Who are we : A young, dynamic, leading South African online retailer.
Who are we looking for : Key Account Manager - Advertising
What will you do:
· Developing and managing long-term partnerships with key advertising agencies
- Educating advertising agencies on the advertising proposition
- Create advertising proposals to drive strategic objectives
- Drive more revenue spend from advertising agencies by adding value and insights
- Work collaboratively with other teams in the organisation to deliver strategic campaigns
- Provide insightful reporting to agencies with suggestions for future campaigns
- Achieve and exceed advertising revenue targets
- Identify opportunities to improve the experience of the agencies
What will you need
· Solid network of Advertising Agency contacts
- Experience working with Ad Agencies and Media Agencies in South Africa
- Excellent presentation skills
- Ability to translate advertiser strategy into advertising plans to meet expectations
- Proven track record of consistently hitting goals and targets
- Competence in Excel, PowerPoint and Google Workspace
- Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma
- If the degree/diploma qualification requirement isn’t met, 5+ years of account manager experience selling and actively pitching to media agencies
- 5 to 7 years minimum (at least 3 years key account experience)
Skills, knowledge and abilities:
· Account Management experience
- Strong knowledge of the Digital Advertising & e-commerce landscape
- Excellent communication and presentation skills (Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail and follow-through
- Enthusiasm for being a part of an entrepreneurial, start-up environment
- Ability to collaborate effectively with team members within the organisation
- Ability to work independently to achieve sales targets
- Ability to identify key advertising sales opportunities and translate these into implementable solutions and action plans
- Ability to manage and influence teams across various business units
The Environment :
We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
· We are short on ego and high on output
· We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all
· We love what we do and what we are creating
We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who
· is forthright but respectful
· is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute
· is analytical, able to use data to make decisions
· is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours
· is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience
· is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster
· is able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input
· is curious and challenge the status quo
· is innovative and enjoys iteration
· is collaborative
· will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com.
· thinks like an owner of the business.
· is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING
