Off Premise Graduate Trainee

Red Bull; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 120,000 - 180,000; Part time

Job summary

Red Bull South Africa (PTY) LTD. invites applications for a Graduate Trainee in Trade Marketing, Category Management and Insights. Based in the Off Premise sales team, rotations will expose you to brand & trade marketing, customer engagements and data-driven insights.

The role offers hands-on coaching across campaigns, POS development, data analysis and KPI tracking to support key accounts and display programs. Strong analytical skills and a commercial mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• Fluency in English (verbal & written).
• Retailer/sales experience desirable (but not a must).
• Commercial or marketing degree or related qualification; recent graduate.
• Excel/PPT literate; strong analytical ability and commercial acumen.

Responsibilities

• Support Off-Premise Trade Marketing projects across channels, focusing on trade & customer marketing.
• Assist with campaign briefs and manage POS from brief to production, coordinating with agencies and field sales.
• Develop planogram support and category solutions for partners; build insight one-pagers for National Key Account teams.
• Support data management and develop dashboards for the Off-Premise team, distilling shopper insights into actions.

Skills

Fluency in English

Analytical thinking

Presentation skills

Independent worker

Hands-on mindset

Strong communication skills

Goal oriented

Education

Commercial or marketing degree, or a related qualification (recent graduate)

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

• Organization: Red Bull South Africa (PTY) LTD.
• Job type: Temporary

Company Description

Gain in depth sales experience in the Off-Premise universe with a focus on Trade Marketing, Category Management & Insights. The Graduate trainee will be based in the Off Premise sales team and will conductrotations in Trade Marketing. This will be a formative role whereby the individual will be coached
on trade & sales aspects. The individual will be exposed to various sources of data, brand & trade marketing, category management and customer facing engagements.

Job Description

Trade Marketing

The primary purpose is to help support and deliver Off-Premise Trade Marketing projects across the channels, with a focus on Trade & Customer marketing, including how we bring brand and category to life in store.

Support campaign and temporary POS from brief through production, deployment and tracking, working with agencies and the field sales team.

Assist with permanent and category units and cooler asset management, including data accuracy and verification.

Support the development of new, innovative and impactful point-of-sale tools and materials, and help with campaign briefs.

Category Management

The primary purpose is to develop deep energy category and shopper understanding, and use it to help grow the category with our retail and gas partners.

Analyse multiple data sources (sales, shopper, market demographics, cooler data) to build category and shopper insight.

Support planogram development and category solutions across partners.

Help build insight one-pagers that support the National Key Account teams to sell in shelf space, new listings, disruptive displays and additional cooler placements.

Insights

The primary purpose is to build strong data and insight foundations, supporting the Off-Premise team with reporting, dashboards and shopper understanding.

Support master data management, data quality and integration across platforms, and help build and refresh internal dashboards.

Assist in distilling shopper and category insight into actions for Key Account Managers and the broader team.

Qualifications

• Fluency in English (verbal & written)
• Working on own initiative, “hands on” mentality
• Any entrepreneurial experience
• Retailer/sales experience desirable (but not a must)
• Excel/PPT literate
• Communications and listening,interpersonal skills (direct customer contact)
• Strong analytical ability and commercial acumen to understand financial statements and market trends Commercial or marketing degree, or a related qualification (recent graduate)
• Management reporting and budget control
• Strong presentation skills supported by concept sell techniques
• Able to work independently at times with responsibility, being organized, result driven and solution orientated
• and able to take instruction (Open to coaching)
• Commercial awareness desirable

Additional Information

This job description is not exhaustive of the potential duties that the successful applicant will be required to perform, and is provided solely to assist potential job applicants in determining their suitability for the role and to apply for the job. It is not an offer of employment and Red Bull is under no obligation to hire an applicant who submits an application.