Regional Marketing Operations & MDF Specialist

Emtmeta; Dubai; On-site; AED 89,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Annual leave

Annual travel allowances

Access to training and career growth

Job summary

EMT in Dubai seeks a proactive Marketing Coordinator to manage regional activities, MDF negotiations, events, and campaigns. You will budget, track spend, and report results while coordinating with vendors, country teams, and agencies. Strong English and Arabic, with 2–4 years in marketing or channel marketing, are essential.

This role emphasizes execution, reporting, and cross-functional collaboration across the Middle East region, with a focus on cost control and timely MDF recovery.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years’ experience in marketing coordination, channel marketing, event operations or vendor-facing commercial support; IT/software distribution experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, Marketing or related field
• Proven experience in marketing, especially digital marketing
• Strong knowledge of marketing platforms
• Good understanding of branding, communication, and campaign management
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects
• Working knowledge of MDF processes, vendor approvals, quotations, claims documentation and event supplier management. Confident business communication and practical negotiation skills; strong attention to detail, budgeting and follow-through. Comfortable using Excel, PowerPoint, CRM and project trackers; ability to coordinate multiple vendors and countries. Excellent English and Arabic. Other relevant regional languages are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Vendor MDF management: Negotiate vendor marketing contributions; prepare joint activity plans and funding proposals; secure approvals, maintain MDF trackers, collect proof of execution; submit and follow up on claims.
• Events & partner activities: Coordinate and arrange roundtables, workshops, roadshows, webinars and industry events from brief to post-event report, manage invitations, registration, venues and on-site delivery.
• Budget & supplier control: Obtain competitive quotations; negotiate pricing; track purchase orders, commitments and actual spend; reconcile costs with Finance and prevent unapproved overruns.
• Cross-functional coordination: Align activity plans with vendors, country sales teams, channel partners and external agencies; maintain timelines, owners and approvals.
• Campaign execution support: Coordinate approved email invitations, campaign assets, landing pages and follow-up communications with internal or outsourced specialists. Performance reporting: Report attendance, leads, sales follow-up, pipeline contribution, vendor feedback and MDF recovery; maintain a clear activity dashboard.

Skills

Marketing coordination

Vendor management

Event operations

Digital marketing

Excel

PowerPoint

CRM

Budgeting

English

Arabic

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, Marketing or related field

Tools

CRM

Excel

PowerPoint

Marketing platforms

Job description

EMT in Dubai seeks a proactive Marketing Coordinator to manage regional activities, MDF negotiations, events, and campaigns. You will budget, track spend, and report results while coordinating with vendors, country teams, and agencies. Strong English and Arabic, with 2–4 years in marketing or channel marketing, are essential.

This role emphasizes execution, reporting, and cross-functional collaboration across the Middle East region, with a focus on cost control and timely MDF recovery.