Marketing Manager

Job Introduction

Sodexo are currently recruiting for a number of brand new opportunities due to growth in our Corporate Services segment. Sodexo is the 19^th largest employer worldwide, operating in 80 countries and employing 427,000 employees worldwide, we are the leader in Quality of Life services. Sodexo is not only a growth company; it is also a people-oriented company that places quality of life of its 100 million consumers at the center of its mission. Join our teams and experience their passion and the unique Sodexo spirit!

If you are looking for an exciting and innovative environment to work in, then this could be the opportunity for you. Sodexo have a fantastic opportunity to join our business as a Marketing Manager based in Leeds. As Marketing Manager you will be responsible for the execution and deployment of the strategy, working within a team to manage the day to day activities in line with the agreed strategic marketing plan, goals and objectives.

It is essential for the Marketing Manager to be creative, innovative and have a digital mind set. You will be passionate about consumers, understanding their needs and how to engage with them. Retail experience is advantageous; you will be working on designing bespoke offers and services built on consumer insights and needs, ideally within in a B2B and B2C environment.

At Sodexo, we believe that by developing our people we can make a real difference to their individual success and the success of the business, therefore you will work in a collaborative manner with the sales and account management colleagues as well as service operations teams. It will be your responsibility to drive innovation through your team, bring fresh ideas and drive services that improve quality of life for our Clients and Consumers. 

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Role Responsibility

• Manage the offer lifecycle to ensure that we are retiring, refreshing or renewing offers to maximise revenue and GP opportunities while supporting the strategic growth and retention targets.
• Development of insight and market analysis to support best in class on-going offer development
• Deputise for Head of Marketing in meetings and events where required
• Understand and align with the segment strategic plan, targets and priorities to drive growth (revenue and GP) and retention
• Manage the Portfolio Articulation process to identify needs and gaps with plans to evolve, adapt or develop new offers.
• Develop and own the business case and agree plans to deliver volume, turnover and GM targets with exec team for new offers.
• Develop key areas of the offer with the central SOPs team and the segment teams.  Deployment to include service style, pricing strategy, menu, promotional activity, equipment and environment specifications
• Develop creative and communications content for the offers that can be provided to Sales teams in a digital playbook style for use in B2B sales

The Ideal Candidate

• Graduate calibre in marketing or related field with an appropriate level of experience
• Experience within a Marketing role in a retail sector would be advantageous
• Significant B2B and B2C experience including proposition development
• Experience of using market research to develop offers
• Experience of offer development processes
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong stakeholder management experience
• Strong influencing skills
• Strategy development
• Experience of working in complex and challenging global organisations
• Ability to successfully build enduring and productive relationships with senior level leaders from a broad range of business disciplines

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process