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Performance Biddable Specialist

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Job Title: Performance Biddable Specialist Company: WPP Media South Africa Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Reports To: Biddable Lead

Role purpose: The Performance Biddable Specialist plans, builds, optimises and reports on Unilever sponsored search campaigns across South Africa's main retail media platforms: Takealot, Checkers Sixty60, Pick n Pay and Amazon. The role covers a large portfolio of brands across three Unilever business units (Beauty, Wellbeing & Personal Care; Home Care; and Foods). It requires daily, hands-on optimisation at keyword and SKU level, with tight control of client budgets.

Key responsibilities Campaign management and optimisation • Set up, run and optimise sponsored product and sponsored search campaigns across Takealot, Checkers Sixty60, Pick n Pay and Amazon. • Manage keyword, SKU and placement-level bidding, adjusting bids and budgets daily based on performance, stock availability and retailer promotions. • Carry out keyword research, negative keyword management and search term analysis to improve relevance, ROAS and share of search. • Align campaigns with brand and retailer promotional calendars, launches and trade activations. • Test and learn on bidding strategies, ad formats and new retailer platform features as they become available.

Budget pacing and financial control • Track spend daily against client budgets by brand, business unit and platform, so campaigns deliver in full with no under- or overspend. • Keep the team's DCom pacing tracker up to date with monthly platform data. • Follow Unilever's billing process: confirm spend on the flowplan, check a PO has been issued, then raise CEs on time. • Reconcile platform-reported spend against flowplans and invoices each month, and flag discrepancies early.

Reporting and insights • Produce monthly and quarterly performance reports and contribute to post-campaign analyses (PCAs) for each brand. • Turn platform data into clear insights and recommendations for brand teams and DCom budget owners. • Monitor competitor activity and category trends on each retailer platform.

Governance and compliance • Apply Accutics naming conventions to all campaigns and follow the requirements of Client's media audit (MediaSense) and the Digital Process Audit. • Keep a clear change log for budget and asset changes briefed in by planners. • Manage platform access, campaign ownership and documentation so work can be handed over or covered without disruption.

Stakeholder management • Work closely with media planners on briefs, budgets and assets. • Build strong working relationships with Client's DCom and ecommerce teams and with retailer media account managers. • Back up the second Retail Media Specialist during leave and peak periods, so neither person is a single point of failure.

Requirements Experience • [2 to 4] years' experience in paid search, retail media or performance marketing, ideally at an agency. • Hands-on experience running sponsored search on at least one retail media platform (Takealot, Checkers Sixty60, Pick n Pay, Amazon Ads or similar). Strong Google Ads search experience with a clear interest in retail media will also be considered. • Experience managing multiple brands or clients with separate budgets at the same time. • FMCG or ecommerce experience is an advantage.

Skills • Strong understanding of search auctions, bidding, keyword match types and ROAS-led optimisation. • Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills (pivot tables, lookups, data cleaning across messy platform exports). • Strong attention to detail and comfort with daily, granular optimisation and budget control. • Able to turn data into clear, concise insights and recommendations. • Organised, proactive, and able to manage competing deadlines across brands and platforms. • Clear written and verbal communication with clients and internal teams.

Advantageous • Amazon Ads or Google Ads certification. • Experience with Power BI, Looker Studio or similar reporting tools. • Familiarity with media billing processes (flowplans, POs, CEs) and media audit requirements. • Interest in using automation and AI tools to improve campaign management and reporting.

Key performance indicators • Budget delivery accuracy by brand and platform (spend within agreed tolerance of plan each month). • Campaign performance against agreed ROAS, CPC and sales targets. • On-time reporting, PCAs and CE submissions. • Clean audit results: naming conventions, change logs and process compliance. • Client satisfaction from Client DCom budget owners.

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