Account Manager Yuppiechef

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Job Description

Job Category: Marketing
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Who we are and who we're looking for
Yuppiechef is South Africa's premier kitchen and homeware store. Based in Westlake, Cape Town, with 23 retail stores across South Africa, we see ourselves as helping people find more moments of joy in their homes - through products that make daily life more comfortable, more innovative and more beautiful. And we do it through our omnichannel shopping experience, providing our world-class service to our customers both in our stores and online.
The success of our product range depends upon us building strong, trusting and mutually beneficial relationships with our suppliers, and maximising the value that our owned channels can create for us and them.
We're looking for an Account Manager who proposes the right campaigns for the right supplier, and collaborates with the Buying, Planning and Marketing teams to bring their campaigns to life.
Responsibilities:
What your role looks like
The Account Manager role focuses on maximising supplier marketing income. Trusting and mutually beneficial relationships need to be built and maintained with key, investing suppliers, supported by campaigns that effectively meet their objectives. Practically, this looks like:

  • Sales of advertising packages: Helping co-ordinate the annual rate card, working with Buyers to target potential investing suppliers, and proposing effective campaign plans.
  • Relationship management: Representing Yuppiechef Marketing professionally to supplier partners, and managing expectations clearly and positively.
  • Campaign management: Engaging with suppliers to clarify their objectives, and then crafting creative briefs and collaborating within the Marketing team (Creative, Paid Media, Social Media, Production) and Visual Merchandising and Store teams to oversee and approve campaign roll-outs
  • Reporting and feedback: Optimising reporting templates, sourcing and analysing data vs KPIs, and developing narratives for sharing results
Who you'll be working with
You will be working in close collaboration with the broader Marketing, Creative, and Merchandising teams (including Buying & Planning). You will also interact with the Tech, Finance, and Store Operations teams. We work hard, communicate openly, moving on ideas quickly, keeping to deadlines.
Qualifications:
What experience and skills you need for the role
  • Qualifications:
  • Required: A Marketing-related tertiary qualification
  • Experience:
  • Required: 2-3 years' experienc e in a similar role.
  • Client account management within an agency environment, ideally on retail accounts
  • Briefing and approval of creative campaigns
  • Social media affinity
  • Familiarity with marketing and ecommerce metrics and reporting/data analytics
  • Beneficial knowledge: Google Analytics, omnichannel retail
  • Personal skills:
  • Excellent verbal and written skills (English)
  • An ability to manage your own time and deliverables
  • Resilient to changes in workload and shifting priorities
Who you are
Besides having the necessary talent and experience for the role, we're looking for someone who is eager to learn, self-driven, and detail-oriented. You communicate well, work effectively both independently and in a team, and enjoy sharpening your account management and marketing skills.
People would describe you as:
  • A great communicator
  • Efficient
  • Creative
  • Engaging
  • Analytical
Environment, gear, pay and benefits
Environment:
  • We spend three days of the week working together in our office in Westlake, Cape Town, and have two work-from-home days
  • On the days you work from home or remotely, taking your Mac Airbook with you, and will need your own stable, high-speed internet connection and a suitable workspace setup
  • When you're in the office, you'll find...
  • A communal kitchen with some pretty neat tools that we sell
  • A fully-stocked coffee station where you can hone your barista skills
  • Free parking
What are the pay and benefits?
  • A collaborative, inclusive work environment
  • Total Cost to Company (CTC) package, including: Medical Aid contributions with Discovery, Life, Death & Disability cover, Retirement Annuity, Employee Assistance programme
  • Quarterly bonuses that scale with your service years, based on the company's performance, starting from after a year's employment
  • 17 days annual leave, increasing to 20 days with length of service
  • Half-day Fridays once a month
  • Staff discount on all products from Yuppiechef and other Mr Price Group retail brands
Mr Price Group Limited is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to Employment Equity.

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD1549873
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  • Education
    Not mentioned