Marketing Coordinator - with a billion dollar co in middleeast

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Job Title: Marketing Coordinator
Reports to: Country Head – Commercial and Marketing
Department: Commercial

Function: Country Management

Job Purpose
 To coordinate, manage and implement company marketing activities at the country level

ensuring timely activation and updates to management regarding progress.

Key Accountabilities:
 Assisting the Country Head – Commercial and Marketing in the development of the annual
marketing plan.
 Developing the events timeline and milestones for achieving program launches.
 Keeping track of the marketing budget, monitoring for over spend and informing the Country Head
– Commercial and Marketing of variances.
 Assisting the designers with the layout of promotional collateral.
 Coordinating with the Commercial team on an on-going basis ensuring that all information required
for artwork production is secured on time and sent to print house.
 Receiving back the first proof and proof reading for errors and omissions before passing to Country
Head – Commercial and Marketing for final approval.
 Ensuring that printing is completed on time and documents are handed to distributors
 Follow up of the distribution process
 Ensuring stores are sent details of promotional activity on a timely basis
 Monitoring product availability before and during the activity picking up shortfalls and passing
information to relevant personnel to rectify zero stocks
 Performing random checks at the beginning of the activity to ensure compliance of product
placement and availability.
 At end of promotion performing sales, margin and participation analysis and giving summary and
details to Country Head - Commercial and Marketing
 Maintaining a database record of competitor activity noting key details including number of pages,

promotion dates, number of articles per category and price comparisons on internal KVI’s.

Major Interactions
Internal Category Managers
Store Managers
Corporate Marketing
External Marketing Agency

Distribution Agency

Qualifications & Experience
 Education in Business Administration, Management, Sales or Marketing
 Certifications in Marketing an advantage
 5 years+ experience in the food retail industry preferably in the GCC region
 Technologically savvy with proficiency in typical PC software and web based applications (i.e. MS

Office Suite especially Excel & Word)

What are you responsible to achieve

 Delivering the marketing plan milestones on time and within budgetary constraints

Competencies and Capabilities
 Excellent negotiating and communication skills
 Culturally sensitive with good people & networking skills
 Intrapreneurial thinking
 Analytical mind and number oriented
 Very well organized and diligent
 Ability to multi-task and deliver results in challenging environment
 Ability to take ownership and drive processes
 Self-motivated and proactive
 Understanding of sustainability, risk management and ethical issues in the business especially

pertaining to images used in print media