GROWING WHAT MATTERS STARTS WITH YOU

Corteva Agriscience , the world's first dedicated agriculture start-up, serves to enrich the lives of those who produce and those who consume, ensuring progress for generations to come. Our employees fulfill this purpose everyday by building/participating in an inclusive culture where we encourage each other to stay curious, think differently, act boldly and do what's right for our customers, our co-workers, our partners, and our planet. With over 20,000 team members from 130 countries, innovating in 140 world class R&D facilities, we have the resources, leadership heritage and partner ecosystem to make a meaningful impact now and into the future.

#GrowWhatMatters

We're hiring a Marketing Excellence Specialist.

Learn how you can be our voice in the conversation about the future of agriculture.

As a Marketing Excellence Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the marketing, sales, and agronomy teams by leveraging CRM systems and digital tools to enhance customer engagement, streamline marketing operations, and drive business growth. You will be instrumental in maintaining Pannar's differentiated brand positioning and ensuring a seamless customer experience through data-driven strategies and cross-functional collaboration.

You Will Be Part of Growing Team

As part of the Pannar Marketing Team, you will be a driving force for the Marketing effort by providing support to the Pannar Business Manager, Marketing Manager and Agronomy Manager.

Your Challenge:

• Manage and deliver CRM tools and the functionality that will enable us to better serve our customers, optimise our operations, and contribute to achieving our Profit Objective and other strategic commercial objectives.
• Maintain and optimise digital platforms such as Salesforce, Eloqua, ShowPad, and ShowPad Coach to support marketing, and sales and training initiatives.
• Product Complaints & Claims: Manage workflows through Salesforce including Management reporting on status flow to ensure a smooth End-to-End Complaints Management process that enables us to track the progress of complaints and keep our customers informed throughout the process.
• Align CRM system to capture and report on the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region's strategic priorities/key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Customer Experience Enhancement: Plan, execute and analyse customer data, incl Net Promoter Score (NPS) to identify trends and opportunities for improving engagement and satisfaction.
• Sales Enablement: Provide actionable insights and dashboards in coordination with South Africa Sales Effectiveness Lead to support sales processes and improve conversion rates.
• Campaign Performance Tracking: Monitor and report on marketing campaign effectiveness and customer experience metrics using Eloqua, Power BI, and other analytics tools.
• Generate monthly management reports to track top and bottom-line delivery.
• Data Quality & Reporting: Ensure accurate commercial data management and storage on internal tools (e.g. PanTab order capturing tool, SharePoint dashboards, PowerBI reports and other internal platforms).
• Training & Onboarding: Coordinate and deliver training for internal and external stakeholders on CRM tools and digital systems.
• Close collaboration with Sales & Marketing to ensure relevant and updated digital platforms and information flow is available to enable commercial delivery.
• The Employee acknowledges and that they accept and understand what is required of them in their day-to-day tasks as described in their job description. It is further acknowledged that the abovementioned job description is not necessarily exhaustive and as such the Employee could be asked to perform any other reasonable task not specifically mentioned not mentioned in the job description, to which the Employee shall abide.

Key Stakeholders and Interactions:

Working with the Category Marketing Manager, Marketing Communication Manger, Agronomy Manager, Area Sales Managers, EMEA and AME CRM Product Owners, SAF Seed Sales Effectiveness Lead and various external agencies and suppliers requires not only being technically skilled, but also the ability to forge relationships. These are critical skills for the job.

Location:

ZA Pietermaritzburg

To Grow What Matters, You Will Need

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, Brand Management, or related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in a marketing, Brand Management and/or CRM-related role.
• Proficiency in CRM tools and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
• Proven Change Management capability and stakeholder influencing
• Fluent in English (oral and written) and conversational command of Afrikaans language would be advantageous.
• Valid driver's license.

Who Are We Looking For?

• Curious, bold thinkers who want to grow their careers and be part of a winning team?.

• Market shaping individuals who want to transform the agriculture industry to meet the world's growing need for food?.
• Collaborators who thrive in a diverse, inclusive work environment?
• Innovators who bring initiative and fresh ideas that drive our business into the future and make us an industry leader.

Growing What Matters Starts with You... What We Can Offer to Help You Grow?

• Opportunity to be part of a global industry leader working to discover solutions to the most pressing

agricultural challenges of our time?

• Challenging work assignments that grow your skills, capabilities and experiences?
• Opportunities for international rotations and relocation that will expand your global view and cultural experience?.
• Diverse, inclusive work environment where employees bring their whole selves to work and feel heard, valued and empowered?.
• Dedicated and customized resources help grow your professional skills, industry expertise and personal perspectives. 
• Joining us is a natural opportunity to strengthen your professional network through valuable relationships.
• Support the health and well-being of every employee by offering world-class benefits, meaningful work and competitive salary.
• Performance driven culture with a strong focus on speed, efficiency and agility?

To know more about Corteva please watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs3CpU29-1M

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