Graduate Marketing Executive at Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited

Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Nigeria, producing and distributing some of the favourite most- loved soft drink brands in the country like; 7up, Pepsi, Mirinda, Mountain Dew, H2oH!, Teem, Lipton Ice Tea and Aquafina premium drinking water.

SBC boasts of nine bottling plants with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities strategically located across various regions in the country.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Marketing Executive

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job type: Full-time

About the Job

• The ideal candidate will be a creative and analytical thinker. They will be able to conduct insightful market research to establish a marketing strategy that will effectively reach the target audience.
• They should be comfortable evaluating the marketing process, and work to critique and improve its outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with marketing teams, the sales department, the finance department, and other departments as needed in relation to marketing activities.
• Understand and monitor the costs of marketing activities
• Coordinate with the teams’ various ad campaigns, events, and other related activities.
• Liaise directly with all external vendors to ensure steady business operations.
• Implement new processes to improve marketing department efficiency and agility, especially with vendor management.
• Maintain knowledge of industry best practices and emerging trends in retail marketing and marketing operations
• Management and tracking of marketing invoices, and tracking of marketing expenses for monthly reconciliation
• Processing of suppliers' payments by liaising with accounts payable
• Reconciliation of vendors' account on a monthly basis.
• Work collaboratively with the marketing team in strategically aligning marketing plans and strategies.
• Manages invoice process with media buying agencies, through media watchdog monitoring reconciliation and reporting and generating media compliance reports for all media types.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing or a related field
• 2 - 3 years of relevant experience
• Strong analytical, communication, time-management, and creativity skills
• Strong ability to focus on customer/market and take initiative Experience with social media.

Functional skills and competencies:

• Proficiency in MS Office
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong multitasking skills.
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• A sound knowledge of Data Protection regulations.
• Ability to prioritize tasks
• Strong organizational skills
• Highly developed attention to detail

How to Apply
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