Senior Category Manager - Marketing Services

KP Snacks

Slough, United Kingdom

19h ago

Job description

Senior Category Manager (Procurement Marketing Services)

Slough / Dusseldorf

As our Senior Category Manager, primarily responsible for our new media agency partnership with Publicis, you’ll play a crucial role in delivering our Group media strategy alongside the Intersnack Group International Media Manager.

This is a high-profile role, working closely with our Group Marketing Director and Director Business Development.

Job Purpose

To act as a senior leader within Intersnack marketing community and Intersnack Procurement

To drive and implement best in class marketing sourcing strategies across the Group and within Management Units to deliver costs saving and increased marketing effectiveness across our brands

To lead negotiations within a negotiation team, especially Media and Financial Audit results across all markets

To run tender in various areas of Marketing

To lead commercial discussions internal and external and being the link to Legal Advisors

To give advice to internal stakeholders in terms of interpretation of contractual rights and obligations

To be the commercial relationship owner for Publicis Group who manage our media spend, driving their strategic performance and measuring their effectiveness in close co-operation with the International Media Manager of the Intersnack Group

To develop and implement a marketing procurement excellence toolkit (how to pitch, evaluation of agency performance etc.

to provide a standardised approach of marketing operations

To build and maintain strong agency relationships that drive additional value for Intersnack

Desired Character

Passion for marketing and creativity

Ability to jump into different roles for tactical negotiation situations

Proven track record in marketing procurement

Confident, articulate and a proactive thinker

Strong communication and presentation skills

Team player

Commercially minded

Intrinsically motivated with the ability to generate ideas and solutions

If you’re looking for a performing and growing business that can offer you a positive challenge, working with great people and brands, we want to hear from you.

Role Requirements

Demonstrate excellence in the ability to deliver the Group media strategy including value and cost savings through our media partnership

Proven strong stakeholder management throughout all levels of an organisation

Significant experience in Marketing Performance, Agency Management & Commercial Excellence

A detailed working knowledge of Marketing operations’ and the processes to support this

Proven ability to professionally deal with unexpected issues arising throughout the delivery of complex projects

Strong negotiation skills

Reading and understanding of contractual langue

Commercial understanding of complex internal deals

Gravitas to be able to act as a strategic or tactical Lead in front of senior stakeholders

Clear articulation of the strategy and ability to summarise succinctly often complex marketing principles and logic

Experience needed

Degree level educated

Experience of working in a European / global environment.

Marketing procurement position held

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