Employer: Major Players Salary: £45,000 – £50,000 per annum Date Added: 25/03/2024
Trade Marketing Manager
£45-50k plus benefits
We’re working with most of the most high profile and loved childrens brands in the world. They have enjoyed phenomenal success and have sold 72 million units…and growing! Already one of the fastest growing toy companies of all time in Germany and with triple-digit growth rates, they are expanding fast and looking for exceptional talent to join their amazing team in London.
We’re looking for a Trade Marketing Manager with a customer mindset to implement the UK trade marketing strategy. You will need to think strategically, demonstrate great marketing understanding and attention to detail. You’ll also need to be an excellent communicator and project manager.
You will help design, build and execute their trade marketing strategy to grow the brand in the UK.
Responsibilities include:
Management of the Trade Marketing strategy for UKI
Creation and execution of best in class POS for retail
Assisting in the development, optimisation & analysis of promotions across retail
Agency management and development in relation to business needs
Coordinating the retailer portal and managing the content for retailers
Management of merchandiser strategy
Management of Trade Shows from initial conception to logistics & execution
Providing Trade Marketing support for international expansion, including trade shows, POS & new product launches.
Our ideal candidate will have 3-5 years experience in marketing with a particular focus in trade marketing. Passionate about developing challenger brands, and brave enough to experiment in order to gain standout. Ability to translate customer insights into tangible marketing plans and excited to work in a fast-paced, startup environment.
This is a brilliant career opportunity for an ambitious marketer – you’ll have the freedom of ideas and initiatives, able to execute and implement your own ideas.
They have brilliant benefits such as private health insurance, pension plan, 30 days’ holiday per year (+ bank holidays), enhanced maternity and paternity leave and wellbeing perks including access to Calm and an Employee Assistance Programme. They also have a work from anywhere for 30 days a year scheme.
Hybrid working, with a mix of 2 days a week in the central London office and 3 days working from home.
If you would like a confidential chat about this role or your next career move, then please get in contact with me: or connect via LinkedIn: Lucy Simpson.
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