Marketing Manager – Merchants

Location: Pampisford

Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Huws Gray Group is looking for an experienced and proactive Marketing Manager to lead marketing activity for its merchant division.

Reporting to Group Head of Marketing, this hands-on role will take ownership of marketing strategy and delivery, across multiple channels and the full marketing mix.  This role leads of team of 5 including marketing execs and Graphic designer.  Working closely with internal stakeholders, agencies, and suppliers, you will drive awareness, engagement, and growth.

Key Responsibilities

Marketing Strategy and Execution:

• Develop and implement marketing plans to support the commercial trading strategy.
• Create compelling content and collateral to promote the business and products across various channels, including digital, print, and PR ensuring consistency with brand guidelines
• Coordinate with external agencies to produce high-quality marketing materials

• Implement monthly and seasonal campaigns, with a focus on measuring campaign performance and ROI.
• Feed into social content planning calendar and liaise with social media agency.

Additional Duties:

• Stay current with marketing best practices and industry trends, particularly within the construction and related sectors.
• This list is not exhaustive, and from time to time, you may be required to undertake additional duties.

Person Specification:

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Ability to handle and deliver multiple projects to deadlines in fast-paced environments
• Agency management – creative, social, media planning
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Proactive, self-motivated, enthusiastic, and organised
• Strong communication skills and experience in managing senior stakeholders
• Excellent understanding of current marketing practices
• Team player, comfortable with supporting and accepting support from colleagues
• Ability to work independently
• An eye for detail and accuracy, good spelling and grammar
• Professional, polite, friendly and helpful manner

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• Degree in Marketing or relevant prior experience in a similar industry or woth the retail sector
• Familiarity with UK construction industry, it’s key players, current challenges and relevant legislative drivers
• Experience working within a manufacturing, engineering, construction, or similar industry
• Technical product knowledge and understanding of their applications and uses
• Proficiency with data management and analytics
• Experience with people management

What you'll receive in return:

• A strong annual leave allowance, alongside your bank holidays
• Company bonus scheme, based on performance
• Contributory pension and life assurance
• Discounts on high street retailers, supermarkets, restaurants, gyms and cinemas
• Colleague discount across our group brands
• Attraction and travel discounts
• Training and development programmes to support your growth

We offer on-the-job training and opportunities to work towards recognised qualifications, including apprenticeships.

This role will be based at the head office in Pampisford, within a multichannel team, and will involve (fully expensed) travel to branches and other business locations.

A full driver’s license is required.