Trade Marketing Associate
On-site Nampula Full-time Junior Trade Marketing
Entry-level Trade Marketing role at Sun King. Nampula · full-time.
Role brief
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What you'll do
- Run regional campaigns, promotions, launches and seasonal activity, then check execution and suggest improvements
- Audit shops and retail touchpoints, fixing gaps in branding, displays, pricing visibility and merchandising
- Work extensively in the field with customers and frontline teams to gather market and channel insight
- Coordinate roadshows, community outreach, shop activations and customer education around products and financing
- Track marketing assets, activation results and retail performance, then report findings to the Marketing Manager
What you bring
- Bring a bachelor's degree or diploma in marketing, business administration, communications, sales or a related area
- Show three to five years in trade, field, brand activation, retail or sales enablement work
- Have worked with retailers, agents, shop operations or field sales teams
- Know retail execution, customer engagement and field marketing fundamentals
- Hold a valid driver's license and accept extensive travel throughout Maputo
Who this fits
You’ll fit a junior, hands-on role where most of your time is spent with customers, agents, retailers, shop teams and sales representatives in the field. The listing describes the position as onsite, identifies Nampula in the header and Maputo in the job-location text, and requires extensive travel across Maputo.
From the employer
Job Location: Maputo, Mozambique.
About the Role:
The Trade Marketing Associate will execute Sun King's trade marketing, retail visibility, field activations and customer engagement initiatives across the region. The role serves as the eyes and ears of the marketing team on the ground, ensuring that Sun King's brand, products, and customer experience are consistently and effectively represented at every customer touchpoint.
Working closely with the Marketing Manager Mozambique, the Junior Trade Marketing Associate will spend the majority of their time in-market with agents, shop teams, and sales teams while gathering valuable customer and channel insights. These insights will help shape localized marketing initiatives, improve retail execution, strengthen customer engagement, and accelerate commercial performance.
The successful candidate recognizes that great marketing begins with a clear view of what is happening on the ground and that flawless execution at the point of sale is critical to customer acquisition, customer satisfaction and sales growth.
The role is highly execution-focused and requires a hands-on professional who is passionate about customer behavior, ensuring excellent retail standards, working across teams and generating measurable impact from trade marketing investments. A minimum of 80% of working time must be spent in the field engaging with customers, agents, retailers, and shop teams to ensure marketing activities remain locally relevant and commercially effective. Trade Marketing Execution
About the Role:
The Trade Marketing Associate will execute Sun King's trade marketing, retail visibility, field activations and customer engagement initiatives across the region. The role serves as the eyes and ears of the marketing team on the ground, ensuring that Sun King's brand, products, and customer experience are consistently and effectively represented at every customer touchpoint.
Working closely with the Marketing Manager Mozambique, the Junior Trade Marketing Associate will spend the majority of their time in-market with agents, shop teams, and sales teams while gathering valuable customer and channel insights. These insights will help shape localized marketing initiatives, improve retail execution, strengthen customer engagement, and accelerate commercial performance.
The successful candidate recognizes that great marketing begins with a clear view of what is happening on the ground and that flawless execution at the point of sale is critical to customer acquisition, customer satisfaction and sales growth.
The role is highly execution-focused and requires a hands-on professional who is passionate about customer behavior, ensuring excellent retail standards, working across teams and generating measurable impact from trade marketing investments. A minimum of 80% of working time must be spent in the field engaging with customers, agents, retailers, and shop teams to ensure marketing activities remain locally relevant and commercially effective. Trade Marketing Execution
- Execute regional trade marketing initiatives in line with country and regional marketing plans.
- Assist with the deployment of campaigns, promotions, product launches, and seasonal marketing activities.
- Coordinate field activation activities including roadshows, market activations, community events, retail promotions, and shop activations.
- Ensure timely deployment and visibility of all marketing materials across the region.
- Monitor campaign execution and provide regular performance feedback and recommendations.
- Implement localized marketing initiatives based on customer and agent insights.
- Ensure Sun King branding standards are consistently maintained across all retail and shop touchpoints.
- Conduct regular retail audits across Sun King shops.
- Monitor product display quality, POSM deployment, pricing visibility and overall retail presentation.
- Identify visibility gaps and implement corrective actions to improve customer experience and conversion.
- Assist with new shop openings, branding installations, merchandising improvements, and retail refresh initiatives.
- Ensure products are prominently displayed and aligned with approved merchandising guidelines.
- Spend a minimum of 70% of working time in the field engaging customers, agents, shop teams and sales representatives.
- Gather customer feedback and identify emerging needs, concerns, and opportunities.
- Collect agent insights regarding merchandising, customer objections, product performance, financing issues and market opportunities.
- Monitor market activity and provide intelligence on pricing, promotions, visibility and activities from other players.
- Capture customer testimonials, success stories, and field observations that can strengthen marketing effectiveness.
- Submit structured weekly and monthly field insight reports to the Marketing Manager.
- Build effective working relationships with agents, retailers, shop teams, and sales representatives.
- Equip frontline teams with marketing materials, campaign toolkits, and activation resources.
- Ensure agents and retailers are familiar with ongoing campaigns, promotions, product launches, and customer offers.
- Assist in training agents and retailers on product benefits, customer engagement techniques, and campaign execution.
- Identify high-performing agents and retailers for recognition and development initiatives.
- Gather regular feedback from frontline teams to improve marketing effectiveness and customer experience.
- Execute local customer engagement initiatives that increase awareness, consideration, and product demand.
- Deliver customer education programs that improve knowledge of Sun King's products and financing solutions.
- Coordinate community outreach initiatives, roadshows, referral programs, and grassroots marketing activities.
- Increase participation in regional events and activations.
- Ensure all activations are delivered to a high standard and aligned with Sun King's brand guidelines.
- Collect activation feedback and performance data to improve future initiatives.
- Manage regional inventory of marketing materials and branding assets.
- Coordinate distribution and replenishment of POSM and activation materials.
- Track asset utilisation and effectiveness across shops and retail locations.
- Ensure marketing materials are maintained in good condition and deployed according to plan.
- Maintain accurate records of asset allocation and usage.
- Track and report all trade marketing activities, retail audits, activation outcomes and field observations.
- Monitor key metrics including: Retail compliance, Branding visibility, Activation reach, Customer engagement, New customer acquisition, Agent participation and Campaign execution quality
- Measure returns from regional marketing initiatives.
- Provide weekly and monthly reports highlighting achievements, areas requiring attention, opportunities and recommended actions.
- New customers acquired through field activities.
- Quality and effectiveness of campaign execution.
- Marketing asset accountability and utilisation.
- Accuracy and timeliness of reporting.
- Stakeholder experience and effectiveness of cross-functional working.
- Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Marketing, Business Administration, Communications, Sales, or a related field.
- 3–5 years of experience in Trade Marketing, Field Marketing, Brand Activation, Retail Marketing, Sales Enablement or similar execution-focused roles.
- Experience working with retailers, agents, shop operations or field sales teams.
- Experience within FMCG, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, PAYGO or retail-focused businesses is highly desirable.
- Strong knowledge of retail execution, customer engagement and field marketing fundamentals.
- Valid driver's license and willingness to travel extensively across Maputo.
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