Reporting line: Brand Manager

Location: Bellville, Western Cape

Role overview:

The Assistant Brand Manager will support the planning and execution of brand and promotional strategies across retail channels to drive in-store and online sales. The successful candidate will collaborate with merchandising, sales, and marketing teams to ensure consistent brand messaging, effective product positioning, and engaging shopper experiences. Assisting with analysing market trends, customer insights, and sales data to optimise campaign performance and support growth in a competitive retail environment will form an important part of the role.

This position is great for an aspiring marketing professional that wants to work in a dynamic team, is eager
to learn about marketing and looking to gain relevant work experience.

Key responsibilities (but not limited to):

• Assist with and support all day-to-day activities of the marketing team.
• Effective oversight, procurement and packaging of marketing materials, promotional items, and
  online and print marketing campaigns.
• Assist the team by briefing internal team members on courier jobs to suppliers, local media,
  influencers, consumers and other ad hoc requests.
• Brief writing and management of projects with the various agency teams and supporting the brand
• managers and marketing manager on larger brand campaigns and projects.
• Reviewing artwork and brand marketing collateral under the supervision of the Brand Manager for
  your relevant portfolios.
• Tracking and reporting on marketing activity, and keeping all relevant stakeholders informed of
  marketing projects, including regular reporting to the Brand Manager on progress, results and any
  learnings.
• Building strong internal cross functional relationships with the Commercial, Supply Chain, Factory
  and Business Support departments to ensure effective rollout of marketing initiatives.
• Responsible for tracking of relevant project costs within an agreed budget.
• Managing monthly billings (CEs, POs, invoices etc) with agencies and internal teams.
• Support Brand Managers in developing & executing the annual brand plans.
• Support the management of social channels, brand website, campaigns, and content plans, including
• but not limited to:
  • Monitoring brand sales, shares & providing recommendations and action plans verified
  • against your portfolio including competitor understanding / activity review.
  • Conducting trade visits and provide feedback and key insights to ensure perfect in-store and
  • on-shelf visibility.
  • Coordination of team, brand and or company events including but not limited to annual
  • conferences, regional trade roadshows etc.

Role Capabilities:

• Experience and understanding of the retail environment
• Strong administration and co-ordination skills
• An understanding of the different marketing channels
• Ability to juggle multiple projects and meet deadlines
• Proficient in MS Office including Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and Excel
• A resourceful problem solver
• A strong communicator
• Critical attention to detail

Personal Skills and Attributes:

• Energetic, self-driven individual that is proactive and takes initiative
• Excellent communication skills with a great command of the English language
• Works hard to contribute to the overall success of the marketing department
• Team player and willingness to learn
• Can multitask and has excellent attention to detail
• To problem solve, meet deadlines and be a results-driven individual who works well within a fastpaced,
• high performing team

Qualifications, Experience and Requirements:

• A degree in Marketing, Brand Management, Business, or related field
• Minimum of 1–2 years of relevant marketing experience
• Valid driver’s license with own reliable transportation
• Must be willing to travel as required

Application:

Please e-mail your CV to Dumisa Simon at dumisa.simon@lancewood.co.za; with a motivation highlighting why you should be considered for the position.
Application deadline: 09 July 2025 at 16h00
If you have not received a response within four weeks of the closing date for applications, kindly consider your application unsuccessful.

Note:

In order to consider any application for employment, we will have to process your personal information. The Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (POPIA), provides that when one processes another’s personal information, such collection, retention, dissemination and use of that person’s personal information must be done in a lawful and transparent manner.

To give effect to the above, we are required to provide you with information regarding the processing of your personal information. This information is recorded under the HR Processing Notice, which can be accessed and viewed on the Company website at https://www.libstar.co.za/legal/. Printed copies of this Processing Notice can also be accessed from the HR department. We kindly request that you read the HR Processing Notice to ensure that you understand how Libstar uses and processes your personal information.