About the position
Our graduate scheme is a fast track 36-month programme, covering all aspects of marketing from product category support and marketing services through to digital marketing and budget management. We'll give you a real breadth of experience and a rounded understanding of the marketing function within our South African businesses, where you will be right at the heart of creating and delivering initiatives to support our sales goals. Perform well and you will get your first taste of real responsibility after just 12 months of joining, when you'll get a chance to own the marketing for one of the product/service categories for your business(es). During your 3 year programme with us there is a massive scope for you to create, contribute & inspire in a number of initiatives within marketing. But the true benefit you get from this is very much down to you - we'll give you all the support & help you need, but it's over to you to show initiative & make the most out of the opportunities & learning developments that this programme has on offer. Do a great job within South Africa then your next natural step is into a category role within our Global Marketing team where you can take your learnings and success to other countries and businesses.
Responsibilities
- Understanding our systems & processes including our leads and enquiries models
- Supporting the marketing team with tracking of sales for particular product/service lines as well helping finance to maintain price lists as & where appropriate
- Joining some of the Route 1 sessions to understand that programme & marketing's role in it as well as creating some of the training content
- Organising photo shoots
- Maintaining & updating customer & marketing databases
- Organising & attending events such as conferences, seminars, receptions & exhibitions
- Creating appropriate content for Front Line Colleagues
- Managing the production of marketing materials, including leaflets, posters, flyers, e-newsletters & videos
- Learning how to manage an agency
- Running a campaign, managing the budget and evaluating success
- Working with the global category team by conducting competitor and market research with a range of methodology
- Contributing to marketing plans
- Manage relevant sections on our company intranet site & ensure material is up to date (making content & structural changes as required)
- Support the Communications Specialist with communication with front line colleagues including updates on campaigns plus production information
- Understanding the core products and services of your business
- Understanding our innovation process as well as how we work with the category team for forecasting purposes
Requirements
- Matric
- Marketing related Degree
- Putting customers at the heart of what you do
- An ability to gather & make sense of large amounts of information & apply it to making business and customer-focused decisions
- An ability to work successfully in and develop strong relationships with the marketing team plus remote colleagues
- Feeling comfortable in leading projects with a tight deadline & budget focus
- Having good analytical and interpersonal skills
- Having a 'can do' attitude and an ability to think outside the box
- An ability to present information in a format relevant to front line colleagues
- Being highly literate with an eye for design / creativity and paying excellent attention to detail & accuracy
- Being comfortable to make decisions, as well as using your own initiative to deliver projects
- Being able to multi-task and deliver at real pace
- Managing to manage your emotions to remain calm, focused & optimistic while dealing with a number of demands at the same time
- Having an ambition for career progression within marketing
Benefits
- Company contribution to Medical Aid and Pension / Provident Fund
- Opportunity for Growth and Development
