Marketing Manager

• Lead the ESSA Marketing Services Hub, providing management to a 10+ member team
• Provide management of Digital assets
• Foster an environment of collaboration across the hubs, the BU category organization and the category leadership by working with key stakeholders
• This role will lead the A&M Procurement agenda
• Develop and maintain preferred supplier lists approved by the category leads and updated annually; socialize the use of the list by brand teams & track adherence
• Support brand teams in agency negotiations & Ensure all commercial agreements with agencies have clear Scope of Work polupated
• Partner with brand teams & legal to lead contracts with agency partners – ensure performance management KPIs are embedded into the agency contract and linked to agency compensation
• Partner with brand marketing and finance teams in the tracking & reporting of working / non-working A&M in achieving set % working A&M targets
• Drive increased visibility for A&M (PEP, STB, Unilateral, Co-op, JV, etc.), parts of which are not currently captured by financial A&M reports

• Minimum 8 years experience in marketing procurement or 6 years of agency finance experience in a mainline agency in the market, ideally within the Digital space
• Significant experience with agency negotiations either at the agency end or at a marketer
• Experience using best-in-class sourcing strategies for marketing spends specifically supplier evaluation, selection, performance reporting, contract negotiations, price inflation management & savings metrics is preferred
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Good communication skills and proficiency in English
• Strong leadership and people development capabilities
• Highly collaborative – works well with others, including Marketing services teams, internal marketing stakeholders and external suppliers, to deliver results
• Highly organized and responsive
• High integrity – won’t compromise on values to get results