Pillar Marketing Lead Job in Johannesburg
Job Description
Pillar Marketing Lead Job. To provide strategic partnership to Pillar EXCO, relevant Business Unit EXCOs, and Segment Marketing EXCO by assessing business needs, offering solutions, advising, and directing the development and execution of marketing strategies and plans in line with the business strategic direction through the marketing value chain.
Responsibilities of Pillar Marketing Lead Job
- Develop and ensure execution of integrated financial strategies to maximize growth across business areas.
- Develop integrated frameworks, guidelines, and optimization plans to drive profitability and economic value-add.
- Ensure financial strategies and processes are consistent with the objectives of the Group.
- Create professional forums where financial health can be tracked and analyzed at the board level.
- Balance immediate value against long-term sustainability and local and global considerations.
- Engage with relevant leaders to collaterally and proactively manage the requirements of relevant functions or business.
- Actively seek and contribute to diverse opinions.
- Drive strategic relationships to collaterally make sense of the ambiguity and uncertainty inherent to the organization.
- Balance interests of a variety of clients, readily readjusting priorities to respond to pressing and changing client demands.
- Ensure compliance is adopted in terms of systems and procedures as laid out by the Group.
- Design and implement a control framework to ensure the integrity of operations and practices.
- Anticipate and apply policies/procedures to manage and control both financial and non-financial risks.
- Ensure compliance with audit requirements.
- Investigate and implement measures to correct audit findings.
- Provide thought leadership and expertise.
- Ensure that sales strategies are aligned across customer value propositions.
- Actively pursue opportunities that may increase revenue.
- Ensure alignment of team and individual performance objectives to relevant business area objectives.
- Drive and monitor corrective actions to ensure maximization of team performance.
- Drive performance management processes within agreed timelines.
- Drive Talent Management practices in the area of accountability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business administration, communications, or a related field.
- Proven experience in marketing roles, with a focus on strategic planning and campaign management.
- Strong understanding of marketing principles, strategies, and techniques.
- Experience leading and managing a team of marketing professionals.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments.
- Proficiency in market research, consumer behavior analysis, and competitive analysis.
- Ability to develop and execute comprehensive marketing strategies aligned with organizational goals.
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Creative thinking and innovation in developing impactful marketing campaigns and initiatives.
- Familiarity with digital marketing channels, including social media, email marketing, and content marketing.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and metrics to measure the effectiveness of marketing efforts.
- Knowledge of industry trends and best practices in marketing and branding.
- Ability to adapt to changing market conditions and pivot strategies as needed to achieve desired outcomes.