Publishing Manager: Stores Channel at TFG (The Foschini Group) August, 2024

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Key Responsibilities:

Meet store acquisition targets for subscriptions across TFG stores

  • Agree targets with VAS Ops and business across all available sales mechanisms (Point of Sale and digital platforms) within TFG stores
  • Communicate targets to media product managers for budget purposes and to VAS Ops for Profit Allocation alignment
  • Achieve store acquisition budget targets as set out in July reprojections 

Negotiate, plan and execute acquisition campaigns with trading companies

  • Drive target and actual subscription growth in stores channel 
  • Negotiate and execute staff and customer facing acquisition campaigns across TFG trading companies 
  • Ensuring relevant campaign marketing collateral is designed and distributed timeously in conjunction with VAS marketing 
  • Use of magazine “Exclusive Offers” and brand editorial coverage (e.g. magazine covers and features) in customer facing campaigns 
  • Negotiate space in stores for promotional material (short-term campaigns and permanent marketing presence). 
  • Business ownership of all media store campaigns (incl. Jet Club) and incentives across TFG
  • Launch and drive subscriptions of Jet Club and digital magazines on the digital platform, DAS (launch date Nov.7, 2024) 
  • Drive prioritisation of launch of digital magazines at POS (CR lodged)
  • Strategize and deliver joint campaigns across the VAS portfolio with TFG Insure, TFG Connect and Hi
  • Attend weekly and monthly store channel and VAS meetings as media stores representative
  • Drive internal and external partner forums and meetings for channel and profit growth 

Channel reporting

  • Weekly reporting of channel target vs. actual at Media Exco
  • Understanding and inclusion of trading co. profit allocation performance on media related targets
  • Presentations to trading company marketing forums, head of ops forums, (and trading company Exco’s where required)

Training

  • Ensure staff and customer facing training and marketing material is provided (e.g. customer facing product information pamphlets)
  • All staff training material updated on all platforms in conjunction with change management and training departments 
  • Identify and recommend training requirements during store visits 
  • Includes external agents (Metrosure, Edge, Tyme) where required

Store and internal mailing list responsibility (printed and digital magazines)

  • Assess and advise on magazine distribution to stores (volume and magazine title to relevant stores monthly). Example:  Man magazine x 5,000 to Markham; Club magazine x 7,000 across all stores etc. Includes distribution of digital magazine links to all relevant parties.

Training

  • Ensure staff and customer facing training and marketing material is provided (e.g. customer facing product information pamphlets)
  • All staff training material updated on all platforms in conjunction with change management and training departments 
  • Identify and recommend training requirements during store visits 
  • Includes external agents (Metrosure, Edge, Tyme) where required

Stakeholder Management

  • Builds and maintains strong strategic and goal-driven relationships with senior key role players across TFG 
  • Maintains relationships with internal (TFG marketing, VAS Ops, TFG Insure, TFG Connect, and Hi) and external stakeholders & suppliers (Channel partners e.g. Dentsu Creative, Metrosure, Edge)
  • Understanding of role of Dentsu Creative in magazine production and sales 
  • Strong relationships with media product owners (brand and publishing managers)

Contracts

  • Represent media in relevant contract negotiations and sign off 

Incentive management (with VAS Ops) 

  • Agree (with business and Ops) incentive payouts for respective products and internal and external sales agents 
  • Oversee “red flag” fraud process where multiple media products are sold to one customer
  • One assistant reporting into this role (current secondment) on incentive float management and customer services in relation to multiple sales
  • Management of clawback process / awareness of cancellation trends

Qualifications and Experience:

  • Marketing, project management or other related qualification degree /diploma 
  • Min 5 years retail operations and or/ marketing experience 

Skills: 

  • Excellent organisational and coordinating skills 
  • Ability to influence and persuade at executive levels
  • Excellent presentation skills 
  • High proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint 
  • High attention to detail 
  • High energy and enthusiasm levels
  • Ability to work under pressure in a deadline driven environment 
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written)
  • Ability to work independently as well as in a team

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