Marketing & Communications Specialist needed at Sandvik

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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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