Join our team!
We are looking for an engaging and confident individual to join our fantastic Marketing team as part of the Commercial function, creating and implementing opportunities to deliver income into the business through Trade Marketing and Partnership activities.
In this role, you will work with the Trade Marketing Manager to ensure a variety of levers are used to deliver marketing activity, unlock agreed income and identify & deliver key opportunities for incremental investment across our supplier base.
What you'll be doing...
Your key responsibilities as the Assistant Trade Marketing Manager will consist of:
Ensure delivery of activity plans for all key suppliers within parameters of existing marketing budgets
Ensure all key activities are commercially and operationally audited and reviewed and any implementation issues are addressed by the team
Engage senior internal and external stakeholders for sign-off of key activity
Manage promotional plan with Trade Marketing Manager and identify new opportunities for incremental promotional activity
Support the Trade Marketing Manager on negotiations across our supplier base to maximise joint business plan investment from our suppliers
Plan trade marketing activities, ensuring all bankable income is maximised and delivered
Build trade marketing relationships with new suppliers to provide opportunities to grow their investment into Elior beyond standard contractual A&P budgets
Identify, commercialise, and deliver new opportunities for supplier and partner investment into Elior
Create contact plans with key suppliers to build relationships within their marketing and event marketing teams to unlock incremental opportunities
Support the invoicing process with the finance team to ensure all agreed income is invoiced in a timely manner
Identify potential third-party partners to deliver incremental benefit to the business e.g. reward & loyalty programs. Ensure all potential opportunities are modelled and commercial benefit is evident as well as operationally robust to secure senior-level sign-off
Monitor competitor and brand partner activity
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday - 37.5 hours per week
What can you bring?
The skills, experience, and knowledge we are looking for from the future Assistant Trade Marketing Manager include:
Outstanding project delivery and relationship management skills
Highly commercial Mindset
A minimum of 2 years in a retail business, purchasing team or similar client-facing role
Negotiation training and experience (preferably CIPS)
Excellent presentation skills – written and verbal with good attention to detail
Experience in delivering profit targets
Good understanding of the impact of external factors on growth, including competition and seasonality
Superb influencing skills at all levels
Proficient in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Personal Qualities:
Professional and pragmatic team player
Ability to manage own time and prioritise effectively whilst working at pace
Able to work to tight deadlines under pressure
Ability to develop innovative ideas, refine and operationalise
Focused, tenacious, and resilient
Innovative and bold – able to find new ways of doing things, challenge the status quo, take an entrepreneurial approach (measured risk, high reward)
Ability to build and work to a solid plan to achieve goals but not afraid to adapt to changes to take advantage of opportunities and quick wins as they arise
Ability to drive decision-making through analysis and based on evidence, rather than intuition
Our way of saying thank you...
At Elior, we strive to ensure that our colleagues feel appreciated & rewarded, which is why we offer generous rewards & benefits in exchange for your dedicated efforts.
We offer a salary of up to £40,000 depending on your experience
FREE On-Site Lunches: Enjoy complimentary lunches, saving you time & money while ensuring you stay nourished & energised throughout the day.
Support Your Way of Life:
- Flexible Working: We offer full-time & part-time roles, with varying shift patterns across the business. Allowing colleagues the flexibility to balance their personal & professional commitments
- Hybrid Working Model: Collaborate & innovate in the office three days a week while enjoying focused work-from-home days
- Holiday Allowance: Relax & recharge with 31 days of holiday (including bank holidays)
- Additional Holiday Purchase Option: Customise your time off by purchasing extra holidays
- Family Leave: Prioritise family commitments with flexible leave options
- Paid Charity Leave: Make a positive impact with two additional paid days for charity work
Big Enough for Growth, Small Enough to Connect:
- Opportunities for career progression while developing a close-knit community
Supporting You Through Life’s Ups & Downs:
- Access mental health support & comprehensive wellbeing benefits
Keeping Finances & Wellbeing in Mind:
- Life assurance, workplace pension schemes, discounts, cashback, entertainment, leisure discounts, & a cycle-to-work scheme
Why it’s great to work for us...
Elior is a multi-award-winning people business and one of the UK’s leading contract caterers, with over 10,000 colleagues operating across a diverse range of sectors including:
- Workplaces & Office Space
- Sporting Venues & Stadiums
- Attraction & Heritage Sites
- Public Sector & Defence
- Health, Care & Hospitals
- Schools, Colleges & Universities
Along with our purpose of enriching lives everywhere, every day, we’re committed to an inclusive culture and want our people to feel appreciated, supported, and fulfilled.
That’s why 85% of colleagues tell us how proud they are to work for us!
Elior Celebrates Equality
Our aim is to celebrate a culture of equality, diversity, and inclusion, continuing to make Elior a great place to work!
Every colleague has a distinctive set of values, skills, and aspirations. To ensure that we attract, develop, and retain best people from the widest possible talent pool we're committed to providing an inclusive environment where our colleagues fulfil their potential and have the opportunity to succeed.
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