Senior Media Buyer

2 months ago


Cape Town, South Africa Dentsu Full time

Responsible for the effective media buying of an account encompassing buying, negotiating, administration and budget control as well as evaluation, actualization and monitoring of activity which has been booked. Buyers are expected to work closely with the media and finance team and provide strong support. Our media buyers understand that they are accountable for a large sum of money and act responsibly.

Job Description:
Key responsibilities:

- Approved schedules are only to be booked post approval from the Investment team (no approval - no booking - no PO - no booking)
- Ensure all media is secured and booked with the media partner/ Salesnet timeously - issue CI’s and sign IO’s & contracts
- Check that all contracts match the media schedule.
- Develop and create chase lists and share with relevant stakeholders
- Chase and ensure creative material and flighting codes are received timeously.
- Share flighting codes and creative material delivery report with relevant partners
- Notify media planner of any changes requires timeously
- Load / sync media schedules onto NAV accurately with all relevant detail required for accurate billing and value tracking (rate card & discount)
- Check & Load according to proper media type, medium unit code and vendor naming conventions
- Pull a campaign Navision report to check that the totals balance the schedules.
- Process all changes on Navision timeously and keep accurate record of this for auditing purposes
- Collaborate with planners to track PO against billings and keep accurate record of this.
- Update Navision with actuals monthly across all live campaigns (post campaign & actualization data)
- Ensure planners sign off unbilled reports and that billing is processed on-time according to relevant client requirements
- Resolve finance queries timeously
- Ensure KPI’s are met on dentsu commercial agenda (trading / Salesnet)
- Ensure timesheets are up to date monthly
- Complete all dentsu mandatory training and HR check-ins timeously

Professional Skills
- 5 years' agency Media Buying experience, including digital
- Ability to work with speed under pressure.
- Good communication with clients, media owners, planning and finance teams
- Have a solid understanding of the billing process - from inception to client billing.
- Exceptional administrative skills
- Systematic
- Aptitude for numbers
- Focused with great attention to detail
- Good communication and project management skills
- Great negotiation skills
- Accurate and process orientated
- Can handle and manage change efficiently.
- Navision & Excel knowledge

Location:
Cape Town

Brand:
Amplifi

Time Type:
Full time

Contract Type:
Permanent


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