Job Description

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About us
We are and we're here to help families get more out of life. We know that our customers work hard for their families and have a lot to balance in their busy lives. That's why we combine amazing brands and products with flexible payment options on to help them say yes to the things they love. We're just as passionate about helping our people get more out of life too; building careers with real growth, a sense of purpose, belonging and wellbeing.
About the team
Very Media Group (VMG) is Very's retail media proposition. Our vision it to be the UK's destination pureplay retail media network for partners, delivering insight-led, strategic and creative marketing campaigns in collaboration with our brand partners.
About the role
We are an agile and fast-paced team and work cross-functionally to bring our category activity to life!
We're looking for a Trade Marketing Executive to join our team and help deliver outstanding category campaigns that drive sales, customer engagement, and brand growth.
This is a varied role and requires someone who is adaptable and agile, a strong creative thinker and someone who isn't afraid to challenge the status quo.
Key responsibilities include -

• Supporting the trade marketing lead with all events & campaign plans, ensuring all planned activity is executed across all relevant touchpoints accurately and delivered on time
• Responsible for planning customer journeys for each piece of activity, considering high-traffic touchpoints, click rates and conversion rates
• Maintaining and updating all relevant live documents used cross-functionally to effectively plan and execute activity
• Partnering internally with key functions to contribute to the definition of priorities and ensure all activity is communicated clearly and delivered to the brief
• Championing the customer journey ensuring that events and campaigns are executed in a simple way and aligned to the customer mindset. Striving to make continuous improvements
• Ongoing reporting of digital performance using google analytics, Content Square and Power BI
• Monitoring and reporting on competitor activity, making recommendations of ways to improve electrical activity and onsite execution
• Be creative, passionate, and innovative about improving the onsite customer experience and ensuring a world class end to end customer journey

About you
You will ideally have experience in category marketing, however it's not essential. Most importantly, you will be prepared to challenge ideas in order to champion our customer, ensuring that we are delivering activity in the simplest and most effective way possible.
Beyond that, you will have -

• Strong understanding of competitor analysis and onsite customer journey optimisation
• Proficiency in Excel and have experience using analytical tools such as Power BI and Content Square
• Experience with managing multiple campaigns or pieces of activity concurrently, meeting deadlines and co-ordinating across multiple teams
• Experience working cross-functionally, with a proven track record in negotiating and influencing stakeholders
• Understanding in balancing creative marketing ideas with commerciality
• An understanding of shopper & consumer behaviour
• A high level of attention to detail
• Presenting and story-telling skills

Some of our benefits

• Flexible, hybrid working model

• Inclusive culture and environment, check out

• 250 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs

• 27 days holiday + bank holidays

• Udemy learning access

• Bonus potential (performance and business-related)

• Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk

• Matched pension up to 6%

• More benefits can be found

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How to apply
Please note that the talent acquisition team are managing this vacancy directly, and if successful in securing this role, you will be required to undertake a credit, CIFAS, Right to Work checks and if a specific requirement of your role a DBS (criminal records) check. Should your application progress we require you to let the team know if there is anything you need to disclose in relation to any of these checks prior to them being undertaken, including any unspent criminal convictions.
What happens next?
Our talent acquisition team will be in touch if you're successful so keep an eye on your emails! We'll arrange a short call to learn more about you, as well as answer any questions you have. If it feels like we're a good match, we'll share your CV with the hiring manager to review. Our interview process is tailored to each role and can be in-person or held remotely.
You can expect a two-stage interview process for this position:
1st stage - An informal 30-minute video call with the hiring team to discuss your skills and relevant experience. This is a great opportunity to find out more about the role and to ask any questions you may have.
2nd Stage - A one-hour formal interview where you can expect both competency and technical questions. This can be held either in-person or remotely.
As an inclusive employer please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.
If you'd like to know more about our interviews, you can find out .
Equal opportunities
We're an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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