Job Description

Company Description

OVERVIEW

In July 2020, Publicis Production won the global account for Haleon, to work as its production partner with innovation and problem solving at the core. In a hugely exciting development for the future of production we have created an entirely new production model to manage international demand through CaST.

Our Mission is to drive efficiency, effectiveness and reduce wastage for Haleon. Going beyond the usual dashboard limitations of scheduled reviews and interventions by bringing production, data, and media intimately and seamlessly together and building a data first, creatively driven solution for every brand, campaign and action.

We will defeat the crippling disease of wastage through informed decision making, consistently leveraging our knowledge of the market, audiences, channels, platforms, partners, and formats in the creation of creative assets.

Delivered through our ground-breaking new model, where production is fuelled by data insights and an intelligent feedback loop of data is created. It\'s enabled by tech integration so that every decision, execution and reaction creates another layer of learning for our systems, ensuring content relevance and reduction of waste.

A bit about us:

Publicis Production is an award-winning production studio with 3500 production experts across 40 countries worldwide. We are proud makers, producing everything from CG animation to DOOH, to print and live action TVCs for some of the world\'s leading brands.



KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OVERVIEW:

We have identified an opportunity for a Regional Client and Operational Lead to join us in a vital and key leadership position. This role will be managing and continuously building on the client partnership as well as overseeing a diverse set of teams from account management to operations and data insights, delivering on key campaign assets across multiple brands and markets.

The Regional Client Lead works together with the service layer and onsite teams that supports our clients across various brands delivering on their creative production needs. The service layer and onsite teams deliver a truly transformative work-stream for the APAC, Agile onsite work and planned content production across all channels.

This is a very demanding and ever-changing leadership role that will require the Regional Client and Operations Lead to have strong experience in a similar role preferably onsite, managing various teams, key internal and external stakeholders as well as clients. Critical knowledge of the creative and production processes, understanding key timings for inputs as well as being able to mitigate risks, solve problems and deliver on brand consistency by being aware and collaborating with regional teams is essential. As a Regional Client and Operations Lead it will also be your responsibility to ensure overall brand performance that delivers on the client revenue commitment to the business.

Qualifications

THE PERSON

• The Regional Client and Operations Lead will have 15+ years\' experience in a client facing role preferably within Consumer Healthcare, CPG or Beauty categories.
• Familiar with matrix management approach and reporting structures.
• Be able to build and maintain key relationships with agencies, partnerships, clients and key stakeholders to maintain positive business health in the region.
• Manage and oversee client accounts, across SEA & Taiwan, Indian Subcontinent, N. Asia and ANZ, including local team governance and partnership with local team leadership.
• Responsible for managing demand to strategically influence project pipeline, driving content reuse (deduplication), reporting key insights around local actions such as in markets global asset adoption rates, channel mix, or compliance.
• Work in a collaborative way with teams locally and virtually to ensure knowledge is shared across the board in a timely manner and all content/assets are delivered on time.
• Work closely with the data insights team ensuring that learnings are discussed with creative agencies and clients at key points within the creative development process.
• Have a leadership attitude, supporting teams as needed and working together to manage any challenges.
• Manages key relationship within the model, including regional hubs, studio, and global hub colleagues to ensure a smooth delivery of projects.
• Drives engagement plan following strategic resource allocation principles.
• Have excellent communication skills, ability to present with gravitas and engage the most senior Clients and stakeholders.
• Critical work planning and time management skills, able to prioritize and manage multiple briefs/campaigns at the same time.
• Be financially minded and able to work on business planning and forecasting.
• Contribute to the smooth running of the business overall, delivering against client and agency KPIs.

Additional Information

Our employee benefits package comprises the following:

\xf0\x9f\x91\x89 Generous leave entitlements, including birthday leave, rest day and family care leave.

\xf0\x9f\x91\x89 Office closure for World Mental Health Day 10th October.

\xf0\x9f\x91\x89 Additional Company closure for all 4 major festive Celebrations

\xf0\x9f\x91\x89 Cashless comprehensive medical coverage, including access to a panel clinic, dental and optical care.

\xf0\x9f\x91\x89 Life and personal accident insurance and group hospitalization and surgery.

\xf0\x9f\x91\x89 A hybrid working schedule and with Friday disconnects.

\xf0\x9f\x91\x89 Rest Relax & Recharge - office closure last week of December every year.

\xf0\x9f\x91\x89 Phone Allowance

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