Location ZA-Johannesburg ID 2026-177795 Position Type Regular
Company Description
Publicis Plus is a newly formed, dedicated client team within Publicis Groupe Africa, partnering with one of the world’s leading food and beverage companies. Join us at the start and help shape how a global partnership comes to life in South Africa.
Overview
Role purpose
Owns detailed planning and delivery validation for a specific channel or platform. Converts the Specialist Briefing Pack into an executable plan with supplier/platform recommendation, targeting, format, cost, forecast KPI, optimisation levers and proof-of-delivery requirements. Not Buying Ops — does not own system loading, reconciliation or payment chasing.
Responsibilities
Scope of role
• Channel plan development
• Supplier / platform recommendation
• Channel KPI forecasting
• Format & placement recommendation
• Channel delivery monitoring
• Proof-of-delivery requirements
• Delivery actualisation before billing
• Channel PCA input
Core accountabilities
• Interpret the Specialist Briefing Pack from the Journey Planner.
• Build the detailed channel recommendation.
• Recommend platforms, suppliers, inventory, formats, placements, targeting and buying approach.
• Forecast delivery against required channel KPIs.
• Confirm proof-of-delivery requirements before activation.
• Support Buying Ops with clear booking details.
• Monitor delivery where relevant.
• Validate whether supplier delivered what was approved and booked.
• Recommend billing approval, hold, makegood, credit or dispute.
• Provide channel-level PCA learning.
Qualifications
- 3–6 years in channel planning or platform implementation.
- Channel expertise
- Deep knowledge of the assigned channel/platform.
- Forecasting
- Estimate reach, delivery, cost and KPI performance.
- Supplier fluency
- Work with media owners, platforms and vendors.
- Commercial accuracy
- Understand cost, rates, value and variance.
- Delivery validation
- Check proof against booked commitment.
- Analytical thinking
- Interpret delivery and performance data.
- Collaboration
- Work with Planning, Buying Ops, Ad Ops and Measurement.
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