Corporate Marketing Manager

 

Recruiter:

Career-seekers Recruitment Solutions

Job Ref:

20210518

Date posted:

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Location:

Durban, South Africa

Salary:

R700K - R750K pa CTC


SUMMARY:
Excellent Equal Opportunity for a Corporate Marketing Manager, Manufacturing Industry, Durban, KZN (R700K -R 750K pa CTC)

POSITION INFO:

Our Client, a well-established and highly prestigious South African Manufacturer in the technical textiles industry is seeking to URGENTLY appoint a dynamic Corporate Marketing Manager (with B2B experience) to be based in their Pinetown, Durban Head Office.


MAIN PURPOSE FOR THE ROLE:

  • Report into the Group Marketing Manager
  • Prove to be a commercially astute and creative Corporate Marketing Manager with B2B experience – This is ESSENTIAL.
  • Play a pivotal role in laying the marketing and communications foundation that will support our ongoing business growth and strategic priorities.
  • Lead the development and drive the implementation of an integrated marketing and communications program that addresses the needs of diverse audiences, both internal and external.
  • Prove to be passionate about the disciplines of marketing and communications within a fast-growing B2B environment.

MINIMUM KEY COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS:     

  • Minimum 10 to 12 years’ experience working in a corporate or agency environment. B2B experience is essential and non negotiable.
  • Proven track record in developing and implementing B2B & corporate marketing communication plans that utilize a broad marketing mix and cater to diverse audience groups.
  • Tertiary qualification in business, communications or marketing.
  • Commercially astute, analytical and experienced in a range of traditional and digital marketing tactics.
  • Solid understanding B2B marketing principles.
  • Excellent communicator: You will represent our business to the highest standards – through your interpersonal engagements (you are a consummate professional) as well as your work (your attention to detail is meticulous).
  • Self-starter: You are accountable, manage your own outputs and can work independently or as part of a team.
  • Problem solver, dealmaker and negotiator.
  • Ability to think on your feet and change your approach mid-air, if required.
  • Delivery-focused: thinking only about “big ideas”, you also implement them, to the highest standards. Hungry to learn: We support a culture of continuous learning and development encourage all team member to own, map and manage their career development paths.   

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Work closely with the Head of Marketing to translate the business strategy and objectives into a sound, measurable and creative corporate marketing communications plan.
  • Brand positioning and proposition development: Ensure that the business is optimally positioned to be brand of choice and translate our brand position into a meaningful proposition.
  • Custodian of brand: The Corporate Marketing Manager embraces the brand to ensure consistent and positive profiling of the business across channels. This entails working with
  • a diverse set of stakeholders – from media to industry associations to influencers and government – to ensure that we are positioned as a credible thought leader.
  • Demand generation: Collaborate with the brand marketing and sales teams to develop group-led demand generation campaigns with measurable impact. Ensure that campaigns are aligned to and optimized for the different stages of the customer buying journey.
  • Customer/channel marketing: Selling via an indirect channel, distributors form a critical component of our business. Develop and own a comprehensive customer/channel marketing program to ensure that customers are informed, educated and engaged. This includes oversight and coordination of the distributor co-marketing program.
  • End-user marketing: Utilize and optimize the full spectrum of available tactics (including events and trade shows, digital and PR) to maintain end-user awareness, educate and drive demand.
  • Internal communications: Collaborate with Human Resources to develop a considered internal communications plan that cascades our business vision, performance, updates and developments to a diverse and geographically distributed workforce.
  • Implementation/execution: This role is both hands-on and strategic and requires close collaboration with internal teams as well as external agency partners to ensure the flawless execution of marketing plans.
  • Marketing finance management: As a budget owner, you will be required to meet KPIs such as budget utilization, cost control, supplier spend and return on investment.
  • Manage planning inputs of Sales orders, OEM Forecast & Strategic build plans.

APPLY NOW !

PLEASE NOTE:

  • Closing date for applications is 28th May 2021
  • Willingness to relocate Nationally.
  • ONLY apply if you have the B2B and 10 plus years of experience.
  • Should you not receive our relayed invitation for an interview with the client within two weeks of the closing date, please accept that your application has not been unsuccessful.
  • The client reserves the right to make an appointment aligned to their Resource Requirement Plan.
  • The client reserves the right not to make an appointment.  

SHOULD THIS OPPORTUNITY NOT BE SUITED TO YOU, KINDLY FORWARD IT TO A FRIEND.


 



 

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