Head: Marketing Strategy & Operations at Nedbank

Job Purpose

• To craft; execute and evaluate Marketing strategies; managing a discipline of the Marketing function and integration of the Marketing processes; services; resources and deliverables to enable Nedbank to deliver on its business strategy.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and implement an integrated marketing plan to enable the success of the business strategy with short term results while ensuring long-term growth.
• Manage implementation of strategies by assessing performance and taking corrective action.
• Ensure all business areas and decisions are aligned on the strategy and executional parameters of the business marketing strategy, not just the function by engaging and communicating regularly.
• Ensure compliance by managing adherence to policies and procedures and relevant legislation. Mitigate risk by identifying Marketing risks and initiating interventions to reduce/prevent and rectify. Introduce global best practice in support of business goals.
• Ensure alignment and achievement of strategy and create a competitive advantage by translating the Nedbank and Business Unit strategy into a customised Divisional strategy.
• Build a high performance team through managing resources, retention and critical staff.
• Ensure that the leadership agenda has been embraced by the division/function by ensuring leadership relevant strategies and plans have been communicated and implemented by direct reports.
• Manage performance of reports and hold them accountable for managing the performance of their reports by taking corrective action as required, recognising and rewarding team.
• Actively build a culture of improvement by ensuring the design and implementing active talent management, succession planning strategies for division and obtaining buy-in from relevant stakeholders.
• Contribute to team effectiveness by participating in the recruitment and selection of staff.
• Optimise performance and motivation by holding managers accountable for developing their staff and themselves.
• Empower team to make decisions and recommend tailored solutions to Business Unit specific problems, through coaching and mentoring practices.
• Ensure the achievement of Divisional EE and Transformation Plan, making corrections where necessary.
• Support Nedbank strategy by driving corporate citizenship. Measure the effectiveness of differentiated culture plan.
• Develop and implement a strategy to build a differentiated culture of improvement and innovation.
• Immerse self and team in Cluster business plans to support their execution, meet their expectations and improve indicators year on year for function.
• Build and maintain collaborative, long term relationships with internal and external stakeholders to execute integrated business plans.
• Ensure continued satisfaction of stakeholders, manager, direct reports, peers and other managers.

Minimum Experience Level

• 5 - 8 years management in a marketing or related function
• 3 years proven experience in managing strategic projects

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Diploma
• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

• Post graduate degree in Marketing or Commerce