Interim Promotions Manager (Colchester, Essex)
Zachary Daniels
- Colchester, Essex
- £500 per day
- Contract
- Full-time
- Create and implement the annual promotional calendar and trade plan
- Proactively engage and influence the supply base to ensure excellent execution of all promotions on a national scale
- Develop a tool to calculate the anticipated impact from promotional activity
- Develop and implement a promotional process with clear responsibilities and accountabilities
- Understand the system restrictions and make suggestions for workarounds
- Develop a tool to measure the ROI on promotions and the halo impact on associated ranges and publish weekly
- Work closely with the Interim supply consultant and the Supply Chain Managers to align the promotions process with the stock ordering process to ensure that go/no go takes into account stock availability
- Work closely with the Category teams to ensure that suppliers are prioritised based on profitability as well as customer
- Establish a regular meeting schedule with the sales team/contact centre to report on upcoming promotions and obtain feedback on promotional plans
- Work closely with the marketing team to ensure that processes are aligned
- Provide a regular update on competitor promotions and feed in to weekly reporting
- Advise on the most effective way to incorporate the new processes in to the category teams
- A mix of retail and B2B promotional planning experience
- A track record of setting up processes with a clear measure of ROI
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to quickly build and maintain cross functional relationships
- Highly commercial and analytical approach with commercial/trade planning experience