Marketing & Communications Specialist needed at Sandvik
Job title : Marketing & Communications Specialist
Job Location : Gauteng,
Deadline : April 14, 2025
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Purpose of the role:
- To provide proactive management of the marketing and communications activities in accordance with the Sandvik business model.
- The role will help oversee the development and execution of Divisional and Sales area marketing strategies, develop business and communication strategies for different channels and stakeholders both internally and externally
- In addition, this role will be the Executive Assistant to the Executive Team (Directors/Senior Management) providing administrative support and office admin support which includes the travel system platform
The job responsibilities:
- Develop, implement and track marketing initiatives
- Collaborate with other internal teams (eg. product & sales) to develop and monitor the marketing initiatives for the Africa territories, including an establish event/marketing plan inline with the budget
- Monitoring & reporting of marketing spend in accordance with annual budget
- Liasing with the other African country marketing teams for SRP marketing initiatives
- Working with the appointed external marketing service provider to develop and agree the annual budget and external marketing publications, liasing with the VP and then the internal content providers.
- Conduct market research and analyse trends to identify new marketing initiatives
- Support with the development of marketing materials and liasing with the global teams (marketing & product) to ensure the sales area have the relevant marketing materials
- Organizing & coordinating the marketing events/shows/trade shows
- Working with global marketing team to promote Africa content & stories via the SRP LinkedIn page and other social media
- Driving NPS initiatives utilizing the CRM accounts and coordinating efforts to increase NPS response rate and improvements in NPS rates feedback
- Other CRM initiatives
COMMUNICATIONS & INTERNAL
- Responsible for drafting and distributing internal communications to the relevant stakeholders via the SRP Africa communication channels
- Liasing with managers to agree content to ensure organization is well informed on changes and other important organizational information and establishment and execution of annual communications calendar & internal events.
- Set up and administrative support for internal communication webinars
- Developing and preparing the material for the internal communications webinars etc liasing with sales area key stakeholders
- Suggest and develop internal communication plans & communication models to ensure improved and effective internal communications to employees
- Ensuring branding of office locations & employees is in line with Sandvik brand guidelines
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT/OFFICE ADMIN
- Providing proactive & organized support to the Managing Directors and the senior executive team
- Assisting with managing schedules, coordinating meetings/events & communication with internal and external stakeholders and a variety of other administrative tasks (eg expense claims) for the executive team
- Planning & coordinating management team events including off-site strategy events
- Coordinating & preparing materials for meetings
- Supporting with board meetings or other key meeting preparations
- Booking travel & coordinating travel arrangements for the executive team
- Travel system – key user – providing adhoc support to travelers on using the travel system etc
Office admin:
- ensuring boardrooms and common areas/coffee areas have a professional & well-maintained appearance and function and are neat & tidy
- support for office-based events and meetings
- ensuring office supplies adequately distributed and managed – liasing with procurement as is necessary
Qualifications & Experience Requirements
- Bachelor Degree in Marketing or Communication or Business Administration would be preferable
- However other relevant qualifications, eg Diploma, Certificate in Marketing, Communications will also be considered combined with experience & other assessed capabilities
- Minimum 2 years corporate working experience in a similar role in marketing & communications
Other Requirements & Competencies
- Proactive, organized & takes initiative
- Advanced communication & presentation skills
- Excellent written communication skills
- Excellent time management skills and deadline driven
- Computer Literacy – MS Office – highly proficiently
- Handling information with sensitivity & confidential information
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to multitask & prioritize tasks effectively
- Project management skills
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and independently
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