Manager, Stratégie et Planification

• As the joint operational head of the AST, is responsible for ensuring all team members meet ALL set targets clients, MPs, KPIs.
  
•   Ensures all media plans fit agreed strategy, are on budget, error-proof and delivered to clients on time.
  
•   Leverages experience, knowledge & skill to deliver insights, ideas, & results to assigned clients.
  
•   Builds client relationships (with focus on middle to junior executives) to gain strong understanding of business & brands.
  
•   Supervises the implementation of all approved media plans on assigned businesses.
  
•   As the joint operational head of the AST, is responsible for ensuring all team members meet ALL set targets – clients, MPs, KPIs.
  
• Ensures all media plans fit agreed strategy, are on budget, error-proof and delivered to clients on time.
  
•  Leverages experience, knowledge & skill to deliver insights, ideas, & results to assigned clients.
  
•  Builds client relationships (with focus on middle to junior executives) to gain strong understanding of business & brands.
  
• Supervises the implementation of all approved media plans on assigned businesses.
  

• Communicates the goals of the organization & AST to all team members to ensure alignment
  
•  Coaches, supervises and directs the activities of ALL and provides appropriate guidance in the execution of the AST’s agreed work plans and programs
  
• Holds weekly meetings (MRM & FFM) to agree teams goals & timelines with reports to the supervising Planning Director & the Managing Director with Director, B&C in copy – not more than 24 hours after meeting

Competency Requirement

Knowledge

• Advanced knowledge of planning tools, as well as an in-depth understanding of current media planning practices
• Thorough understanding of client’s overall business and marketing objectives
•  Strong working knowledge of the media space (including digital media) and available media research, monitoring tools and current developments in the media industry
• Ability to work well with numbers and statistics.
•   Strong business management, entrepreneurial and decision making skills

Skills

• Excellent negotiating, bargaining and strong deal-closing skills
•   Strong leadership and people management skills
• Good supervisory and coaching skills
• Strong planning and organization skills

Behaviours

•   Ability to think strategically and holistically and to appreciate the systematic impact of various policies, issues and solutions
•   Good networking and relationship management skills
• Ability to delegate

Profil

Minimum Education and Work Experience

•   Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or any other numerate discipline
• An MBA or equivalent postgraduate degree is desirable.
•  Professional Advertising certification – APCON is MANDATORY
• Seven to eight (7 – 8) years relevant experience of which at least four (4) must have been at a supervisory level