledge of SAP CRM as a planning and management tool for brand activity will be advantageous.
• Thorough understanding of brand theatre and the role of memorable brand and drives execution thereof (including in store theatre).

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About the Job

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive implementation of the brand plan across the key consumer touch points, channels and regions
• Deliver brand campaigns according to best practice on process and timing.
• Develops and implements brand “promo in a box” tools for use by regions in our decentralized model.
• Tracks usage of tools and effectiveness of tools by region and channel and optimizes where required.
• Develop an understanding of the key market dynamics by performing regular site visits.
• Ensures business value through driving implementation of ongoing corrective action across key channels and functions for the brand(s) on a daily and weekly basis.
• Evaluate monthly performance trackers with prioritized and aligned corrective actions in place.
• Delivers campaigns OTIF and within financial and procurement governance.
• Tracks campaign status daily and weekly to ensure OTIF and that campaign compliance is delivered against benchmarked targets.
• Manages brand funds and updates CRM on a weekly basis to ensure that funds accurately reflect cash flow timings and actual costs.
• Updates and maintains brand assets on brand and trade 360 for use by regions and agencies.
• Co- develops and maintains a full brand catalogue of items that are relevant to the brand and its positioning and ensures that procurement delivers items according to the right material specifications.
• Illicit feedback from regions on the effectiveness and usability of the items.
• Ensures equitable distribution of annual generic merchandising to all regions.
• Ensures that the tools ordered deliver the right balance of equity/ consumer desire and short-term consumer reward for purchase
• Designs TTL campaigns (with support from creative and execution agency partners) and understands which touch points to use where for maximum equity and commercial impact.
• Collaborates on designing and updating brand ITEGs to ensure that the brand leverages touch points relevant to the brand positioning.
• Ensure that ITEGS are reviewed and updated annually and that the ITEGS effectiveness is regularly tested and evaluated across channels.
• Creates and manages the brand digital strategy.
• Develops digital campaigns and programs with bold, consumer centric, thumb stopping content and experiences that are amplified through digital and social channels to create engagement (with or without support from agency creative partners, depending on size of brand).
• Foster organic engagement via digital platforms.
• Briefs and/ or creates digital assets (depending on size of brand).
• Plans, owns and runs digital implementation (with or without agency partners).
• Tracks consumer sentiment live, and course corrects where required.
• Feeds real time insights gained into strategic partners and insights teams.
• Ensures that relevant traditional and digital channels are prioritized, and that creativity & market targeting are optimized.
• Follow Newco’s policies and procedures and identify opportunities for continuous improvement

Experience :

• Minimum 5-7 years relevant marketing experience on brand execution, ideally across a range of categories/FMCG’s.
• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) and sound presentation skills.
• Experience of agency procedures and the successful management thereof.
• Experience in budgetary control and cost control management.
• Excellent project management skills & experience.
• Sound understanding of the difference between qualitative and quantitative research and when to use which appropriate research method.
• Exceptional knowledge of digital marketing
• Be present at all activations and events.
• Solid understanding and contribution to demand forecasting accuracy.
• Knowledge of SAP CRM as a planning and management tool for brand activity will be advantageous.
• Thorough understanding of brand theatre and the role of memorable brand and drives execution thereof (including in store theatre).

go to method of application »

About the Job

Key responsibilities:

• Drive implementation of the brand plan across the key consumer touch points, channels and regions
• Deliver brand campaigns according to best practice on process and timing.
• Develops and implements brand “promo in a box” tools for use by regions in our decentralized model.
• Tracks usage of tools and effectiveness of tools by region and channel and optimizes where required.
• Develop an understanding of the key market dynamics by performing regular site visits.
• Ensures business value through driving implementation of ongoing corrective action across key channels and functions for the brand(s) on a daily and weekly basis.
• Evaluate monthly performance trackers with prioritized and aligned corrective actions in place.
• Delivers campaigns OTIF and within financial and procurement governance.
• Tracks campaign status daily and weekly to ensure OTIF and that campaign compliance is delivered against benchmarked targets.
• Manages brand funds and updates CRM on a weekly basis to ensure that funds accurately reflect cash flow timings and actual costs.
• Updates and maintains brand assets on brand and trade 360 for use by regions and agencies.
• Co- develops and maintains a full brand catalogue of items that are relevant to the brand and its positioning and ensures that procurement delivers items according to the right material specifications.
• Illicit feedback from regions on the effectiveness and usability of the items.
• Ensures equitable distribution of annual generic merchandising to all regions.
• Ensures that the tools ordered deliver the right balance of equity/ consumer desire and short-term consumer reward for purchase
• Designs TTL campaigns (with support from creative and execution agency partners) and understands which touch points to use where for maximum equity and commercial impact.
• Collaborates on designing and updating brand ITEGs to ensure that the brand leverages touch points relevant to the brand positioning.
• Ensure that ITEGS are reviewed and updated annually and that the ITEGS effectiveness is regularly tested and evaluated across channels.
• Creates and manages the brand digital strategy.
• Develops digital campaigns and programs with bold, consumer centric, thumb stopping content and experiences that are amplified through digital and social channels to create engagement (with or without support from agency creative partners, depending on size of brand).
• Foster organic engagement via digital platforms.
• Briefs and/ or creates digital assets (depending on size of brand).
• Plans, owns and runs digital implementation (with or without agency partners).
• Tracks consumer sentiment live, and course corrects where required.
• Feeds real time insights gained into strategic partners and insights teams.
• Ensures that relevant traditional and digital channels are prioritized, and that creativity & market targeting are optimized.
• Follow Newco’s policies and procedures and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

Experience:

• Minimum 5-7 years relevant marketing experience on brand execution, ideally across a range of categories/FMCG’s.
• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) and sound presentation skills.
• Experience of agency procedures and the successful management thereof.
• Experience in budgetary control and cost control management.
• Excellent project management skills & experience.
• Sound understanding of the difference between qualitative and quantitative research and when to use which appropriate research method.
• Exceptional knowledge of digital marketing
• Be present at all activations and events.
• Solid understanding and contribution to demand forecasting accuracy.
• Knowledge of SAP CRM as a planning and management tool for brand activity will be advantageous.
• Thorough understanding of brand theatre and the role of memorable brand and drives execution thereof (including in store theatre).