MARKETING & PROCUREMENT COORDINATOR: LUXURY SAFARI AND CONSERVATION COMPANY
Marketing Co-ordinator/Assistant – Marketing
Cape Town – Western Cape
Walk on the wild side!
An award-winning luxury safari and conservation company has a tremendous hybrid opportunity at their Cape Town office for a dynamic Junior to Mid-weight Marketing & Procurement Coordinator with a passion for wildlife conservation.
We are on the lookout for a commercially minded and detail-oriented Marketing & Procurement Coordinator to support brand growth while ensuring marketing investments are strategically managed and operationally efficient.
The Marketing & Procurement Coordinator will play a dual role supporting brand development and executing marketing procurement processes across the company’s camps and lodges portfolio. This role bridges creativity and commercial discipline – ensuring campaigns are executed beautifully, on time, and within budget. The ideal candidate combines strong brand instincts and supplier management skills.
If you have a keen interest in wildlife, conservation, and luxury travel, and a desire to use your skills in a meaningful way, this is the role for you. Apply today!
Responsibilities
- Support the development and execution of brand and campaign strategies with the Senior Marketing Manager.
- Ensure brand consistency across all touchpoints, including lodges, sales materials, and digital platforms.
- Manage timelines and workflows between internal teams and internal/external agencies and freelancers.
- Track campaign performance and prepare post-campaign reporting.
- Facilitate project kick-off meetings between strategy, creative, copy, and digital teams. Set-up meetings, invite correct stakeholders, take minutes and follow-up on actions post-meeting
- Track project timelines and deliverables across content, creative concept and design
- Keep briefs and project files organised and accessible across the team
- Follow up on tasks, flag delays, and escalate issues where support is needed to keep projects on track.
- Weekly start and end recap shared via email.
- Manage procurement processes in support of the Senior Procurement Manager for marketing materials including print production, branded collateral, photography, videography, merchandise, and lodge collateral.
- Negotiate pricing and contracts with creative agencies, printers, production houses, and suppliers.
- Maintain approved supplier lists and evaluate vendor performance.
- Monitor procurement budgets with the Senior Procurement Manager and track spend against forecasts.
- Raise purchase orders and ensure accurate invoice processing.
- Identify cost efficiencies without compromising brand standards.
Requirements
The successful candidate must have/be:
- Industry relevant tertiary qualification
- 3 – 5 years’ experience in brand management, marketing operations, or procurement.
- Experience in hospitality, travel, tourism, or luxury lifestyle brands preferred.
- Strong commercial and budget management skills.
- Excellent negotiation and supplier management ability.
- High attention to detail and strong project management skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially Excel)
- Highly organised and proactive.
- Commercially astute with a creative mindset.
- Calm under pressure with strong multitasking ability.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work across departments.
- You will be required to travel for work from time to time.
If you don’t have the relevant experience required for this role, please consider your application unsuccessful.
City: Cape Town
Level of Expertise: Junior – Mid
Remuneration: Negotiable
Consultant: Tamara
Reference Number: #Tam902
