Growth Co Trade Execution Specialist

Dreaming big is in our DNA. It's who we are as a company. It's our culture. It's our heritage. And more than ever, it's our future. A future where we're always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life's moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people with passion, talent, and curiosity, and provide them with the teammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

The key purpose of this role is to ensure that the marketing strategy is effectively translated into physical assets and programs that build brands, gain market share, and contribute to volume growth. The Growth Co. Trade Execution Specialist will:

• Receive and assess requests from sales members, customers, and the marketing and trade marketing teams, putting them into action if approved.

• Act as a subject matter expert on the brands they serve, including premium Beer and Beyond Beer.

• Manage selected projects from start to finish, ensuring all aspects are executed effectively.

• Serve as a point of contact for education and information regarding premium execution standards.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Project Initiation & Planning: Defining project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success criteria. Creating detailed project plans, timelines, and budgets. 

• Delegation and time management: by ensuring clear delegation of duties and effective communication. Ability to work quickly and accurately under pressure and communicate effectively to a wide range of stakeholders.

• Team & Resource Management: Manage multiple projects while determining best agent for task, communicating across cross-functional teams. Managing resources, which include people, equipment, time, and finances. 

• Execution & Monitoring: Overseeing the execution of project tasks, tracking progress against the plan, and ensuring adherence to deadlines and quality standards.

• Risk & Stakeholder Management: Identifying potential risks, developing mitigation strategies, and fostering strong relationships with clients and other stakeholders. 

• Documentation & Reporting: Maintaining up-to-date project documentation, creating reports for stakeholders, and conducting post-completion reviews. 

• Compliance: Ensuring projects align with strategic objectives and comply with relevant SAB procurement and governance regulations and standards.

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Procurement & manufacturing: Experience motivating project resources internally as well as manufacturing insights will be a bonus. 

• Leadership: The ability to lead and motivate teams towards project goals. 

• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively convey information to teams and stakeholders. 

• Organization: Strong organizational and time-management skills to handle multiple projects and prioritize tasks. 

• Strategic Thinking: The capacity to align projects with organizational strategy and contribute to business growth.

• Attention to detail: The role requires a exceptional eye for identifying and correcting details on trade materials in order to support the brand stakeholders. 

Minimum Requirements:

• Certificate in Project management preferred or BCom degree.

• Experience: 2 years sales experience in FMCG sales environment & Project Management experience preferred.

• Strong excel and SAP Skills needed for day to day operations.

Additional Information:

• Band: VII

SAB/AB InBev is an equal opportunity employer, and all appointments will be made in line with SAB/AB InBev employment equity plan and talent requirements. The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short listing.