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Trade Marketing Manager

Reading
£55k – £65k/yr
Posted about 17 hours ago
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Are you passionate about consumer brands and commercial growth? Looking to join an ambitious, fast-growing business where you can have real ownership and make a tangible impact?

This exciting business has built strong momentum within its category and is now looking to expand its team with the appointment of a Trade Marketing Manager. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing organisation where trade marketing is a key part of the wider commercial strategy.

This is not a traditional ‘Trade Marketing’ role, however. This is not really creative and executing shopper plans and necessarily bringing products to life in store. This could be a great opportunity for someone in sales wanting to get a foot into marketing, or someone in revenue growth management or MS&P, or even category management. You might have done a few rotations across brand category and sales, and this would be a great next step!

Working within a collaborative and entrepreneurial environment, you’ll have the opportunity to work closely with Sales, Marketing and Commercial teams, helping to translate brand strategy into impactful customer and channel activity. As you would expect within a growing business, this is a hands-on role where you'll be encouraged to take ownership, bring ideas to the table and help shape the future direction of the brand.

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You will be:

  • Developing and executing the trade marketing strategy across key customers and channels.
  • Creating customer and channel plans designed to drive distribution, visibility and sales.
  • Working closely with Sales and Marketing to ensure trade activity is aligned with the wider brand and commercial strategy.
  • Developing customer-facing presentations, trade materials and activation plans.
  • Supporting new product launches, promotional activity and retail campaigns.
  • Using sales, shopper and market insight to identify opportunities and make commercially informed recommendations.
  • Building strong relationships with key retail customers and supporting customer meetings.
  • Translating consumer and brand insights into effective retail and shopper activation.
  • Tracking and evaluating activity to understand its commercial impact and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will be / have:

  • Previous experience within trade marketing, sales, brand, category, or even revenue growth, within an FMCG/consumer role.
  • Highly commercial, analytical and comfortable working with data and insight.
  • Strong relationship-building skills, both internally and externally.
  • Energetic, proactive and able to work at pace within a growing business.
  • Highly organised, adaptable and able to manage multiple priorities.
  • Confident presenting to customers and internal stakeholders.
  • A genuine passion for consumer brands and driving growth.
  • Comfortable working in an entrepreneurial environment where everyone plays a role in getting things done.

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If you're looking for a hands-on Trade Marketing opportunity within a high-growth consumer business, where you can take ownership and have a genuine impact on commercial growth, this could be the role for you.

To apply directly please send a copy of your CV to mike@signaturecm.co.uk or alternatively please apply via the link below.

Whilst we will always endeavour to respond to you, due to the high levels of applications we receive this isn’t always possible. If you are not contacted within 3 working days, you have unfortunately not been shortlisted for this role.

Please note Signature Career Management is acting as an employment agency.

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Skills

Trade Marketing Strategy
Channel Planning
Distribution Management
Commercial Analysis
Data Analysis
Relationship Building
Customer Presentations
Retail Activation
Shopper Insights
Market Insight
Project Management
Stakeholder Management

Location

Reading, England, United Kingdom

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