Description

Reporting of this role: Head of Strategic Planning. 

 The Strategic Planning Manager will be responsible for developing investment allocation strategies, recommending top-down budgets for a category’s cells (brands, countries, activities).  He/She will manage the key category client interface, building relationships with the respective category teams. 

 There are 3 main areas of focus:

1. Identify investment priorities that will bring incremental business growth to the categories as a result of smart choices – which brands, in which countries and which activities.
2. Manage the relationship with the Brand Builders in terms of budget reconciliation (AIM to MAC).
3. Generating insightful reports/documents/presentations that go to the Category Teams.  Ensure that these documents deliver valued-add and insight into both the performance of Unilever Brands/Categories as well as the defined competitive set. 

  Measures of success – In 3 months, you would have:

• Started to build relationships with the key decision makers within the client and agency organisations

In 6 months, you would have:

• Proven yourself as a reliable point of contact for client stakeholders

In 12 months, you would have:

• To anticipate what is needed to stay on track to secure, grow and solidifying client relations, and to take action appropriately

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 year strategic media experiences
• Good team work and presentation skill
• Willingness to learn
• Effective communication and client presentation skills
• Ability to work independently on multiple tasks
• Excellent communication skills in Thai and English

• Minimum 5 year strategic media experiences
• Good team work and presentation skill
• Willingness to learn
• Effective communication and client presentation skills
• Ability to work independently on multiple tasks
• Excellent communication skills in Thai and English

About Mindshare 

Mindshare, the global media agency network, and part of WPP, the largest marketing communications network in the world, has more than 7,000 employees, in 116 offices across 86 countries.Each office is dedicated to forging competitive marketing advantage for businesses and their brands based on the values of speed, teamwork and provocation. Mindshare’s network of people are acutely aware of what's happening in their city, and believe all great communication begins and ends in media.

In 2014 Mindshare Asia Pacific was the only media agency to be ranked in the top ten in Campaign Asia’s Most Admired Companies survey, and was also seen as the best agency to work at in the region.

Mindshare APAC has won over 250 awards in the past year - and counting, including the 'Campaign Asia Pacific Agency of the Year, 2013' and the SMARTIES™ APAC ‘Agency Network of the Year 2014’ for the second consecutive year. To learn more about Mindshare and our philosophy of Original Thinking, visit us at www.mindshareworld.com