Vacancies Available at Colgate-Palmolive

Main Responsibilities

• Delegating maintenance tasks to the rest of the team, and finding relevant vendors and service providers
• Developing maintenance plans and implementing them
• Custodian for SAP EAM and program execution
• Control the issuing of the engineering spares/materials (new and used) in the engineering stores
• Keeping track and ordering of supplies, consumables, material and spare parts inventories for the maintenance department
• Keeping track and ordering of supplies and consumables for the production department
• Purchasing any equipment, tools, or materials that may be required
• Updating maintenance logs for all machinery
• Supporting requirements regarding Asset Tagging and Asset Management
• Assessing procedures and making recommendations for improvement
• Monitors the stock items in the engineering stores and replenish as needed
• Assists during the stock take activities of the Engineering parts/stock
• Ensuring that CFP (Colgate Financial Policy) expectations are consistently met

FP&R

• Assists in the implementation of Planned Maintenance and Autonomous maintenance standards as part of the FP&R standards.
• Provides Planned/ Autonomous Maintenance KPIs to the FP&R coordinator.
• Purchase the supplies needed for AM and PM activities such as (Grease, Rags, Brooms, Mops, etc.)
• Identify FTG opportunities/ initiatives

Planning 

• Develops short and long term maintenance schedules and ensures that maintenance schedules are always up to date.
• Negotiates plant availability with the Production Planner.
• Implements plant maintenance schedules through liaison with the artisan/technicians
• Follow up with artisans to ensure that the maintenance plan is implemented according to the schedule.

Maintenance Activities

• Controls all maintenance inspection records.
• Coordinate maintenance activities among the engineering staff.
• Hosting the Maintenance Planning meetings.
• Preparing and Sharing dashboards for Maintenance KPIs and SAP Notifications.
• Participates in problem solving/root cause analysis activities in the engineering department (related to mechanical reliability of machines).

Documentation 

• Implements and coordinates technicians job card system and track labour effectiveness.
• Captures and analyses failure history of various equipment in the plant for further investigation by the engineering department.
• Generates reports on plant performance and makes information available for the
• artisan/technicians and other employees on the maintenance board.

Managing Materials and Services

• Is able to determine material planning needs for maintenance activity schedule/condition.
• Is able to translate historical performance and maintenance information into accurate parts inventory levels.

Continuous Improvement 

• Uses data and information to develop/modify preventive maintenance schedules and identify potential improvements related to equipment.
• Understands and applies the Asset Effectiveness Model.
• Participates in Continuous Improvement activities to improve line performance.
• Share ideas, knowledge and best practices to improve processes and solve problems.
• Works to standardised best practices.

EOHS and Quality Leadership 

• Leads by example and demands safe behaviours and awareness, sound environmental practices and commitment to Quality.
• Understands own role and responsibility as well as that of others in implementing EHS and Quality standards and guidelines.
• Takes corrective actions in a timely manner to mitigate potential EHS or Quality incidents.
• Abides by facility safety and GMP requirements and sets the example.
• Proactive in self-assessing against corporate EHS and Quality standards and governmental regulations.

Expectations

• Optimum Making and Finishing efficiency achieved (measured using OPERA) through mechanical reliability of all machines
• Achieving Maintenance KPIs (PM Adherence, etc.)
• Minimal line downtime through the implementation of Planned maintenance
• Optimised overall cost of maintaining machines through effective and time repair work.
• Compliance to EHS/Quality and FP&R standards.
• GMP compliance with respect to equipment maintenance and operation.
• Successful generation and implementation of improvement ideas/projects.

Knowledge and Skills

• Computer literacy 
• Sound knowledge of SAP EAM
• Technical Literacy/ Numeracy skills
• Functioning with minimal supervision
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Time management
• Proactively apply skills and knowledge to consistently manufacture products to CP standards.
• Collaborates with others in a team to achieve plant objectives.
• Understands technical processes in the factory.
• Identifies and communicates equipment capabilities and constraints.
• Understands the individual components and interfacing of major components and systems of equipment.
• Ensures that equipment and processes are capable of meeting production schedules, customer demands, and Quality and Microbiology targets.
• Understand impact of Quality, and EOHS standards on overall performance.
• Models safe behaviour.
• Is able to correctly estimate time to repair and time to complete maintenance activities.

Experiences/Educational Level/Skills Attributes Required

LEVEL OF EDUCATION

• Minimum N6 Diploma in Engineering plus trade Test qualification or National Diploma.

LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE

• 2-5 years manufacturing or similar experience is preferred, with an emphasis in mechanics or electronics.

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Key Responsibilties:

• Media buying, strategy & planning
• Drive retail media integration into brand experience planning 
• Create and handle retail media flow plans per retailer
• Deliver retail media planning grids
• Develop best in class retail media strategies alongside digital commerce team across selected retailers 
• Handle paid retail media advertising budgets to effectively achieve sales and business KPIs in collaboration with eCommerce team
• Collaborate with digital commerce team on retail media negotiations
• Ensure coordination between eCommerce, IBE and Brand Marketing teams to guarantee successful execution of retail media during Key eCommerce Events
• Collaborate with the eCommerce team to Assess the sophistication of retailer media network in market, agency scope, and continuously improve way of working based on the market need
• Performance & Reporting of all retail media campaigns
• Measure Campaign Performance & Optimization
• Integrate data into analytics tools and processes (Datorama, MMM)
• Optimize campaigns to extract maximum value
• Handle, Apply and Propose Marketing Budgets/Campaigns
• Competitor Insights
• Customer Analysis
• Campaign Admin and Recon
• Assessment of new retail media solutions given scalability and costs optimization
• Key Focus KPIs for performance tracking and optimizing 
• Commerce search share of shelf (paid Paid Search impression share)
• Avg click through rates
• Conversion rates / tracking
• Display Marketing
• Push / Messenger Marketing
• Social Media Marketing
• Email campaigns
• Campaign pages / home page
• Emerging Platforms like Influencer marketing
• 2nd Party data segmentation and delivering personalisation
• Asset Management - content / creative that is shared to selected retail media partners 
• Manage/Improve assets across channels to support campaigns
• Agency briefing
• Landing Pages, Website, Ad Copy
• Banners, Videos, Campaign Assets
• Social Media and other Digital channels
• Thumbnails
• Optimize campaigns to deliver ROAS
• Integrate Creative X tool to improve creative performance across retail media campaigns
• Growth and Expansion of retail media campaigns and JBPs
• Discovery, vetting paid networks, platforms, and mediums.
• Scale and focus what works and integrate learning from other
• Support with onboarding processes and integrations
• Contribute to and manage JBP workflows and commitments 
• Customer management and communications
• Ability to share media knowledge with Digital Commerce team to negotiate and input into trading terms with customers

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, business-related field, or relevant experience
• Minimum 7 years experience - Retail Media Strategy, Retail Media Channels, Media buying, planning & strategy
• Prior experience with a variety of retail media marketing channels (Paid Search, On-site & off-site display, programmatic, Data Clean Rooms) is essential. Should be able to strategize, implement, and optimize campaigns across multiple platforms
• Understanding of eCommerce channel dynamics
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyze data, prepare and interpret reports, and communicate actionable results, findings, and recommendations

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Job responsibilities:

• The main purpose of this role will be to develop Strategy, Innovation and IBE for our key brands. You will handle and implement outstanding innovation & IBE including:
• Partnering with insights to leverage people centricity and trends
• Define the Brand Promise, Strategy, and Long Term Growth Plan (incl. 4Ps, innovation & communication)
• Develop focussed innovation roadmaps based on the brand/hubs strategic needs and commercial requirements
• Develop the specific innovations for all elements of the bundle - partnering with R&D Technology, Supply Chain, Packaging & Design
• Develop the IBE by partnering with our advertising agency & collaborating with other Divisions Besides this, you will need to partner with other cross functional teams including Customer Development, Retail Marketing and Finance.

Skills And Proficiencies:

• Proven to be proficient in the ability to be strategic & analytical (connecting the dots), challenge “group think”, being creative, dealing with ambiguity, leading cross functional teams.
• Having the candour of a growth mindset, people centricity, being up to the challenge and always curious / passionate along with the functional skills/familiarity in digital & design.

Required Qualification:  

• 10+ Years of successful experience in FMCG marketing (brand strategy, portfolio management, communication development, commercial growth plans)
• 4-5+ Years of demonstrated capability in end-to-end innovation development  
• Full understanding of the innovation process from insight scouting to concept writing & testing, to full bundle development & go to market with the commercial teams
• Full bundle development - formula, clinical support, claims, design & packaging
• Management of cross functional teams to deliver
• Experience in Design thinking & agile innovation development

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Key Responsibilities :

• Responsible for development and execution of vet Mini-ecosystem (including HillsVet.co.za), front-end design and functionalities with our external partners, as well as communication messages incl. effective communication with all internal interfaces (Brand Marketing, Professional Veterinary Affairs, Customer Development, Business Development, International functions, etc.)
• Responsible to steer/coordinate all necessary Mini-ecosystem back-end developments, maintenance and implementations (together with CS&L & finance teams where appropriate)
• Responsible for the full country user acceptance testing (UAT) for deployments and upgrades coordinated by the regional team. 
• Managing the customer service function related to the Mini-ecosystem
• Work in conjunction with the EMEA Regional lead to raise development ideas / needs and responsible for local sign-off on new feature requirements
• Development and implementation of activities/functionalities to drive penetration, recommendation, conversion and loyalty via the Mini-ecosystem
• Workflow optimization of Mini-ecosystem content management activities and utilisation of synergies between online and offline-channels, project driven execution of all activities ensuring continuous improvement
• Ensure Mini-ecosystem alignment with national promotional grids and proposal of bespoke communication / promotions (if / where applicable)
• Briefing of agencies and monitoring / approval of content (in conjunction with Brand Marketing), including quality check of all Mini-ecosystem content
• Be the Mini-ecosystem expert for the whole organisation
• Responsible for ensuring that Mini-ecosystem Product Data remains updated to reflect new product launches, discontinuations, etc.
• Development, analysis and reporting of KPIs, monthly tracking and end of the year evaluation
• Providing proactive recommendations based on analysis to further drive the business.
• Evaluation and set-up of management proposal for future growth opportunities 
• Manage overall Mini-ecosystem budget and projections.  Responsible for coordinating budgets, and planned or ad-hoc Regional requests.
• Manage our CRM strategy and execution to build greater engagement with our professional veterinary customers
• Develop and implement the professional digital engagement plan. This includes the Hillsvet.co.za integrated ecosystem for our professional customers including all the tools linked to the platform, Vet CRM programs and expanding our presence and engagement on social media. You will work in close cooperation with the Brand Manager Therapeutic, Digital Manager and the Professional Veterinary Affairs team. You will also be the South African touchpoint for the EMEA team on Professional Digital Engagement.
• Execute personalised CRM campaigns and analyse data from multiple sources (e.g. field activity and sales, website traffic, use of tools, interaction with social media, etc) with the goal to generate customer and commercial insights to optimise following campaigns and sales
• Track performance via Local and European dashboards.

Education/ Experience Requirements

Basic qualifications include:  

• A Bachelor degree
• 2 years’ experience with digital marketing, content management and / or online PR with an agency (or in industry)
• Proficient computer skills with Google Workspace tools and Microsoft Office
• CRM / online-platform management experience
• The ideal candidate would have some affinity with the veterinary profession

Expected Areas of Skills :

• Excellent digital skills and familiarity with digital & automation
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal & presentation)
• Comprehensive knowledge of SEO, content-management-applications, web-applications, analysis-tools, photoshop, HTML and MS-Office 
• Web and digital development experience/understanding
• Good analytical skills
• Previous experience in digital marketing
• Some veterinary background and insight would be beneficial, but not essential
• Some experience in commercial / sales / customer management roles would be beneficial, but not essential