On behalf of our client, Philip Morris Albania Sh.p.k, YAPS is looking for a motivated candidate to take the challenge and to successfully fulfill the position:

Marketing Executive CC
Key Points:
1. Analysis & Brand Marketing - Prepares the consumer and market analysis information to support the Brand Manager decision-making process on brand strategy and actions. Develops the proposal presentations against brand activity plans and product initiatives for the internal management approval process, and project manages the process with key internal stakeholders in local markets to transform the approved brand plans into executional readiness. Manages the process from material concepts to finished product deliverables in accordance with the project timeline. Coordinates the brand activity reporting to provide feedback to Brand Manager on toolbox effectiveness and learnings applications for future brand plan strategy and development.
2. Resourcing & Budgeting - Ownership for developing and monitoring new budget management system prepares the project budget breakdown and enters into the budget management system to support brand activity spend tracking. Prepares on-going accurate budget tracking; maintains and ensures agency project development fees are in line with cost estimates and coordinates with finance timely payments on third party invoices.
3. Cross-Functional Coordination - Coordinates with Trade & Consumer Engagement (T/CE) or new Commercial Execution Strategy functions on material quantities against delivering brand commercial activity plan; liaises with procurement team on identifying appropriate production vendors to ensure capabilities are delivered against material quality and creative objectives; identifies and proposes innovative materials to be considered for brand tool-box development in delivering executional excellence behind brand activity implementation.
4. Consumer Engagement Programs Leverages creativity in the development of consumer engagement solutions, works and collaborates with consumer and trade engagement teams in ideas, and plans in accordance with brand strategy and objectives in building consumer and trade appeal behind the assigned PM brand(s).
5. Enhancing Professional & Technical Know-How - Builds creative and consumer knowledge trend ideas and materials pool and recommends potential solutions and engagement tools to the brand plan brief; maintains updated competitive activity intelligence library to support brand strategy development in market environment; responsible for maintaining brand activity project timeline to ensure concept development process meets key milestones and in-market executional deadlines. Manages the upkeep of Marketing Connection Tool (MCT) / Brand Marketing Review (BMR) process and workflow.
6. Agency & Supplier Relationships - Prepares the brand project briefs and coordinates the creative development process with agency via the Marketing Connection Tool (MCT) to facilitate management approval process and actions to proceed. Drives agency creative deliverable timings, coordinates and ensures agency development administration process, including receipt of cost estimates, invoices, are on time.
7. Legal Compliance - Ensures that all brand programs and activities developed are in full compliance with local market regulations, PMI Marketing Code and Business Conduct Principles & Practices

Requirements:
• University degree; preferred in Economic/ Business/ Marketing majors
• 1-3 years of experience
• Fluent in English and local language

Key skill set:
• Analytical Skills
• Problem Solving approach
• Critical Thinking
• Flexibility/ Agility
• Communication
• Teamwork
• Organization Skills
• Creativity


Please send your CV in English to [email protected] until 31th August and please specify in subject of mail the position for which you applying for.