Category and Retail Specialist

The South African Breweries SAB · Gauteng

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Key Roles and Responsibilities

Have a deep understanding of the eRetail landscape in South Africa. Having the ability to apply trade knowledge to build annual eRetail plans underpinned by the broader SAB commercial strategy.
Build reporting and social systems internally

Manage eRetail accounts directly with relevant eRetail partners, specifically but not limited to:

Sixty60
Pick n Pay ASAP
Spar2U
Takealot
Amazon
Support the building commercial trading terms and schemes by supplying data, reports and insights from Market share, shopper insights and webscraping
Interplay with Retail Key Account Managers to ensure that the eRetail promotions supports the brick and mortar strategy
Build commercial working relationships with all eRetail partners
Candidate will be accountable for Global reporting with he eRetail manager
Critical to the role is integrating internally with Innovations and Marketing departments to ensure NPDs and brand campaigns come to life in the channel
Sharing Market Share insights with key stakeholders:
Monthly insight sessions with Omni Channel KAM's and Brands to deep dive for insights and trends.
The management of SILO to ensure SAB Brands show up in the best possible way in the market.

A 3-year qualification B degree in Marketing/Sales
Operationally strong with a proven track record in the Off Premise sales environment in SAB
Analytical skills and ability to derive insights from data
Attention to detail with strong processes and customer service ethic
Product knowledge and strong collaboration capability within SAB and with customers
High computer literacy, especially Excel and PowerPoint
Systems literacy, including SAP, SI and PowerBi
Customer service mentality with a strong bias towards tactical opportunities
Ability to work independently and to drive and implement national strategies in the eRetail partners he/she is responsible for
Must be able to make decisions quickly and effectively within guardrails provided