Trade Marketing Manager, eCommerce

Slough, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own regional BTL deployment and eCommerce trade planning to maximise brand and commercial impact, while mentoring the trade marketing team and shaping retail media strategy with a £2m+ budget.

  • Campaign deployment and eCommerce planning: regional BTL campaigns translated into retailer-ready executions.
  • Budget and ROI: manage a £2m+ budget to drive theme/retailer performance and commercialization.
  • Team development and through-the-line impact: coach junior marketers and lead retail campaigns that boost conversion.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Local deployment of regionally created BTL Adult and Preschool campaigns ensuring they are fit for purpose and implemented through the line
  • Set the strategic trade marketing direction and planning for the eCommerce channel to achieve maximum brand and commercial impact
  • Act as a mentor to the Assistant Trade Marketing Managers to ensure they have the required toolkits to deliver campaign excellence (to upskill in eCommerce planning, executions, and innovations)
  • Responsibility for planning and designing the retail media strategy for trade marketing and supporting the team to implement the plans set
  • Management of a £2m+ budget, driving effective spend across themes/ customers to achieve key marketing objectives ensuring a strong return on investment
  • Evaluation of key BTL campaign executions to ensure a continuous improvement approach that has a strong commercial impact
  • Pulling ‘through the line’ brand and themed campaigns, crafting impactful, engaging and conversion driving retail executions

Requirements

  • Direct commercial experience in a trade marketing role (preferably for a high impact consumer goods company) delivering into major UK retailers
  • A thorough understanding of the eCommerce retail landscape and the strategic impact of all trade marketing activities
  • Extensive experience planning and implementing trade marketing campaigns (both offline and online) for third-party retailers
  • Ability to lead, drive and deliver on multiple campaigns and activities at the same time
  • A proactive approach and proven track record to adapt to an evolving and dynamic environment
  • Detailed analytical and budget responsibility experience
  • Proficiency in English both written and spoken
  • A collaborative approach with an ability to work with a wide range of partners & agencies
  • Thrives and contributes best to a team setting

Benefits

  • Family Care Leave – enhanced paid leave options
  • Insurances – life and disability insurance
  • Wellness – Headspace App and wellbeing initiatives
  • Colleague Discount
  • Bonus – bonus scheme
  • Workplace flexibility – hybrid work policy with three days in office
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We are the LEGO Group, the company behind the world’s most loved LEGO® bricks. Our brand name derived from the two Danish words Leg Godt, which mean “Play Well”. We’ve been sparking imaginations and inspiring the builders of tomorrow since 1932. This is our mission and what motivates our colleagues around the world every day.Today, we remain proudly family-owned with headquarters in Billund, Denmark. We have regional hubs in Boston, USA; London, UK; Shanghai, China; and Singapore, as well as 7 manufacturing facilities around the world. These places are home to 31,000+ colleagues in everything from design and engineering to digital technology and marketing. Together we learn, imagine and build – creating play experiences that are sold in over 130 countries worldwide. A purposeful and responsible global brand where creativity helps to inspire builders all around the world. Just imagine being part of that!

Founded in 1980
Billund, Region of Southern Denmark, DNK
20K employees (2,826 in marketing)
76% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
60.8M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.8M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
44.9%
Direct
48.6%
Referral
3.4%
Social
1.5%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~21.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1,795 (9% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
2.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
8

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