DME & Opex Analyst
The role will be responsible for
budgetary management of the Franchise DME and Opex spend, administering the MEM
tool & Opex Funds, while ensuring compliance with Company Standard
Practices and Procedures.
Additionally the is expected to be
the Financial Consultant to the marketing teams during negotiations of
contracts to ensure optimization of spend for the Franchise – thus enabling
realization of greater productivity, efficiency and effectiveness of Marketing
and Opex dollars.
Responsibilities
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Compile expected monthly DME expenses
& submit monthly figures to Financial Planning
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Agreed and pre-align with the
Marketing and Commercial teams monthly / quarterly spending.
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Monitor & provide feedback on
financial risk and opportunities regarding DME on monthly basis.
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Requesting and Collating DME budgets
from Marketing associates for in standardized templates by Initiative aligned
with Income statement submissions and planning calendar
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Requesting and Collating OPEX budgets
from Franchise and Department heads
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Set up & Co-ordinate BP Opex
review meetings with FD & Function Managers
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Set up & Co-ordinate BP DME
Alignment meeting for BU
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Upload BP DME & Opex in Financial
system as per submissions and direction by Business Unit leadership within the
stipulated BP financials guideline
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Summarize DME & OPEX by Country
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Provide Feedback to Franchise team on
final approved DME & OPEX growth rates
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Load DME excl. of Hold Back [as per
agreed budgets], in Financial system in a timely manner to ensure projects
began on a timely manner.
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Provide guidance to Finance &
Marketing Managers on how best to optimize on DME Spend
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Implement DME Optimization
initiatives & advice marketing associates on expected benefits utilization
of Legal Entities,
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Centralization of Purchasing, Media
negotiations, Follow up on Bulk Media discounts, Local currency invoicing, etc.
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Implement ROI Pre and Post promotion
tool on Main Campaigns run by the Marketing & Commercial teams
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Effect timely DME freeze & shifts
on directives from BU leadership and approved RFA’s
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DME Productivity – Monthly review of
key DME metrics
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Brand Contribution Report – Monthly
update and Communicate key deviation to finance and marketing teams
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Agency Audits – Follow through on DME
use age feedback with marketing team and have quarterly review on status.
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Media Contracts Review Support –
Together with Media associates provide guidance on the financial aspects of the
contracts for media contract negotiations and follow up on any discounts as
proposed.
Be the Financial consultant relating for Marketing associates on Marketing Expenditure Mgt
Be the Financial consultant relating for Marketing associates on Marketing Expenditure Mgt
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Monthly budget tracking and reporting
by Country and Function
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Pro-actively manage Opex spend by :
Having periodic meetings with function managers and Franchise FD to review
status & suggest remedial actions where needed
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Review of actual Opex charges before
close of month for reasonableness, flag issues for reallocation & follow up
on charges that ought to have been made as per RE.
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Monthly check off that routine
journal has been posted by GFO including Monthly Payroll, T&E, Office
Expenses, etc…
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Supports continuous improvement by
applying/creating/changing processes, systems.
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This role will be responsible for
developing new System Models and Tools to track the performance of key
financial metrics.
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In addition, the role is expected to
provide leadership across the Franchise territories in all aspect of the KO
Opex and DME negotiations.
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This position will require
sophisticated and contemporary information management and superior analytic
skills and expertise. The individual must also possess exceptional
collaboration and organization skills/capabilities; with the ability to
multi-task, set priorities and meet deadlines.
Qualifications
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Type of previous work experience
required: Financial planning, GFO,
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At least 3 to 5 years of Finance
experience in similar roles.
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Minimum education level required to
perform this job – University/Advanced Degree
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Required Certifications: Business
Administration, Economics, Commercial Engineering
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Generate new or unique solutions and
embrace new ideas that help sustain our business (encompassing everything from
continuous improvement to new product and package innovation)
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Develop and leverage relationships
with stakeholders to appropriately stretch and impact the System (Company and
Bottler)
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Deliver results, creating value for our
brands, our System, our customers and key stakeholders
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Inspire people to deliver our mission
and 2020 Vision, demonstrate passion for the business and give people a reason
to believe anything is possible
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Develop self and support others’
development to achieve full potential
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Demonstrates Curiosity. Welcomes
failure as a learning opportunity.
How to Apply
Qualified candidates to apply here
Digital
Marketing Manager
The Franchise Digital Manager leads
the strategic direction, development and implementation of technology driven
i-Marketing activations and implementation, in co-ordination with the Franchise
teams across the territory.
The focus will be to drive innovative
ways to engage our consumers and build digital capabilities in the area of
internal and external operations for all the activated brands with the support
of suppliers (web and content generators) and partners (other technology or
media companies to increase brand connections).
Responsibilities
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Develop, implement and evolve the
digital strategy for the franchise
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Strategic development of i-marketing
initiatives for portfolio of all required brands in ECAF as it forms part of
the Connection
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Planning and Liquid&Linked
content development process.
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Provide thought leadership and
develop strategies, architectures, systems, processes and tools to step-change
our Franchise
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Connections Planning in service of
delivering against stated business goals
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Drive social conversations for real
time marketing to ensure teens recruitment
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The Franchise Digital MM leads the
development of the social connections strategy & echo system that is fully
integrated with Core
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Creative Ideas across
Owned/Earned/Shared/Paid connections to deliver brand objectives while deriving
greater impact from our advertising and integrated communication efforts for
core or development brands
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Strengthen competitive edge and
establish a new marketing model including measurement and analytics
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Provide leadership in building
Franchise capabilities by identifying needs or gaps, creating a plan to close
gaps, and ensuring plan execution to enable game changing marketing by
providing input and needed information.
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Provide social training, competitive
intelligence and market intelligence to increase level of connections/media
expertise in the
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Franchise marketing team.
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Develop and strengthen mobile
marketing and CRM in communication
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Develop relationships and negotiate
with partners and other digital platforms in cooperation with the Franchise and
BU teams
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Identifies and leads strategic
partnerships discussions with the Franchise IMC Manager with social and
technology vendors based on consumer trends
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Multi Agency partners – with
different skill-sets have to be managed and co-ordinated to deliver final
campaign – this will range from Technical, Moderation of content, Creating
Content, Purchasing Connections etc.
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Digital will be integral part to
whole Franchise connection planning and requires strong collaboration with all
Agency partners ans experts to deliver results in communication and business
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Franchise Digital Marketing Manager
will play the role of i-Marketing expertise/consultant within the Franchise,
evaluating and proposing strategic courses of action, solutions on i-Marketing
and defining best business models for the region.
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Required to study benchmark cases and
build clear business recommendations to increase knowledge and to reduce
investment decision risks.
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Job also requires designing and
recommending i-Marketing processes and network routines across Franchise
working alongside the BU team in embedding this collectively across all
territories.
Qualifications
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9 years of relevant work experience
within Digital Environment , marketing or communications or service provider
(digital agency, digital manager of a consumer product company or media group
or technological company).
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Experience in developing online
programs/campaigns (web, mobile, social, search, others).
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Experience in managing internal &
external suppliers and specialized partners in online marketing
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Cross-functional experience in some
of the following areas would be an advantage:
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Operational marketing
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Marketing\brand management
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Indicate the minimum education level
required to perform this job: University/Bachelor’s Degree
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Balances Immediate & Long-Term
Priorities – Meets critical objectives while considering the impact of those
activities on longer-term goals. Translates strategic direction into personal
actions/plans.
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Delivers Results – takes
accountability, ensuring productive, efficient execution against priorities.
Sets ambitious yet realistic goals and removes obstacles to ensure high quality
results.
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Drives Innovative Business
Improvements – Develops ideas and gains others’ commitment. Seizes
opportunities that can deliver the greatest value. Promotes an environment of
creative thinking and Innovation
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Imports and Exports Good Ideas –
Shares and adopts ideas in and outside the Company. Leverages insights to
inform actions or gain support. Embraces change.
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Sets a Winning Example – Demonstrates
integrity, including placing Company interests ahead of personal agendas. Makes
sound decisions and follows-through on them. Demonstrates passion for the
Company and its products
How to Apply
Qualified candidates to apply here