Manager, Stratégie et Planification

Objective Is the joint operational head & lead planner of an assigned account service team. Ensures media plans are in alignment to strategy. Liaises with buying colleagues in the team to ensure effective implementation with strong focus by all on collections. Fully in charge of regular operations and team management.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities As the joint operational head of the AST, is responsible for ensuring all team members meet ALL set targets clients, MPs, KPIs. Ensures all media plans fit agreed strategy, are on budget, error-proof and delivered to clients on time. Leverages experience, knowledge & skill to deliver insights, ideas, & results to assigned clients.

Builds client relationships (with focus on middle to junior executives) to gain strong understanding of business & brands. Supervises the implementation of all approved media plans on assigned businesses. As the joint operational head of the AST, is responsible for ensuring all team members meet ALL set targets – clients, MPs, KPIs.

Ensures all media plans fit agreed strategy, are on budget, error-proof and delivered to clients on time. Leverages experience, knowledge & skill to deliver insights, ideas, & results to assigned clients. Builds client relationships (with focus on middle to junior executives) to gain strong understanding of business & brands.

Supervises the implementation of all approved media plans on assigned businesses. General Duties and Responsibilities Communicates the goals of the organization & AST to all team members to ensure alignment Coaches, supervises and directs the activities of ALL and provides appropriate guidance in the execution of the AST’s agreed work plans and programs Holds weekly meetings (MRM & FFM) to agree teams goals & timelines with reports to the supervising Planning Director & the Managing Director with Director, B&C in copy – not more than 24 hours after meeting Competency Requirement Knowledge Advanced knowledge of planning tools, as well as an in-depth understanding of current media planning practices Thorough understanding of client’s overall business and marketing objectives Strong working knowledge of the media space (including digital media) and available media research, monitoring tools and current developments in the media industry Ability to work well with numbers and statistics.

Strong business management, entrepreneurial and decision making skills Skills Excellent negotiating, bargaining and strong deal-closing skills Strong leadership and people management skills Good supervisory and coaching skills Strong planning and organization skills Behaviours Ability to think strategically and holistically and to appreciate the systematic impact of various policies, issues and solutions Good networking and relationship management skills Ability to delegate Profil Minimum Education and Work Experience Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or any other numerate discipline An MBA or equivalent postgraduate degree is desirable.

Professional Advertising certification – APCON is MANDATORY Seven to eight (7 - 8) years relevant experience of which at least four (4) must have been at a supervisory level