Manager: Marketing (Fixed Term Contract) at Liberty Group South Africa

Purpose

To plan, manage and monitor the implementation of marketing management activities and processes in order to deliver on approved operational plans in an effective and efficient manner.

Minimum Experience

• 3 - 5 years experience in a similar environment, of which 1 - 2 years at junior management level

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas [NQF Level 07] in Marketing

Process

• Ensure the accurate use and dissemination of area specific marketing and communication material.
• Monitor the effectiveness of marketing related initiatives and activities to identify recommendations for improvement.
• Plan for, manage and ensure the effective administration of area related support services in alignment with team and individual performance objectives.
• Manage the design, development and dissimenation of appropriate marketing material and content that meets business needs and objectives.
• Accountable for maintaining quality, service and outputs related to a work area, ensuring compliance with set policy, procedures and standards.
• Proactively identify operational problems, determine cause and effect, select and implement the best solution to solve problems based on previous experience and understanding of the context.
• Plan for and organise multiple work activities for team execution by assigning priorities against the set framework in light of the specific situational context.

Customer

• Maintain and build relationships for purposes of expectation management, knowledge sharing and integration.
• Manages to ensure service excellence in support of Treating the Customer Fairly (TCF) principles to build positive relationships and creates opportunities for exceptional service delivery.

Finance

• Compile a budget aligned to the operational or area specific delivery of plans; monitor and report on variances and make sure that planned objectives are reported, escalating any deviations.

Learning and Growth

• Manage teams within the context of defined processes, set required performance parameters and act as technical coach where required.
• Schedule, allocate and effectively manage human resources within own area of responsibility in line with specified and specific constraints or parameters.

Governance

• Ensure that org. documentation such as marketing material, media announcements and standard documentation are legally sound and meets business needs.
• Implement and utilise risk, governance and compliance policies and processes effectively, to identify and manage risk exposure.

Technical Competencies

• Risk Awareness (Intermediate)
• Conflict Resolution (Intermediate)
• Functional Policies and Procedures (Intermediate)
• Marketing management (Intermediate)
• Budgeting and Expenditure Control (Intermediate)

Behavioural Competencies

• Stakeholder Engagement and Management (Intermediate)
• Organisation and Attention to Detail (Proficient)
• People Management and Empowerment (Intermediate)
• Interpersonal Effectiveness (Intermediate)
• Problem Solving and Analysis (Intermediate)
• Strategic Insight and Capability (Intermediate)
• Teamwork and Cooperation (Intermediate)
• Judgment and decision making (Intermediate)
• Communicating with Impact (Intermediate)
• Relationship Management and Networking (Intermediate)
• Customer Orientation (Intermediate)