Senior Marketing Campaigns Portfolio Lead

Dis-Chem Pharmacies; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-related salary

Medical aid

Provident fund

Staff account

Job summary

Dis-Chem Pharmacies is seeking a Marketing Portfolio Manager for its Head Office to plan and manage end-to-end campaigns across brand, categories, and private label lines. The role translates the marketing calendar into executable campaigns aligned to commercial priorities and coordinates delivery with senior marketing leaders.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 5+ years in campaign planning or marketing operations, with 3–5 years in leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Project Management, Communications, or related field.
• 5+ years' experience in campaign planning, marketing operations, or integrated marketing roles
• 3-5 years' experience in a leadership or people management role within multidisciplinary marketing roles
• Experience working across brand, category, or business unit marketing teams preferred

Responsibilities

• Translate the approved marketing calendar into detailed campaign plans across portfolios, business units, categories and brand initiatives
• Prioritise campaigns based on commercial objectives, trading cycles, and capacity
• Maintain an integrated, execution-ready campaign calendar across all business units
• Ensure alignment between brand, category, and promotional campaigns
• Manages end-to-end campaign execution across channels and teams, from planning and briefing through to execution and closure
• Manages timelines, dependencies, and deliverables across internal and external stakeholders
• Track campaign progress, dependencies, and risks to ensure campaigns are delivered on time, in full, and to brief
• Drive consistency in campaign execution across all touchpoints
• Act as the central point of coordination between Brand Strategy, Ecosystem Marketing, and Media
• Facilitate alignment on campaign scope, priorities, and delivery timelines
• Ensure adherence to marketing processes, governance frameworks, and approval protocols
• Proactively manage risks, bottlenecks, and escalation points
• Solid understanding of integrated marketing campaigns and campaign planning within retail or General Merchandise environments
• Experience managing marketing calendars and coordinating multi-stakeholder campaign delivery
• Familiarity with cross-channel marketing execution (digital, in-store, traditional media)
• Strong organisational and coordination skills to manage complex, overlapping campaigns
• Ability to balance strategic priorities, execution constraints, and stakeholder expectations
• Clear communicator with a structured, detail-oriented approach
• Campaign planning effectiveness
• Campaign delivery
• Stakeholder alignment
• Governance compliance
• Team leadership & capability

Skills

Campaign planning

Stakeholder management

Cross-channel marketing

Leadership

Organisational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing/Business/Communications

Job description

Dis-Chem Pharmacies is seeking a Marketing Portfolio Manager for its Head Office to plan and manage end-to-end campaigns across brand, categories, and private label lines. The role translates the marketing calendar into executable campaigns aligned to commercial priorities and coordinates delivery with senior marketing leaders.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 5+ years in campaign planning or marketing operations, with 3–5 years in leadership.