Alshaya, one of the world's largest retail brand franchisees, is growing at pace and has a multi-million, international customer base. This growth requires a team of highly committed CRM digital specialists. Integrating brand offers and customer incentives into a loyalty scheme to drive sales and build customer retention is a primary goal. Delivering world class insight into an ever-changing and highly demanding customer base will determine the winners of tomorrow's retail market. Alshaya intends to lead in that innovation and is seeking the right talent to be a part of that success.
The Role:
As Strategic Partnership Manager for Alshaya's Corporate Marketing division, you will be responsible for ensuring that Alshaya develops and optimises relationships with strategic partners. You will support the brand marketing teams in the delivery of effective, commercial corporate social responsibility partnership programs that drive incremental revenue.
Key responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
* Supplier Management / Quality Assurance
* Receiving and processing requests for corporate Gift Card sales
* Reviewing suppliers of partnership collateral against negotiated rates and SLAs and providing feedback to line manager and Production team
* Providing historic costs to support negotiations with partners
* Managing and communicating strategic partnerships to brand marketing teams
* Maintaining relationships with existing strategic partners to support individual brands and Alshaya corporate initiatives
* Assessing the effectiveness of all partnerships and cross-brand collaborations for corporate fit and against cost criteria, recommending parameters of deals to line manager plus any remedial action (where necessary)
* Building and managing professional relationships with external partners whilst also creating and maintaining excellent team and cross functional working relationships
* Forming appropriate cross-functional working teams to ensure implementation and activation of partnerships i.e. Finance, IT, Audit
* Working cross-functionally with other teams and functions to ensure the efficient implementation of marketing initiatives
* Providing partner guidelines to brand teams
* Adhering to all company policies, procedures and guidelines
* Sharing best practice within the brand, division and across Alshaya
* Ensuring all activity is delivered in line with Alshaya's Vision & Values.
Qualifications & Requirements:
You will have:
* A minimum of 5 years of experience in marketing (preferably 3 years of managerial experience).
* A university Degree in a relevant subject
* Good communication, management and organisational skills
* Proficiency with all Microsoft Office tools.
M.H. Alshaya Co. is a leading international franchise operator for over 70 of the world's most recognised retail brands including Starbucks, H&M, Mothercare, Debenhams, American Eagle Outfitters, P.F. Chang's, The Cheesecake Factory, Victoria's Secret, Boots, Pottery Barn and KidZania. The company operates over 2,800 stores across diverse customer sectors: Fashion & Footwear, Health & Beauty, Food, Optics, Pharmacy, Home Furnishings and Leisure & Entertainment.
Alshaya's stores can be found in markets across the Middle East and North Africa, Russia, Turkey and Europe and the company employs more than 44,000 people from over 110 nationalities.
Job Details
| Date Posted: | 2016-07-10 |
| Job Location: | Kuwait |
| Job Role: | Management |
| Company Industry: | Marketing |
Preferred Candidate
| Career Level: | Management |
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