Interim Markting Manager
- Employer
- Better Placed Recruitment
- Location
- Manchester
- Salary
- £27500 per annum
- Closing date
- 4 Nov 2014
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Marketing
Job Details
Our client is a very successful, global business with an enviable brand portfolio and an aggressive growth strategy. To cover a period of Maternity leave an interim Marketing Manager role has arisen.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver solid marketing plans to support the UK team in achieving the yearly Operational Plan.
- Manage all aspects of the marketing function for brands for the UK.
- Report with a dotted line to the Regional Marketing Manager for delivering a UK marketing plan as part of the total strategy for Europe, whilst having local autonomy.
- Work with Global Category Managers in the development of new products and packaging.
- Write and present plans for new products taking responsibility for their development and execution.
- Liaise with local agencies to provide support for the strategy via advertising, PR, point of sale, literature and other ATL and BTL line activity as required.
- Present ideas, products, research, strategy and marketing support to colleagues.
- Manage all web based activity including all aspects of the UK websites.
- Conduct occasional market research as well as interpret results from pan-European research to assist the production of coherent and profitable marketing campaigns.
- Work with, and gain support of, all necessary departments both within the UK and European organisations to ensure the delivery of agreed targets and plans.
- Manage Marketing budget to support marketing activities, in line with the Operational Plan
- Provide technical support to all internal and external customers to include management, sales force, distributors, retailers and consumers. Provide support for internal training programmes in relation to new and existing products.
The successful candidate will be a confident self starter with experience of utilising the full marketing mix to execute brand plans, which aim to increase profitability and market share. You will have at least three years marketing experience gained in a B2C environment. Candidates with experience in the pet care category will have a distinct advantage.
Company
With an enviable client list of blue chip FMCG businesses, Better Placed focuses on the recruitment of Sales and Marketing professionals across the UK. Working from offices in Leeds and Manchester, our team of highly experienced Consultants have built relationships with a wide range of companies in the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands as well as elsewhere in the UK.
In many cases we are preferred supplier to these businesses operating on an exclusive basis. We operate at all levels from graduate through to Director and our team are widely acknowledged as specialists in their chosen vertical markets.At Better Placed we focus on our candidates as much as our clients and we understand that failure to do so will slow the rapid growth that we have seen since our inception in 2002. Our track record of maintaining long term relationships with both candidates and clients is testament to how seriously we take this and is a fundamental part of what we stand for.
- Website
- http://www.betterplaced.com/
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