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The Marketing Procurement Assistant

Key Responsibilities & Performance Expectations:

• Responsible for communicating the guidelines and governance of the marketing process to the local marketing teams. This role is involved along the entire process from planning to budgeting, approvals of plans, sourcing, execution, proof of executions and reporting.
• ANAPLAN (Marketing cloud-based platform for planning & budgeting) operations including budget campaign loading and purchase requisitions creations under compliance.
• Support marketing team with procurement process.
• Ariba Invoicing management: Checking Invoice and proof of work delivered by the vendor.
• Invoice approval responsibilities.
• Regular spend tracking and weekly follow up meetings with country marketing team to ensure full utilization of the gross marketing budget (net + alliance budget).
• Maintain effective tracking system to provide early visibility of plan deviations and risk.
• Responsible for the tracking of alliance plans approvals before executions. Ensure marketing activities are executed with plans approved by correspondent budget owners on time and with purchase order issued.
• Alliances funding guidelines knowledge.
• Responsible to track Alliance proof of executions.
• Reporting: Ability to analyze multiple reports to track budget, plans, invoices and alliances POEs.
• Develop and maintain the country marketing team calendar reflecting key initiatives, deadlines & team meetings.
• Point of contact related to tools used by marketing. User creation and/or issues related.
• Coordinate weekly calls with the teams to go through marketing plans and activities approvals, proof of executions from alliances funded activities and budget.

Requirements

• Advanced Excel proficiency
• Advanced english
• Bachelor's or engineering degree
• At least 2 years' experience in purchasing
• Ensure that procurement strategies contribute positively to financial and operational targets.

• Strong capability in stakeholder management and building collaborative relationships with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication skills: for internal, external stakeholders/audience to land messages in an engaging, clear way to drive decision making and actions.

We are equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as veteran and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protect class