You've picked a great time to join Avon. We're looking forward to the next chapter in our company's amazing story, and are looking for passionate people to join the team. If you'd like to become an Avon associate, this is your time!
Role Type
Permanent
What you'll be doing:
To Support the Senior Specialist and developers with the South African sales and marketing activation programmes on quarterly and campaign activations. This role will also provide logistical support across the whole activation team, including financial & Legal, tracking of activations on a monthly basis and the full responsibility of brochure launches to field.
Key responsibilities:
Work in partnership with the Senior Specialist and Developers to develop quarterly activation plans
Liaise with matrix partners to inform and ensure all activation plans are aligned across the business
Maintain an up to date review of activation success to help in planning
Ensure that the activation RACI & Calendar is regularly updated
Responsible for the monthly brochure launch for both Avon and Justine. Brochure Launch/Content – Sourcing product imagery for presentations from Production, samples for Activation update meetings, and any other content required to share activation plans with the wider business. Creating annual schedule for Activations and working with the Developers to keep this updated.
Responsible for the monthly implementation of Avon TV
Responsible for gathering feedback from the field on key activations and future opportunities, including presenting findings back to the activation team
Create detailed implementation plans for each activation and ensure all stakeholders are informed
Ensure all plans are aligned to field & marketing strategies, sales training and sales support
Ensure monthly trackers are updated and sent to the relevant stakeholders
Raising PO’s through Ariba for activation incentives/strategies
Dealing with the relevant suppliers/vendors to source the correct goods at competitive quotes
Work in partnership with sourcing and ensure that sourcing of all solutions are done in accordance with the indirect sourcing policies
Only use vendors that are approved and contracted in accordance to the policies
Updating the activation developers on all underspend/overspend
Working with Analytics and finance to form ROI business cases for key activations supporting the senior activations manager and developers.
Ensure all T’s & C’s for each activation is submitted timeously to legal for each activation
Arranging special payment requests if necessary
Arranging new suppliers are set up including signed contracts and legal checks
Tracking product supply, financial impact and operational progress and troubleshooting any issues that may arise
Assist with activation events at head office
Support at activation and field events throughout the year
Assist with the activation inventory
We'd love you to have:
- Matric and/or degree education
- Minimum of 2 years in house experience
- Field experience and knowledge is ideal
- Must be proficient in , word, excel and PowerPoint and comfortable learning new systems
What we offer:
Avon is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our priority is finding the best people for the job, regardless of sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, beliefs, religion, whether you're about to have a baby or are planning to have one. We're all about our people, and that's why we think we're one of the best companies to work for in the world!
