Regional Marketing Director

Job Introduction

We have a rare opportunity for a highly experienced Marketing professional to join the Sodexo Sports & Leisure team, to lead and implement the marketing strategy for the UK & Ireland business. We are a business with both customers and employees at the hearts of it’s operation, this highly autonomous and flexible role involves working with global teams, to deploy our offers across retail and food within the region.

Our heritage is built on catering and hospitality experience and fuelled by our passion for exceptional food and service. For over 40 years we have been providing bespoke catering and hospitality services for sports stadia, racecourses, visitor, attractions, historic venues, major events and premium airline lounges. Recognised across the globe for hospitality, we help create exceptional moments at extraordinary events such as Royal Ascot, Tour de France, The Open Championship and RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

For more information on the company see Careers in Sports and Leisure

Role Responsibility

The Marketing Director will contribute to the strategic planning process for the UK & Ireland region, working with the Global Heads of Clients & Consumer Insights, you will understand and determine information required to build a compelling regional offer portfolio.  Working closely with the Global Marketing and Strategy Directors on the future development and integration of all the brands with the portfolio. This role is critical in the deployment of the offers across the operations and sales teams within our range of venues and events. Working with sales, this role will also define and deliver the marketing plans for the venue based sales teams; you will be able to demonstrate increased revenue through marking activation across the venues and the delivery of marketing plans for annual events, ensuring achievements targets. In conjunction with the Global Marketing Director, you will deliver digital transformation and innovation programmes relevant to the business, whilst ensuring the wider Sport and Leisure teams understand the concept and value creation of our positioning on Quality of Life.

The Ideal Candidate

• Working knowledge of consumers / markets / the competition
• Experienced in leading and motivating a team
• Highly collaborative with excellent communication and influencing skills
• Solid commercial background
• Innovative in the area of developing new services or renewing and reshaping existing services
• Ability to work at both a strategic and tactical level with high bandwidth / capacity for multiple projects

Package Description

Highly Competitive + Car Allowance + Benefits 

About the Company

Our mission is improve the quality of life of Sodexo employees and all those we serve, and contribute to the economic, social and environmental development of the communities, regions and countries in which we operate. We work to improve the well-being of people across the globe through our unique range of expert services and the talent of our teams. As one of the world’s largest employers and a
company of “people at the service of other people,” we are committed to being an employer of choice – providing jobs for our people, as well as training and opportunities for internal promotion to help our employees move up the career ladder.