Marketing Specialist

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Job Description:

Who are we?

Ingram Micro touches 80% of the technology you use every day with our focus on Technology Solutions, Cloud, and Commerce and Lifecycle Solutions. With $46 billion in revenue, we have become the world’s largest technology distributor with operations in 56 countries and more than 35,000 associates. We continue to strategically expand our global reach with 32 acquisitions since 2012.

We are highly committed to expanding our business across Middle East, Turkey and Africa regions. To achieve our ambitious goals, we need talented people to join our go-to-market Sales   Presales, Sales and Business Development) and Marketing teams.

In this job of Marketing Specialist, you will be responsible for helping and assisting marketing manager and product managers in devising and implementing individual vendor marketing plans, ensuring the success of the activities planned and executed, presenting the results and analysis. Also assisting in all corporate activities ensuring brand representation and funding.

What will you do?

Major Responsibility: Vendor Marketing Planning & Execution

Supporting Actions:      

Prepare quarterly and annual vendor marketing plans as per vendor guidelines and following our company’s goals and objectives, Planning & Implementation of quarterly marketing activities for assigned vendors as per the marketing plans Internal marketing plan submitting on time together with Product Managers Follow all internal marketing processes and procedures when planning and executing activities:

• to have pre-approved marketing activity form MAF,
• all execution only after internal approvals and purchase orders.
• marketing calendar to be followed.
• checklist & overall planning to be kept in mind, effective planning

Major Responsibility: Marketing Reporting

Supporting Actions:

Fortnightly status report on progress of marketing activities, monitoring and reporting results of marketing activities (attendance, feedback, cost, ROI) Reports to be sent internally and to vendors after internal approvals Quarterly report of vendor activities executed during last quarter – summary and analysis Quarterly reports to be sent internally and to vendors after internal approvals

Major Responsibility: MDF Claiming & Payouts

Supporting Actions:

Ensuring validated results submitted for timely partner payouts as per activities launched during the quarter following Vendor & Aptec compliance procedures for vendors. Provide complete & approved POE's for claiming per activity per Vendor Claiming marketing funds on time as per internal procedure and vendor guidelines as may be the case Maintain detailed claim book (internal record of all provided MDF per vendor) report with status of claims per vendor – monthly

Major Responsibility: Other Marketing activities

Supporting Actions:

Digital marketing - to device digital marketing campaign for vendors using social media Assist in execution of corporate marketing activities – example; GITEX exhibition annually (seeking sponsorship, reporting ROI), assist in execute and promote Review magazine and seek sponsorship for the same Other corporate or vendor activities deem necessary

Which Talent do you bring?

• 3+ years of experience in a marketing position with an international company
• Proven track record of executing marketing plans for multiple products.
• Should have ability to prioritize, multitask & meet strict deadlines
• Excellent communication & negotiation skills. 
• A fluent command of spoken & written English is a must.
• Team player

• Knowledge of working with illustrator/coral draw is an added advantage

What's in it for you?
You will get a great opportunity to be part of the ambitious plans we have for growing one of the most important parts of our organization. We will support you in your professional and personal development, by providing you with access to LinkedIn Learning and many high-quality training courses to increase your technical knowledge and expertise. You will also get opportunity to work with passionate team members and stay connected as one family. 
Ingram Micro is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and accessible environment where all associates are valued, respected and supported. We are highly driven by our tenets of successes: Results, Integrity, Imagination, Responsibility, Courage and Talents.