Head of Marketing & Customer Engagement
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Job description
Job Objectives:
- Working with digital and customer engagement teams to drive the delivery of an integrated Marketing &Communications function, role modeling leadership and collaboration across the wider functions within clicks
- Direct, strategise and plan actions that ensure the availability and effectiveness of the Clicks Digital & Customer engagement offering in order to satisfy consumer demands
- Drive the brand marketing calendar with agile marketing to ensure all communications are delivered through the most effective channels, including traditional media, digital media and personalization
- Accountable for the brand advertising CI, including approval of all brand advertising and messaging to ensure compliance to customer market dynamics and diversity and inclusivity.
- Drive best in class customer experience across the multiple touch points including effective call centre management
- To co-create the Clicks strategic agenda and support the delivery of a compelling and sustainable brand proposition by contributing effectively across functions as an executive team member.
- To maximise coverage of the brand within appropriate formats in order to retain and gain market share through the implementation of effective productivity strategies
- Drive delivery of budgeted sales, profit, margin and other income as well as efficiently manage in order to achieve an effective ROAM
- To ensure effective people management and development in order to build capability to meet current and future business needs and support the delivery of the brand Transformation Roadmap.
- Deliver new digital products and enhancements to existing products to achieve improvements in online and offline customer journeys, driving a step change in the technology and data that underpins the experience
- Drive a step change in digital analytics, measuring and monitoring the effectiveness of our websites and promoting data driven enhancements
- Digital optimisation by leading optimisation initiatives to optimize site performance based on performance analysis, AB tests and latest competitor and industry developments
- Lead on change delivery for Marketing, developing process that ensure good governance, effective resourcing, realization of return on investment / benefits
Knowledge:
- Extensive industry knowledge and contacts– stays abreast of industry and market trends
- Understanding Internal Business Environment
- Consumer and data insights
- A deep understanding of the role content plays in creating experiences and is expert in identifying, developing/sourcing and curating content of all types
- Customer Servicing Model/ Customer Relations Management
- Excellent understanding of digital technologies and identifying, sourcing and delivering new technologies to improve customer experience and drive growth
- Loyalty Programmes to maximise sales
- Understanding of Marketing Research Technologies and Principles
- Business Acumen
- Strategic Planning
- People Management
- High level verbal and written communication
Skills:
· Leadership and coaching skills
· Customer-centred approach
· Judgment and decision-making
· Planning and organising skills with a strong attention to detail
· The ability to drive wide-ranging change initiatives in a consistent manner
· Presentation Skills
Competencies:
Essential:
· Planning and Organising
· Creating and Conceptualising
· Presenting and Communicating Information
· Deciding and Initiating Action
Desirable:
· Adhering to Principles and Values
· Persuading and Influencing
· Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations
· Adapting and Responding to Change
Minimum requirements
Experience:
Essential:
- 13-15 Years’ senior management experience of planning and delivering large scale digital change initiatives with a leading consumer facing brand
- Experience of providing digital channel management
Desirable
- 5 years +Experience in a Pharmacy Wholesale/Retail environment or Experience in FMCG environment or Experience in Franchising environment or Experience in General Management
Education:
- Essential: Bachelor’s Degree
- Desirable: MBA or similar post graduate qualification