Description
Marketing Manager - Planning - Exciting Retailer
up to 9 months FTC
Up to £28,000 + pension + 33 days' holiday + more
Yeovil
Join our fast-moving head office team in the heart of the beautiful Somerset countryside and you'll be encouraged to innovate, think differently and make your mark with a highly successful business that's part of a £multi-billion retail group.
Our team
Our business is built for our customers. Everything we do and every decision we make is designed to improve our service for their convenience. Nobody knows their customers better than we do - they run through the veins of our business. Your role as a Marketing Manager - Planning will sit within a diverse marketing team that's a hotbed of ideas within the group. Striving to get to know our customers even better through great data and insight, we continuously look at new channels and innovative new ways to connect with our customers.
Your role
Reporting to the Senior Marketing manager Promotions and Creative you will ensure that campaign activity is controlled and communicated to deliver a successful multi-channel campaign. Holding responsibility for planning, organising and implementing all promotional events, you will manage the overall promotional plan ensuring all key dates are visible to relevant stakeholders.
Screwfix skills
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Prior experience in project management is essential, including project planning, timescale and workload management, progress reporting and contingency planning
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Prior marketing experience and knowledge (product, price, placement and promotion is desirable).
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Prior experience of working within a retail operations environment is desirable, as is experience of Direct Mail or Internet communications
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Proven ability to work well across functions including marketing, buying and catalogue production - prior experience in working as a key interface between a number of departments is essential
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Strong communication skills able to effectively communicate with and influence a range of internal and external stakeholders and audiences at all levels
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Excellent planning and project management skills
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You must be self-motivated & articulate and demonstrate the ability and commitment to deliver to tight deadlines within budget
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You will have a high degree of attention to detail, excellent relationship management skills and the confidence to liaise professionally with senior / key stakeholders
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Good PC skills and an ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining a positive outlook and a flexible "can do" attitude is a must
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You must work well under pressure, ensuring the smooth and efficient running of a campaign
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Relevant professional qualifications in project management and/or marketing are desirable
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Understanding of multi-channel business model and the key challenges and impacts of related marketing activity
We're very proud of our diverse team. Our differences make us stronger. But there are some qualities we all share. Friendly, reliable, honest and easy to talk to, we all do our jobs to the best of our abilities with a real smile on our face. Positive and hard working with a good sense of humour, we're also enthusiastically optimistic with the ability to adapt and flex with our rapidly growing business.
Working here
Innovative, successful and growing fast, we're the UK's number one supplier to the trade and provide a great service to DIY enthusiasts. We're also part of Kingfisher plc, Europe's leading DIY home improvement retailer with £10.8bn annual revenue and over 80,000 employees.
But what's it really like to work here? We are proud to be able to say that we are "Leading the world in employee engagement" after being awarded the Gallup Great Place to Work Award.
You can hear more about what it's like to work at Screwfix from some of the people who work here
Rewards
We really value all of our people, so you'll receive a competitive salary and a wide range of rewards including 33 days' holiday and our award-winning company pension scheme. As well as excellent training and ongoing development, you'll also benefit from life cover, childcare vouchers, 20% discount with Screwfix and B&Q and discounted healthcare and company share save schemes.
Apply
If you share our customer first approach - we'll have a role to suit you.
Want to discover more? Then apply today
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Our policy is to employ the best qualified people and provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief or disability.