Purchasing Executive

Company Description

We are Publicis Media, the media solutions hub that is part of Publicis Groupe, the most valuable communications group worldwide. We leverage the power of modern media to create value for our clients and support them in their transformation and growth through the best talents in investment, strategy, analytics, data, technology, and performance, under our agencies: Starcom, Zenith, Spark Foundry, and our specialized units, Performics, Apex, and PMX.

Job Description

In Bogotá – Colombia, we are looking for a person for the position of Purchasing Executive. With 2 years of experience in the role with advertising and marketing agencies, their mission will focus on the execution and control of the media plan budget.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of budgets and orders.
• Negotiations and daily management with the media.
• Preparation of weekly and actual compliance reports.
• Preparation and analysis of purchasing efficiencies, delivery of savings.
• Definition with the media of the mechanism to check ad placement.
• Reporting new commercial codes to IBOPE in the official IBOPE format.
• Tracking pending materials and codes for ad placement ordering.
• Reviewing media rates.
• Optimizing the client's budget.
• Ensuring budget compliance with media.
• Supervising media in ad placement (daily checking).
• Sending certifications and timely response to the checking team.
• Recovering TRPs by reconciling with media.
• Ensuring compliance with company processes, policies, and procedures, both locally and regionally.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and handling of media buying management tools, project planning, and metrics analysis, such as Advermind.
• Knowledge in the use of tools focused on measuring and analyzing media audience, especially television and radio, such as IBOPE.
• Intermediate Excel.

Additional Information

What We Offer?

• We have an AI-based interaction and connection platform called Marcel, which includes e-learning tools like Udemy and LinkedIn Learning, with over 30,000 courses on different topics where you can train according to your interests. In addition to connecting with the more than 100,000 creative minds of Publicis Groupe.
• We have benefits such as: hybrid work, employee fund, life insurance, birthday day off, as well as the opportunity to apply for different global vacancies within the company and the possibility to work up to 6 weeks a year from another country where Publicis Groupe has a presence through the global Work Your World initiative.

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