Investment Manager

Job Title:

Investment Manager

Job Description:

Role purpose

The purpose of this role is to manage a team of media planners and assist the Investment Director on a day-to-day basis to ensure that their teams are delivering strong results for their clients. The role also encompasses is the management and reporting of Productivity Programs across a range of nominated clients. Coordinates internal and external stakeholders across local market, clients and media auditors to ensure the buying commitments are accurately tracked, monitored and reported

Key Accountabilities

Productivity

Approve Flow plans & Schedules ensuring Productivity Targets are met
Implement productivity handbooks
Analyse productivity templates and evaluate how we are tracking against KPIs monthly
Brief strategy teams monthly on achievements or challenges.
In depth media landscape and research understanding monthly
Build relationships with media auditors

Negotiations

Keep monthly tracking on all client commitments
Develop course direct strategy to achieve commitments when relevant

Benchmarks

Develop & Maintain Benchmark & Inflation Tracking

New Business

Responsible for the completion of Pitch Buying Templates

Trading

Ensure KPIs are met on dentsu commercial agenda (trading / Salesnet)

Research & Insights

Maintain In depth knowledge of Media landscape , sharing Insights with Investment Lead & BUH's

Professional Skills

Coordinates internal and external stakeholders across local markets, clients and media auditors to ensure the buying commitments are accurately tracked, monitored and reported
Collects data from specific markets using the agreed methodology (client specific) to quantify, measure, calibrate price performance compared to historical price benchmarks across all media types
Manages data to normalise benchmarks to maintain as high levels of measurability as possible within the reports
Prepares and verifies data for the client reports both data analysis and supporting commentary
Manages any external validation (by media auditors or the like) in conjunction with the Investment Director
Supports local markets in completion of templates and understanding of the associated permissible methodologies / normalisations
Excellent communication skills and speed of response.
Speak and write English
Comfortable in being client facing at times.
Excellent time management, organizational skills and communication of work completed/barriers/solution
Professional and relationship builders with people.
Attention to detail (accuracy)
Work well under pressure and deadlines.
Strategic within media & channel thinking (ito schedules/rationales)
Analytical skills mine insights from data.
Can-do attitude
Team player
Presentation and persuasive skills (ito schedules / rationales)