Website: Website https://www.pernod-ricard.com/

  • Trade Marketing Coordinator

    Trade Marketing Coordinator

    The Trade Marketing Coordinator is responsible for executing trade marketing plans and campaigns to drive sales and promote the company’s products and brands in the Kenyan market. This includes working with retailers, wholesalers, and distributors to marketing strategies, promotions, and events. The Trade Marketing Coordinator also plays a key role in managing the company’s trade (A&P) budget and ensuring that trade marketing campaigns are aligned with the overall sales and marketing strategy.

    Key Responsibilities

    Channel Customer Marketing strategies aligned with brand planning deliver PRA’s commercial goals

    Contribute to development of Customer Marketing strategies
    Implement parts of Customer Marketing strategies
    Assist in Evaluation Customer Marketing strategies
    Trade marketing calendar management and execution

    Productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders maintained

    Coordinate with sales, operations and finance
    Agency selection, training and management
    On Trade account activation liaison

    Finance budget managed effectively

    Manage costs against approved budget
    Trade marketing budget tracking and reporting
    PO to Payment process management

    Regional events, activations and promotions raise the profile of key brands

    Plan regional events
    Planning to execution of all brand activations
    Oversee the execution of brand events
    Conduct post-event analysis with Area Manager
    Event and activation reporting

    Administrative Duties

    Draw up event/promotion-specific briefs and budgets.
    Manage and update a POS database and stock control – General supervision of the marketing store.
    Compile, facilitate processing and filing of pre & Post-event documents e.g. quotations, buyer requisitions, LPOs, deliveries , invoices e.t.c
    Ensure cordial relationships with service providers / suppliers.

    Industry knowledge and experience:

    Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
    Two (2) years’ experience in events and/or marketing
    Budget management
    Data analysis
    A valid driver’s license.
    Willingness and ability to work in the evenings, nights, and week-ends when necessary

    Soft Skills:

    Verbal and written communication skills.
    Strong influencing and negotiation skills
    Excellent planning and organising skills.
    Strong IT skills (Microsoft Office, especially Excel)
    Ability to work under pressure
    Results orientated and innovative thinker
    Relationship building
    Teamwork

    Apply via :

    pernodricard.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com

  • Accountant 

Demand Planner

    Accountant Demand Planner

    Key Responsibilities
    Financial Reporting

    Reviewing monthly supplier and customer reconciliations.
    Reviewing ERP master data forms for customers for accuracy.
    Ensuring monthly bank statement review, approval and filing.
    Performing monthly intercompany reconciliations.

    Best – Practice Accounting procedures followed.

    Reviewing and approving Journal entries before posting to General Ledger.
    Preparing and reviewing monthly accruals are prepared and reviewed prior to posting in ERP
    Executing Month end and period-end tasks and activities (Balance Revaluation, FX adjustments in ERP, Period end close in ERP, Monthly and periodic physical count and verification (stocks and fixed assets)
    Ensuring all fixed assets are properly recorded and maintained in ERP
    Processing International Financial Reporting Standards adjustments to fixed assets bi-annually
    Ensuring all fixed assets acquisitions are properly authorized by the responsible office.
    Preparing annual Capex budget in consultation with Managing Director and the responsible office.
    Ensuring that cash flow forecasts are prepared monthly and weekly CICO
    Ensuring the Group’s “cash toolkit” is being competently managed and suggested improvements given to Financial Controller
    Analyzing insurance needs to cover assets & events leading to financial loss
    Advising insurers advised of changes that may affect risk
    Ensuring all bank and petty cash accounts are reconciled monthly to ensure accuracy
    Ensuring all payroll inter-company charges are processed in ERP
    Working in conjunction with business analysts during budget and LEs
    Submitting budget data into Prisma

    Tax Management and Reporting

    Preparing monthly reporting for Tax submissions.
    Ensuring data submission of monthly reporting for Pernod Ricard Eastern Africa to relevant market tax portals and sites.
    Overseeing reconciliation of PRK accounts with KRA records and accounts.
    Ensuring that all tax obligations are met; Tax (Excise, VAT, CIT), Payroll, payments to group companies, and foreign exchange contract commitments
    Ensuring that all intercompany payment obligations are met including interest payments, capital repayments, and BO invoices.
    Assisting in preparing all tax returns for PRK in collaboration with the Financial Controller, auditors, and tax advisors
    Ensuring that half-yearly and annual tax calculations prepared are submitted timeously
    Ensuring that statutory returns are submitted timeously and reconciled periodically.

    Internal Control Responsibilities.

    Adhering to all the internal control procedures of Pernod Ricard Eastern Africa
    Ensuring Internal controls are updated annually in compliance with Group requirements
    Ensuring the integrity of the master database for suppliers and customers
    Assisting the Financial Controller in risk mapping every two years
    Giving recommendations to Financial Controller on the improvement of processes and controls.

    Stakeholders’ Relations

    Developing a collaborative relationship with internal stakeholders through cultivating an excellent transparent working relationship across PRG departments and with SSA senior finance team
    Collaborating with external stakeholders by ensuring ongoing communication with auditors, external advisors, company secretaries, banks, and other service providers as required.
    Liaising with government departments on statutory compliance issues as required

    Requirements

    Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or another relevant field
    Four (4) years experience in Finance. Audit experience is an added advantage.
    Experience in the FMCG industry in Commercial Finance or Business Planning Analysis is preferred
    CPA or ACCA Qualification required
    Experience in working with multiple functions within an organization (e.g. Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain)
    Advanced Microsoft Excel experience
    Ability to work autonomously with little supervision
    Ability to work within a team
    Verbal and written communication skills
    Decisive and accurate
    Ability to work under pressure and adept in prioritization

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    If you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Accountant) to jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke by 15th January 2023

    Apply via :

    jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke

  • Trade Marketing Manager, East Africa (Nairobi)

    Trade Marketing Manager, East Africa (Nairobi)

    DETAILED TASKS

    Customer Marketing strategies

    Annual Customer Marketing Plans for key brands developed
    Identifying Target customers
    Aligning customer Marketing Plans aligned with brand and commercial objectives and account plans
    Developing Channel and sub-channel strategies

    Implement parts of Customer Marketing strategies

    Implementing annual customer marketing plans for each brand
    Developing Sales support presentations developed
    Defining and Implementing a POS plan
    Developing Customer Marketing promotional calendar developed
    Managing sponsorships and their execution in co-ordination with Brand Managers and Brand Ambassadors.
    Communicating brand standards, plans, strategy, and marketing programs to key stakeholders (internal & external)

    Evaluation of Customer Marketing strategies

    Evaluating Annual Customer Marketing Plans for each brand for effectiveness
    Tracking and recording Customer Marketing activities
    Making recommendations for future Customer Marketing Plans

    Coordinate with Marketing and Sales

    Making Internal stakeholders aware of Customer Marketing activities
    Facilitating proper flow of information between Marketing and Sales departments

    Collaborate with external agencies

     Giving external agencies necessary support to deliver project objectives
    Giving input in briefs to Agencies for promotions in the On/Off Trade
    Effectively managing the merchandising team along with the Modern Trade Manager.

    KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED

    Technical & Management Skills:

    Sense of business and strategic agility
    Balanced capabilities with regard to understanding brand strategies with a sales translation
    Advanced financial aptitude and familiarity with cost-benefit analysis
    Understanding of tracking metrics to evaluate marketing effectiveness
    High computer literacy: reporting and presentations with fluent use and application of spreadsheet and database programs i.e. Excel or Access
    Building effective relationships across the organization and with key stakeholders
    Ability to navigate in an amorphous environment
    Exceptional verbal, written and presentation skills

    Personal & interpersonal skills:

    Self-motivated and passionate about brand development
    Outgoing with excellent people skills
    Action-oriented with an inherent drive for results
    Highly creative with ability to learn fast

    EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

    Business Administration, Marketing or similar business degree.
    Min 5yrs experience in consumer products marketing and/or sales with significant exposure to brand building activity
    Strong sensitivity to the luxury or premium goods universe

    Apply via :

    pernodricard.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com