Marketing Manager Mr Price (6 Months FTC)

Mr Price has an exciting opportunity for an energetic person who is passionate about digital marketing and e-commerce! If you feel you are that person and meet the requirements, we'd love to receive your application.

This is a 6-month fixed-term contract (FTC) opportunity. The Marketing Manager will be responsible for driving the commercial performance of the E-Commerce business through strategic marketing initiatives, systematic programs, and key digital channels to support business growth and customer engagement.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Brand Leader to develop and execute seasonal marketing strategies that drive brand and commercial objectives.
• Provide strategic oversight and guidance to Brand Heads and teams on portfolio strategies, marketing plans, and campaign execution.
• Review and approve all seasonal brand plans, including seasonal calendars, campaign briefs, channel strategies, and budgets.
• Oversee and approve brand planning activities, including shoot plans, digital marketing plans, paid social strategies, organic social content plans, and PR initiatives.
• Support effective resource planning by monitoring team capacity, reviewing timesheets, and identifying future resourcing requirements.
• Manage freelancers and external resources, ensuring work is delivered through the correct approval processes.
• Review and approve campaign, channel, and project budgets, ensuring alignment with annual budget allocations.
• Evaluate creative work against marketing briefs to ensure brand consistency and delivery against campaign objectives.
• Oversee media agency briefs and campaign schedules, ensuring alignment with marketing strategies and appropriate stakeholder approval.
• Build strong relationships with Merchant Heads to align marketing investment and seasonal marketing calendars with trading priorities.
• Collaborate closely with key stakeholders across Creative, Production, E-commerce, Visual Merchandise, Merchandising, and Operations.
• Represent the marketing function in campaign reviews, merchandise meetings, product reviews, and leadership forums.

Marketing Effectiveness & Insights

• Approve campaign objectives, KPIs, and measurement frameworks in collaboration with the Marketing Effectiveness team.
• Review campaign performance reports and provide strategic recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Lead seasonal post-campaign reviews, assessing performance against objectives and identifying learnings for future campaigns.
• Leverage brand health, customer, and market research insights to inform strategic direction and decision-making.
• Compile and review executive and board-level marketing reports, ensuring accuracy and actionable insights.

Leadership & People Management

• Lead, motivate, and develop a high-performing marketing team through clear goal setting and performance management.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and customer-centricity.
• Identify training, coaching, and development opportunities to support talent growth and succession planning.
• Drive employee engagement and ensure the team consistently delivers high-quality work within agreed timelines.
• Promote a professional, responsive, and service-oriented culture when partnering with internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, Marketing, Communications, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8+ years' experience in a marketing environment, with significant experience in brand strategy, campaign management, and commercial marketing.
• Advanced understanding of marketing channels, integrated marketing strategies, budget management, campaign reporting, and performance measurement.
• Proven leadership experience, with the ability to effectively manage, coach, mentor, and develop high-performing teams.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate business objectives into impactful marketing strategies.
• Demonstrated experience in stakeholder management and the ability to influence at senior leadership level.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, project management, and decision-making skills.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and communication skills.
• Knowledge and understanding of Mr Price brands, retail trading cycles, customer behaviour, and e-commerce operations will be advantageous.
• Experience working within a fast-paced retail environment and managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

Mr Price Group Limited is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to Employment Equity.