Marketing Manager

Opportunity
At Maersk we go the extra mile to service our customers in the best possible way. We work hard to build and strengthen relationships with customers, making sure we understand their business drivers so we can continuously improve co-operation, processes and outcomes. We provide end-to-end transportation to almost anywhere in the world. And, with 30,000 employees in 114 countries, we combine our global network with local expertise to increase the reliability of your deliveries, whether they travel by sea or over land so if you have what it takes to be successful come and work with us!
Opportunity

We are looking for an individual with strong marketing and communication skills, teamwork, and strong drive to join our Africa marketing team as marketing manager. With a strong background in Product Marketing / Digital Marketing preferably from a B2B business and experience building effective multi-channel campaigns, including social media, other digital, and traditional channels. This is an exciting career opportunity to work in a multinational, Global 500 company that makes global trade happen.

The location is flexible within Sub-Saharan Africa.

Key responsibilities

Define marketing strategy for different customer verticals and segments in line with regional business priorities.
Identify and optimize customer buying journeys as part of vertical campaigns with the objective to increase “share of wallet” of existing customers and to reach and convert new prospects
Uses understanding of target customer’s industry, needs, and challenges, to develop compelling content that drives customers down the funnel
Identify right activation channels based on target customer and buying journey
Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to plan and activate campaigns, as well as support initiatives to ensure campaign readiness and alignment for local market implementation and execution
Collaborate with internal and external creative agencies from brief development through asset creation and execution.
Develop and launch marketing campaigns
Optimize, track, measure, and report marketing campaign performance to provide clear ROMI
We are looking for

5+ years’ experience in campaign Marketing, Digital Marketing, and content strategy with a focus on B2B in the Africa region.
Experience building multi-channel campaigns, both organic and paid digital, as well as traditional channels.
A solid understanding of content strategy.
Experience building multi-channel campaigns.
A deep understanding of customer buying journey identification, building campaign strategies and content for multiple key points in their journey in order to move them down the funnel.
Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to manage interfaces at all levels in the organization.
Experience in multi-channel marketing performance optimization as well as campaign performance tracking, measurement, reporting.

Experience in social selling and Account Based Marketing are a plus.
Experience in Google Analytics.
Project management skills managing different projects simultaneously.
Strong communication skills, enabling you to engage and influence stakeholders.
Self-starter who excels working independently and as part of a team.
Strong verbal and written English. French is a plus.

All applications must be submitted ONLINE at:  https://www.maersk.com/careers/vacancies/wd/Marketing-Manager_R38963/jt-marketing-manager