Manager, Global Investment

GLOBAL INVESTMENT MANAGER

Buying, Trading & Investment London, England

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Position at GroupM

EssenceMediacom

Global Investment Manager

About the role

In this role, you will be working on one of the world’s largest advertisers in the confectionary/pet nutrition/food sector: Mars. One of WPP’s biggest spending, highest profile accounts this opportunity is truly global in footprint and embedded across major WPP creative and media agencies. The account is fast-paced and involves managing internal stakeholders to ensure a smooth working relationship with other WPP partners on the account, as well as with clients and auditors.

You will be joining a dedicated team, stewarding, and delivering our client’s global value commitments and reporting this analysis to your line manager and other senior members of the team. As part of the wider market-leading Global Investment unit, supported by GroupM, this position offers several opportunities for future career growth and development across client work and projects at EssenceMediacom.

The role will report into an Associate Director and involves daily exposure to senior internal stakeholders, media auditors and procurement clients.

Specific responsibilities

• Day to day management of global value commitments, ensuring we deliver competitive pricing & activation across key markets and meet key Client investment KPIs
• Develop or improve existing tracking of media buying performance and efficiencies vs. targets using our proprietary tools across all media (emphasis on TV and Digital) while identifying opportunities for value delivery improvements 
• Provide support and guidance to local markets to ensure they fully understand our value commitments, buying measurement methodology and the savings calculation process, in addition to identifying risks and opportunities 
• Develop a good working relationship with media auditors to ensure smooth operations and a collaborative approach, while challenging their analysis and insights if and where required 
• Present and take ownership of your work with key Clients. Providing analysis and market insights. Establish tactics and roadmaps for problematic territories, sharing and discussing these with sr. members of the team and Client leads 
• Proactively develop knowledge of how media buying, and performance tracking works and the various methodologies used to track and quantify savings delivery and apply and consider a “learn and share” mentality with your team 
• Contribute to new business pitches (when required), with guidance from sr. members of the team

Essential Skills, Knowledge, and Experience 

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience gained in either an investment/accountability department, media agency buying department or media auditor
• Good knowledge of how media buying, and performance tracking works and the various methodologies used to track and quantify value delivery
• Strong analytical skills and great attention to detail are essential
• Highly numerate, adept at managing large data sets and excel
• Confident communicator and presenter (written and delivery)
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• International experience preferable but not essential

Benefits

• Extensive training opportunities for personal and professional development examples being GroupM University (e-learning in soft skills such as time management), Circus Street (specific media principles such as programmatic best practice) and regular media owner sessions to keep up with key industry trends
• Mental health support and regular health & wellbeing events
• 25 days holiday (+ extra day for Birthday)
• Private medical insurance, life assurance and permanent health insurance
• Corporate gym memberships
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free breakfast (cereal and fruit)

About EssenceMediacom

We are a global communications agency leading with breakthrough thinking, building explosive growth for brands, and helping our clients see the bigger picture. Our daring global network of 10,000 influencers help our clients breach traditional boundaries in media, uncover novel ideas, and unleash exponential growth. EssenceMediacom challenges conventional thinking to build, propel, and supercharge our clients’ businesses at scale and lead our industry in critical areas such as diversity, equity, inclusion, and sustainability.   

What it’s really like to work here?   

EssenceMediacom understands that our people are tasked with big goals: building breakthrough growth for brands and leading with breakthrough thinking in our industry. Our people are at the heart of this work because their ideas will enable us to decode the intersections of people, content, and technology to bring our aspirations to life. Our success is down to our eclectic, diverse, and talented people. EssenceMediacom is a place for us to grow our careers and expand our horizons. EssenceMediacom is committed to building an agency culture that supports our people, puts diversity at the forefront of our operations, and creates an opportunity for all. This collective culture will be our “new power” where ideas are freely exchanged, and collaboration is actively encouraged in a place where you can innovate in our hyperconnected world.

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