Field Merchandising & Promotions Specialist

Smollan Activation; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Smollan Activation is seeking a performance-driven trade marketing professional to manage food service and bakery promotions in convenience stores. You will ensure listings, shelf presentation, stock rotation, and compliance with client objectives.

The role requires evaluating promotions, implementing grids, and reporting concerns to stakeholders while maintaining health, safety, and hygiene standards and delivering accurate reports.

Qualifications

• Key competencies required by the role including emotional maturity, influencing skills and strong organisational awareness.
• Ability to manage stress, demonstrate resilience and adapt quickly to change.
• Proven capabilities in analysis, problem solving and delivering quality results.

Responsibilities

• Check product listings and ranging.
• Ensure dealers purchase stock from client approved suppliers.
• Check packaging, labelling, display of products on shelves.
• Check stock rotation.
• Check compliance on marketing and promotions.
• Evaluate and manage marketing and promotions.
• Facilitate the implementation of promotion grids.
• Report to trade marketing on promotional concerns.
• Ensure site-specific planograms and category flows are implemented.
• Take photo of new displays for reporting.
• Ensure shelf health is maintained and displays meet management requirements.
• Ensure health and safety site compliance and site hygiene.
• Adhere to call-cycle processes and route optimisation.
• Provide feedback to stakeholders and liaise with customers and clients.
• Maintain data integrity of reports and demonstrate consistent internal procedures.

Skills

Emotional maturity

Impact & influence

Organisational awareness

Resilience & stress management

Agility

Performance & results driven

Service excellence

Analysis & problem solving

Planning & prioritisation

Quality & detail excellence

Job description

Smollan Activation is seeking a performance-driven trade marketing professional to manage food service and bakery promotions in convenience stores. You will ensure listings, shelf presentation, stock rotation, and compliance with client objectives.

The role requires evaluating promotions, implementing grids, and reporting concerns to stakeholders while maintaining health, safety, and hygiene standards and delivering accurate reports.