Manager - Mplan

Campaign Planning and Validation:

• Review and validate plans

  from stakeholders and coordinate as needed.

• Prepare a Material Requisition (MR)

  based on detailed plans for various channels and publications.

• Liaise with relevant teams

  to resolve any discrepancies in Purchase Order (PO) details.

Campaign Creation and Execution:

• Cross-check vendors

  for each channel or publication before updating the system.

• Generate Media Plans

  with schedules, estimates, and Release Orders (RO).

• Process RO generation

  after securing client approval.

• Ensure accurate and mandatory updates of GST and POS numbers

  for all monthly ROs, and share the ROs with vendors.

In-flight Management:

• Track the login status

  of activities from all channels and publications.

• Maintain meticulous records

  to support revenue validation and audit readiness.

• Prepare a liability sheet

  for all plan revenue/POs and maintain trackers for all media activities for financial tracking and reporting.

Billing:

• Follow up on logs fortnightly

  to keep the system updated for timely billing.

• Monitor each spot with relevant TAM IDs

  . Follow up with TAM/channels for missing data.

• Raise disputes with channels

  if spots are not aired as per the RO/deal, or if there are discrepancies in time bands or duration.

• Coordinate with the Billing team

  to resolve issues based on exception reports, and follow up on revised vendor invoices, credit notes, or channel recordings.

• Share all supporting documents

  like client approval, estimate copies, and POs with the Finance/Commercial Team to support billing.

• Remove confirmed junk/unwanted spots

  after confirmation from Finance Plus.

• Monitor digital activities

  daily after receiving billing instructions (BI) and reports from the Business/Activation team.

• Resolve vendor queries

  regarding billing and disputes on a day-to-day basis.

• Follow up regularly

  to ensure billing is closed on time.