Procurement Media Buying Expert Zain

The job holder is responsible for ensuring that media investments are transparent, optimized, and accurately invoiced. This role plays a critical part in validating media spending, reconciling invoices, and ensuring compliance with contractual and financial controls.

Key Accountabilities

• Track media spend across campaigns and platforms to ensure alignment with approved budgets.
• Maintain accurate records of commitments, actuals, and forecasts.
• Provide regular spend reports and insights.
• Identify discrepancies or irregularities in spend patterns.
• Review and validate media invoices against platform data, insertion orders, and agreed rates.
• Reconcile billed amounts with actual delivery and performance metrics.
• Confirm vendor compliance with contractual terms.
• Ensure all billing is supported by transparent documentation and proof of performance.
• Act as a key interface between Marketing, Agencies, Finance, and Procurement.
• Support vendor evaluations with performance and cost data.
• Contribute to process improvements for media buying governance and financial control.
• Any other task handed over by the function head.
• To perform all the above-mentioned roles and responsibilities in compliance to the Information Security Management System (ISMS) policies, and to report any information/physical security breaches or incidents to Data Control Department immediately. In addition, ensure that all team members are following policies mentioned.
• Be aware of, and adhere to, all environmental requirements as set by the statutory bodies in Kuwait, or by the published policies of Zain Group/Kuwait.