Sales & Marketing Assistant

Are you a structured, quality-conscious and detail-oriented team player? Are you passionate about sales, marketing and retail? Would you like to dedicate your work efforts to our campaigns as well as marketing materials in Greece? Do you want to be part of a professional organization with global success? Do you have the skills to translate and create texts in an appealing and customer-oriented manner? Are you comfortable with recurring activities, as well as ad hoc tasks that require flexibility?

Then you may be the person we are looking for! 🙋

We are seeking a Sales & Marketing Assistant for the continuous development of one of our international markets. You will refer to a Sales Manager, who has the overall responsibility for the turnover and gross profit of the country. 💪

WHAT WE OFFER YOU
In Sales & Expansion, we offer you the opportunity to be part of an ambitious department, where you can develop and grow professionally and personally.

Furthermore, we offer you:

• A workplace in an exciting international company where results, expansion and development have a high priority
• Scandinavian company culture that focuses on strong teams and values
• Opportunities for development and first-class practical training
• Long term career opportunities
• Competitive compensation package
• Private Health Insurance
• 20% discount at JYSK and Lars Larsen Group companies

WHAT YOUR JOB WILL BE ABOUT

In Sales & Expansion, our general responsibility is to ensure sales and profitability for JYSK. This means that we are responsible for surveilling the market and implementing marketing activities in the different countries. Nonetheless, Sales & Expansion also handles the pricing for all articles in all JYSK countries. 

As a Sales & Marketing Assistant, you will play an essential role in the production of marketing materials. Furthermore, you will be given responsibility of few product areas and ensuring turnover and earnings within these product areas in your country. Crucial to this is a strong planning and organizational talent in combination with excellent writing skills to meet deadlines and ensure high-quality results. You will spend your working days communicating with colleagues both within Greece and from around the world in writing as well as verbally.

Your tasks and responsibilities include:

• Generation of marketing material (instore signs, TV & radio spots) in our internal manuscript system, including proofreading
• Compliance with our marketing concepts and guidelines
• Translation of various texts from English into the national language
• Creation and updating of various data
• Ensuring the correct use of Greek in all marketing communication
• Price assortment and contribute to the development of the best possible assortment composition
• Prepare individual campaigns for offline channels – from article selection, campaign pricing to campaign evaluation 
• Ensure that country stores get the information they need, primarily via the JYSK intranet. Communication and coordination with stores and other departments

Your tasks will have cross-departmental ties with, e.g., marketing, retail, and purchasing. Your workday will be filled with both recurring tasks and ad hoc tasks that will challenge your flexibility and time management.

You can expect 6-8 annual travelling days in relation to trainings and matrix meetings at our Danish head office as well as meetings within your head office.

You will be placed at your local Head Office in Greece.

You can read more about our department at https://job.jysk.gr/gr/kentrika-grafia

WHAT SHOULD YOU BRING
To succeed in this role, you:

• Are detail-oriented and want to become an expert within your own tasks
• Have a keen sense of responsibility and good communication skills
• Are open and honest in your relations with colleagues
• Have a systematic, structured and persistent approach to get things done
• Can speak and write perfectly in both English and Greek

In addition, you:

• Have a relevant educational background – e.g. a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree within Business, Marketing or similar
• Are good at planning your time and meeting deadlines
• Have an analytical and structured approach to your tasks
• Have a proactive approach to problem solving
• Have good skills in Excel