Assistant Shopper Marketing Manager (12-Month Fixed Term Contract) at Inspired Thinking Group (ITG) | Croydon, UK

Inspired Thinking Group (ITG)

Assistant Shopper Marketing Manager (12-Month Fixed Term Contract)

Croydon, UK (Hybrid)

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Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end POS fixturisation and stock operations to enable timely store rollouts, collaborating with brands, agencies, and the Shopper Marketing team to drive measured awareness and conversion.

Own POS fixturisation and range refreshes across stores.
Maintain permanent POS stock for new openings and refits within budget.
Coordinate with the Shopper Marketing Manager to deliver 360 plans that lift awareness and conversions.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end POS fixturisation projects from brief to delivery, including creative approvals, quantities, allocations, and range refreshes.
Create and manage permanent POS stock for new store openings and refits, ensuring assets are in the right place on time.
Collaborate with the Shopper Marketing Manager to craft 360 marketing plans that boost awareness and conversion.
Liaise with brands and buyers to design 3D POS with agencies; handle quarterly updates and new projects.
Conduct weekly stock checks and replenish stock within budget to keep stores stocked for orders and openings.
Manage budgets and clearly communicate costs to relevant teams to stay within budget.
Produce promotional POS for International Beauty events and own permanent fixture POS for phased rollouts.
Support New Stores activities, including store visits for openings and audits.
Travel may be required for new store visits and audits, plus supporting UK projects.
Demonstrate proactive capabilities, problem-solving, process improvement, strong communication, and resilience.

Requirements

Proven experience in a fast-paced retail environment with a strong customer-first mindset.
Experience managing in-store POS, merchandising, and operational projects.
Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
Ability to be flexible and adapt to changes.
Strong attention to detail while maintaining a clear view of overall project goals.
Confident working cross-functionally with a range of stakeholders.
Experience managing budgets, purchase orders and cost trackers.

Benefits

Time off that works for you — 25 days' holiday + bank holidays, a paid Wellbeing Day, flexible bank holidays to honour cultural or religious observances, and the option to buy or carry over up to 5 extra days.
Flexibility & lifestyle — Smart Working with up to 40% from home, and after 12 months, the option to work from abroad for up to 90 days a year.
Family & life milestones — Enhanced family friendly leave, 3 extra days for your wedding/honeymoon, and an Employee Assistance Programme whenever you need support.
Financial perks — Pension scheme, Corporate Medical Cash Plan, electric car salary sacrifice scheme, and tax-efficient payroll giving to your favourite charities.
Growth & recognition — Funding for professional qualifications, monthly Employee of the Month awards (£250 bonus), and referral bonuses of up to £1,500.
Community & wellbeing — Regular Wellbeing Workshops, 30+ Wellbeing Champions, a paid Volunteer Day, and an online perks platform with discounts on top brands, days out, and gym memberships.

Inspired Thinking Group (ITG)

ITG is the world’s leading AI-enabled, agile content company.We support major brands across the globe to use AI to make their marketing operations more effective — turning big ideas into Halo content that’s delivered better, faster, and at a lower cost. Our four pillars define how our clients get the most out of our solutions, through a blended model including: Capture: Leveraging AI and AR to more efficiently capture content for personalization at scale.Create: Using our proprietary, AI-enabled Halo Intelligence product to inform how we create channel-specific, custom content at scale that drives growth and brand consistency.Automate: From briefs, workflows and DAM to content versioning, translations, dynamic metatagging, and more — a full suite of AI-powered tools delivered via our Gartner-leading Content Marketing Platform, Storyteq®.Integrate: Unlock hidden efficiencies and greater content personalization by unifying your data sources, marketing technologies, and AI in one simplified marketing ecosystem. ITG has a global footprint of 2,000+ employees located in 22 offices around the world. Our culture of kindness ensures that we are combining human understanding with AI-powered innovation in everything we do, every day. Together, we simplify the complicated, automate the tedious, and create the beautiful.

Founded in 2009

London, England, GBR

1.8K employees (635 in marketing)

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