Assistant Trade Marketing Manager

We are looking for an engaging and confident individual to join our fantastic Marketing team as part of the Commercial function, creating and implementing opportunities to deliver income into the business through Trade Marketing and Partnership activities.

In this role, you will work with the Trade Marketing Manager to ensure a variety of levers are used to deliver marketing activity, unlock agreed income and identify & deliver key opportunities for incremental investment across our supplier base.

Your key responsibilities as the Assistant Trade Marketing Manager will consist of:

• Ensure delivery of activity plans for all key suppliers within parameters of existing marketing budgets

• Ensure all key activities are commercially and operationally audited and reviewed and any implementation issues are addressed by the team

• Engage senior internal and external stakeholders for sign-off of key activity

• Manage promotional plan with Trade Marketing Manager and identify new opportunities for incremental promotional activity

• Support the Trade Marketing Manager on negotiations across our supplier base to maximise joint business plan investment from our suppliers

• Plan trade marketing activities, ensuring all bankable income is maximised and delivered

• Build trade marketing relationships with new suppliers to provide opportunities to grow their investment into Elior beyond standard contractual A&P budgets

• Identify, commercialise, and deliver new opportunities for supplier and partner investment into Elior

• Create contact plans with key suppliers to build relationships within their marketing and event marketing teams to unlock incremental opportunities

• Support the invoicing process with the finance team to ensure all agreed income is invoiced in a timely manner

• Identify potential third-party partners to deliver incremental benefit to the business e.g. reward & loyalty programs. Ensure all potential opportunities are modelled and commercial benefit is evident as well as operationally robust to secure senior-level sign-off

• Monitor competitor and brand partner activity

The skills, experience, and knowledge we are looking for from the future Assistant Trade Marketing Manager include:

• Outstanding project delivery and relationship management skills

• Highly commercial Mindset

• A minimum of 2 years in a retail business, purchasing team or similar client-facing role

• Negotiation training and experience (preferably CIPS)

• Excellent presentation skills – written and verbal with good attention to detail

• Experience in delivering profit targets

• Good understanding of the impact of external factors on growth, including competition and seasonality

• Superb influencing skills at all levels

• Proficient in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Personal Qualities:

• Professional and pragmatic team player

• Ability to manage own time and prioritise effectively whilst working at pace

• Able to work to tight deadlines under pressure

• Ability to develop innovative ideas, refine and operationalise

• Focused, tenacious, and resilient

• Innovative and bold – able to find new ways of doing things, challenge the status quo, take an entrepreneurial approach (measured risk, high reward)

• Ability to build and work to a solid plan to achieve goals but not afraid to adapt to changes to take advantage of opportunities and quick wins as they arise

• Ability to drive decision-making through analysis and based on evidence, rather than intuition

At Elior, we strive to ensure that our colleagues feel appreciated & rewarded, which is why we offer generous rewards & benefits in exchange for your dedicated efforts.

We offer a salary of up to £40,000 depending on your experience 

FREE On-Site Lunches: Enjoy complimentary lunches, saving you time & money while ensuring you stay nourished & energised throughout the day.

Support Your Way of Life:

• Flexible Working: We offer full-time & part-time roles, with varying shift patterns across the business. Allowing colleagues the flexibility to balance their personal & professional commitments
• Hybrid Working Model: Collaborate & innovate in the office three days a week while enjoying focused work-from-home days
• Holiday Allowance: Relax & recharge with 31 days of holiday (including bank holidays)
• Additional Holiday Purchase Option: Customise your time off by purchasing extra holidays
• Family Leave: Prioritise family commitments with flexible leave options
• Paid Charity Leave: Make a positive impact with two additional paid days for charity work

Big Enough for Growth, Small Enough to Connect:

• Opportunities for career progression while developing a close-knit community

Supporting You Through Life’s Ups & Downs:

• Access mental health support & comprehensive wellbeing benefits

Keeping Finances & Wellbeing in Mind:

• Life assurance, workplace pension schemes, discounts, cashback, entertainment, leisure discounts, & a cycle-to-work scheme

Elior is a multi-award-winning people business and one of the UK’s leading contract caterers, with over 10,000 colleagues operating across a diverse range of sectors including:

• Workplaces & Office Space
• Sporting Venues & Stadiums
• Attraction & Heritage Sites
• Public Sector & Defence
• Health, Care & Hospitals
• Schools, Colleges & Universities

Along with our purpose of enriching lives everywhere, every day, we’re committed to an inclusive culture and want our people to feel appreciated, supported, and fulfilled.

That’s why 85% of colleagues tell us how proud they are to work for us!