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Mars UK • GBR-Somerset-Castle Cary | United Kingdom

Trade Marketing Specialist (UK, Ireland), FTC 12 months

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

Job Description:

The associate on this position is responsible for development, deployment and coordination of trade marketing activities with strong online focus within the Pet Specialist Retail (PSR) channel according to the annual execution plan. As such, the Trade Marketeer is in close contact with the on-line and off-line sales managers and customers marketing department and pro-actively drives business and category growth at our PSR customers by deploying activation and toolkits from the region.

What are we looking for?

  • Supports development & evaluation of Cluster B2C / B2B activities.

  • B2B & B2C Cluster activation execution in Pet Specialist Retail (PSR)

  • Engages Sales teams with the activity plans to drive field excellence in execution

  • Constantly drives excellence in execution and better that previously mind-set

  • Higher degree or equivalent experience

  • Functional/technical skills – excel

What will be your key responsibilities?

  • Planning, execution and evaluation of trade & portfolio marketing activities in the market aiming to drive recommendation, sales as well as brand performance (consumer & financial KPIs). Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to following actions:

  • Collaborates in building cluster marketing execution plan in cooperation with Market Strategy & Deployment (MSD) and Sales Acceleration team.

  • Aligns messaging and concept for activations to overarching campaign/brand messaging.

  • Defines & tracks budget for activations.

  • In the lead for getting approval on national activations/events through the S&OP+ cycle, including ROI calculation and evaluation.

  • Develops and deploys Cluster and Market marketing activations plans for their specific PSR online and in-store and leveraging the customers CRM platforms.

  • Plans and manages ordering, development and production of all communication/promotional materials, both online and instore, based on the key visuals developed by the Regional S&M team.

  • Evaluate customer activation materials and continuously drive best-in-class, innovative Point Of Sales (POS) materials to support the recommendation and conversion of our brand.

  • Partner to deliver category vision into Action projects at customers in close collaboration with Category Manager and sales teams.

  • Provides sales teams with the selling tools to deliver a perfect execution in store and online.

  • Shares best practice across Cluster.

What can you expect from Mars?

  • Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.

  • Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.

  • Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.

  • An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

Mars is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable adjustments for individuals with disabilities, long term health conditions or are neurodiverse during the application and recruitment process. To request reasonable adjustments, complete our Reasonable Adjustment Request Form here

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Company benefits

Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Open to compressed hours
Sabbaticals
Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks at 90% pay
Enhanced paternity leave – 26 weeks at 90% pay
24 days annual leave + bank holidays
“Pawternity” leave
Pregnancy loss leave
Bank holiday swaps
Shared parental leave
Adoption leave
Family health insurance
Pregnancy support
Neo-natal leave
Faith rooms
Meditation space
Dog friendly office
Dog friendly co-working space
Annual bonus
Employee discounts
Cinema discounts
Referral bonus
Joining bonus
Cycle to work scheme
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Theme park discounts
Lunch and learns
In house training
LinkedIn learning license
Studying sabbaticals
Open to part time work for some roles

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