Marketing Lead

Wakefield, UK (Hybrid)

£50K/yr – £55K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own growth-market positioning through a cross-functional marketing lead role that ties strategy, brand, digital campaigns and bid responses to revenue goals.

  • Strategic ownership: provide marketing leadership to directors and align activity with growth goals and strategic priorities.
  • Commercial execution: drive winning bids and proposals, manage vendors, and report KPIs to senior leadership.
  • Marketing engine: develop brand, content, and digital campaigns with ROI tracking to generate leads and support revenue.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and deliver Sigma’s annual marketing and communications strategy.
  • Act as Sigma’s lead marketing adviser to Directors and senior stakeholders.
  • Align marketing activity with growth goals, sectors and strategic priorities.
  • Identify opportunities to strengthen Sigma’s market position and advantage.
  • Manage budgets and maximise ROI.
  • Lead agencies, suppliers and consultants to deliver agreed outcomes.
  • Set KPIs and report performance to the SLT.
  • Lead bid, tender and proposal submissions.
  • Manage timelines, content and input to ensure compliant submissions.
  • Maintain bid content, case studies, credentials and support documents.
  • Work with key teams to create win strategies.
  • Support customer pitches and proposals.
  • Turn customer requirements into persuasive, commercially focused responses.
  • Maintain customer references, success stories and award submissions.
  • Own and maintain Sigma brand guidelines across the business.
  • Keep branded materials and templates current, consistent and accessible.
  • Support branding needs across the business.
  • Produce case studies, blogs, web and social content.
  • Coordinate photography and briefs.
  • Manage videography and animation projects.
  • Maintain brochures, presentations and pitch materials.
  • Create presentation templates and sales materials.
  • Develop digital campaigns aligned to lead generation objectives.
  • Implement automation and nurture campaigns where needed.
  • Monitor engagement and conversion metrics.
  • Identify digital trends and technologies to improve marketing capability.
  • Manage external agencies, suppliers and freelancers.

Requirements

  • 5–7 years’ experience in a senior B2B marketing role
  • Experience delivering marketing strategies
  • Experience supporting bids, tenders and proposals
  • Proven lead generation and revenue support experience
  • Experience working with senior stakeholders
  • Experience in logistics, retail solutions or business services
  • Experience managing agencies and suppliers
  • Success in brand development and positioning
  • Degree educated in Marketing or Business equivalent.

Preferred

  • CIM qualification desirable

Benefits

  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Birthday leave in your birthday month
  • Buy or sell up to 3 days’ holiday*
  • Opportunity for hybrid working*
  • Octopus EV salary sacrifice scheme*
  • Cycle to Work scheme*
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Healthshield cash plan with high street discounts
  • Free financial advice on mortgages, pensions and insurance
  • Enhanced family-friendly pay*
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Sigma

4.1 Glassdoor

We are a global food company dedicated to bringing local favorite foods to communities everywhere. Within 17 countries, we offer quality branded food at a range of price points and across diverse categories. We're a company dedicated to the production, distribution and sales of refrigerated and frozen products such as cold meats, dry meats, cheese, yogurt, prepared meals and beverages. We have a strong diversified portfolio of well-positioned brands that market in the countries where we participate. We operate in 64 production plants, serving more than 670,000 customers in North, Central, South America, the Caribbean and Europe.We strive for excellence in everything we do. We're passionate about innovation and our consumers; we're committed in bringing them the best quality and taste in every product. The passion and effort we invest in our work is the reason we're on the road to success.

Founded in 1980
Garza García, Nuevo León, MEX
13K employees (1,189 in marketing)
82% recommend to a friend
88% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
48.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
64.6%
Direct
25.5%
Referral
5.5%
Social
3.4%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~13K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
996 (8% of company)
Median Career Experience
13 years
Median Tenure
6.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1