Job Description
Description
All the relevant skills, qualifications and experience that a successful applicant will need are listed in the following description.
ITG is searching for an Account Manager/Assistant Marketing Manager on an initial 12-month contract to work with one of our most exciting retail brands; M&S!
In this brilliant team we spend our days working on marketing to support our fantastic Convenience (Franchise) stores. Across the Convenience estate we have 500+ stores across 10 Franchise Partners. Our Franchise partners sit across Travel, Healthcare & Local categories. As a team, we work across monthly Phase updates & providing marketing to support new & renewal stores & focus on local marketing.
Convenience is an exciting area of the business with an ambitious growth plan. In the next few years, we are renewing many stores across our estate & also opening brand-new stores – check out some of our latest renewals (Waterloo) & new stores (New Malden). We deliver world class ‘in store’ marketing standards and help showcase everything that is unique about M&S Food. It’s an exciting time to be part of the Convenience Marketing team!
Our working environment is extremely fast paced and exciting, no two days are ever the same. To be part of our gang you need to be passionate about stores and delivering high standards, be self-motivated, confident, and most importantly a team player.
Some of what you'll get up to:
- You will be leading the planning & delivery of POS in all new and Renewal stores cross the Convenience (Franchise estate).
- Working collaboratively and flexibly with the Store Launch Manager to ensure POS plans for new and renewal stores are planned and delivered on time and within budget.
- Support in delivering engagement sessions to new store teams & Partners on what good looks like principles for renewal POS.
- Be responsible for supporting the store teams on site with launching all POS to the best standard ahead of launch.
- Working with the Convenience the wider Convenience Marketing team, Renewals Marketing team & Category Marketing team to ensure that the POS library is kept up to date and the relevant customer messages are used across the in-store POS.
- Briefing and handling the production and delivery of all renewal POS.
- You will be responsible for handling a production critical path, ensuring key deadlines are met and flagging any areas of concern or that are at risk with the Convenience Marketing Manager.
- Work with the manager to establish best practice processes and ways of working with both internal colleagues and external partners.
- Working in a fast paced and ever-changing environment.
- You will need to have a proven ability to multi-task in order to hit deadlines and handle the Supplier & Partner relationships with strong communication skills.
- Ability to challenge the status-quo & make suggestions to improve process to drive efficiencies.
- You will have ideally have store launch experience although this is not essential, previous Point of Sale / in-store marketing experience is.
- Project management experience with previous experience handling a critical path is ideal.
- Have strong multi-tasking skills with the ability to work well under pressure.
- Commercial awareness and an understanding of the Marketing function.
- Stakeholder management skills and experience.
Work’s a treat!
On top of a competitive salary, you can expect a whole load of perks:
- 25 days’ holiday + bank holidays – we understand the importance of you getting some down time.
- Annual Wellbeing Day – enjoy an additional day on us to look after your physical and mental wellbeing.
- Pension Scheme – helping you save towards your retirement home in the sun!
- Corporate Medical Cash Plan – claim back the cost of your medical treatments.
- Smart Working Options – spend up to 40% of your working week from home.
- So many savings – through our online community platform, you can access dozens of daily deals, from money off top brands to discounts on days out.
- Employee Assistance Programme – our people are at the heart of everything we do, so if you’re happy, we’re happy.
- Cycle to Work Scheme – save on the cost of biking to work.
- Monthly Employee Awards - Employee of the Month programme with £250 bonus
- Raising money for charity including a paid Volunteer Day – we’re all about giving back… and having lots of fun in the process!
- Referral scheme – know the perfect person to join the team? You could bag £1,500 for a putting a good word in.
- Wellbeing Programme – giving you the opportunity to join regular, interactive Wellbeing Workshops or join our 30 plus Wellbeing Champions.
- Enhanced Family Friendly Leave – support for you and your family to help you navigate through the craziness of family life.
We champion and welcome diversity in our workforce and ensure all job applicants receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender or gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality.
We are not only committed to increasing the visibility and recognition of talent from under-represented groups within our organisation, but the wider industry too.
At the end of the day, we make sure we take time to look after ourselves, each other, and the planet, because we’re always stronger together.
ITG have a number of community groups (ERGs) available to employees which offer a safe space for like-minded colleagues, with shared interests to connect, socialise and check in with each other. These include Black ITGers Together, LGBTQ+ Together, Mens Health Together, Muslims Together, Neurodiversity Together, Working Parents and Carers Together and Women In Tech Together.
What next?
If you found yourself interested in knowing more, drop us your application and someone from our team will be in touch.