Lead Promotions Coordinator

We have an exciting opportunity for a Lead Promotions Co-Ordinator to join our team in Watford.

In this role, you’ll lead and support our Promotions Co-Ordinators while overseeing pricing and promotional activity across our brands. You’ll play an important part in making sure promotional and pricing data is accurate, delivered to agreed timescales and correctly reflected through our systems.

Working closely with our Category and Brand teams, as well as colleagues across Trading, Finance, Operations and other areas of the business, you’ll help ensure promotions run smoothly from initial set-up through to delivery.

This is a great opportunity for someone with strong data and administration skills who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, managing competing deadlines and supporting a team.

• Lead, manage, coach and develop the Promotions Co-Ordinators.
• Build promotional deal sets alongside Category teams and ensure these are accurately loaded into SAP.
• Maintain accurate promotional master files and pricing data in line with agreed deadlines.
• Proofread marketing materials, coordinate amendments and resolve any issues with relevant teams.
• Act as a key point of contact for promotional queries across the business.
• Work closely with Category Managers to deliver ad hoc promotional requirements and requests.
• Manage supplier cost price increases (CPIs) with customers and Category teams.
• Coordinate the build and sign-off of bespoke National Account promotional deals.
• Support the planning and communication of pricing changes resulting from Chancellor’s Budgets.
• Provide input and support for Seasonal Pre-Sell campaigns, including range and price files.
• Investigate and process overcharge queries where required.
• Support with supplier invoice queries, including advertising and gate fees.
• Work closely with the Lead Promotions Co-Ordinator – National Accounts, developing transferable knowledge to provide support and cover across the area.
• Identify and support opportunities to improve processes and ways of working.
• Provide holiday cover and wider support to the Promotions & National Accounts Manager as required.

• Previous experience in data management and administration.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage your own workload and meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• Good verbal, written and numerical skills.
• Strong communication skills and the confidence to work with stakeholders across different areas and levels of the business.
• Experience of leading, managing or developing people.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to work effectively across different teams.
• A proactive approach, with the determination to follow tasks and issues through to completion.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office 365, particularly Excel.
• Previous retail or wholesale experience would be beneficial.
• Experience using SAP would be advantageous.

Booker is the UK's leading food & drink wholesaler. We are privileged to serve independent retailers, caterers and small businesses, from locations across the country. We operate over 190 cash and carry branches, 8 distribution centres, 5 Best Food Logistics sites, as well as 6 support centre locations across the UK.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) at Booker means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we’re a place where Everyone’s Welcome.

We know life looks a little different for each of us. That’s why at Booker and Best, we always welcome conversations about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers; some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we may be able to support you.

We’re proud that Booker is a Disability Confident Committed Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support you can expect, please contact recruitment@bookergroup.com

Please note

We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm or involves working in areas such as the warehouse, beers, wines & spirits, and driving roles.

On the occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date in order for us to manage all of the applicants appropriately. We will only be able to offer individual feedback to those candidates who attend an interview.

*Booker Group is part of Tesco plc, however, is operated separately from the core Tesco business and as such the benefits offered will be different from those offered at Tesco*

For more information about us please visit www.bookergroupjobs.co.uk