Executive jobs in South Africa

Help shape the future of SUVs and LCVs for a global automotive brand. If you love turning market insight into winning products and flawlessly executed launches, this one’s for you.

You’ll own end-to-end product marketing across planning, pricing, positioning, research, and launch execution for a multi-nameplate portfolio. Working with local and global teams, you’ll translate data into a clear strategy, align stakeholders, and drive lifecycle actions that grow share and profitability.

Our client is a well-established automotive OEM with strong growth ambitions in the South African market. You’ll join a collaborative product function that values analytical rigor, practical execution, and customer-first thinking.

• Build product strategies and volume targets aligned to business objectives; map segments, competitors, and economic trends.
• Lead pricing and positioning: price–volume mapping, competitor spider comparisons, and variant-level spec mapping for USPs.
• Manage the product portfolio across lifecycle actions, monthly price positioning, and specification control with local/global teams.
• Orchestrate research: customer/dealer insighting, clinics, focus groups, fleet/rental engagements, and actionable analytics.
• Drive launch planning and project management for new models—timelines, risks, milestones, and cross-functional coordination.
• Support local product development, accessories scope, homologation inputs, and evaluation/durability testing administration.
• Create crisp product briefs, sales training content, and executive presentations; communicate status and decisions to stakeholders.

• 7–10 years’ post-qualification experience with at least 5 years in an automotive OEM; 2–3 years as Product or Marketing Manager.
• BA/BCom Honours in Marketing (or equivalent); engineering degree advantageous; strong business and market acumen.
• Proven strength in analytics, pricing, research methods, and spec/value analysis; advanced Excel and PowerPoint.
• Project management capability and stakeholder leadership across sales, marketing, after-sales, engineering, logistics, and finance.
• Clear, persuasive communication and presentation skills; collaborative, resilient, and customer-centric mindset.

• Winning product strategies per nameplate with clear RTWs, target customer profiles, and evidence-based pricing.
• On‑time, low‑risk model introductions with tight project control and visible cross‑functional alignment.
• Accurate, controlled specifications and lifecycle actions that protect margin and grow share.
• Continuous insight flows from dealers and customer,s translated into pragmatic product corrections and local variant opportunities.
• Clear, executive‑ready presentations and training that equip commercial teams to sell on value.