Trade Marketing Manager Blut10125

Trade Marketing Manager BLUT10125
Bristol
Salary: Up to £48,000plus benefits

Our client is one of the UK’s largest manufacturers of building materials, supplying the construction sector with specialist plasterboard and associated products. The company has ambitious expansion plans, and is accordingly beefing up its marketing team within the trade merchant channel. Our customers are a mixture of national and independent companies.

Armed with a bigger budget, the team’s ambition is to get its products noticed by being creative and challenging, to engage strongly with its audiences and create an impact in the industry. They are looking for a team member that matches their ambition.

On a typical day you might have spent the morning sharing the insights gained from your latest focus group sessions with their merchant clients; their input and buy-in will be crucial to your next product launch. You might have checked that the design agency is on course with the new point-of-sale material, or met with the R&D team to schedule the sequence of next years’ product launches. You will also have met with the sales team to brainstorm potential tailored marketing plans for key client accounts.

You will have a demonstrable relevant experience, most likely in a trade or B2B marketing role, and have tactical experience across the full marketing mix. You might come from a different industry, but can bring insight which can adapt to and energise their business using your different perspective.

They are interested in candidates whose marketing skills transcend individual projects and programmes. They particularly value those who have:

• empathy with customers, seeing things through their eyes
• a good ear for authentic, persuasive language and an ability to put it down on paper
• a good eye for compelling visual design
• open-minded creativity and imagination
• an instinct for spotting a benefit from a list of features
• an engaging personality who captivates the attention of others

The ideal candidate will be:

• skilled in written & verbal communication
• organised and a multi-tasker with excellent project management skills
• able to make clear and concise business/marketing plans and recommendations
• pro-active in managing a broad range of tasks and a pipeline of work
• tenacious and confident with strong persuasion skills and a flexible style
• professional, credible and comfortable building strong, working relationships with customer accounts and colleagues
• highly results focused; someone who thrives on a challenge and makes things happen with a clear focus on key business objectives

If you are looking for a position where you views are respected, your ideas are invited, your creative thinking is stretched and your work supported in a nurturing and ambitious team, then this may be the opportunity for you.

Education & qualifications: Graduate level or CIM Diploma

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