Marketing Project Manager

Marketing Project ManagerBirmingham – 5 days in office£35,000 - £40,000Pitch is delighted to be working with this brand-new client based in central Birmingham as they look to recruit a Marketing Project Manager into their growing team.Our client is a leading FMCG distributor, working closely with brands looking to launch their products into the UK market and have relationships with all the major grocery multiples, along with convenience and specialist retailers.This role would suit a project manager or account manager from a marketing agency background or someone who has worked in a trade marketing, campaign or POS marketing role within fmcg/retail.What will you be doing?Managing relationships with brands and supporting them with their go-to-market retail activation plans.Writing project briefs and agreeing budgets and timescales for delivery.Work cross-functionally with the inhouse creative teams and field sales teams to deliver in-store activations on time and to budget.Liaise with external suppliers to negotiate on prices and ensure timely delivery of assets.Report on campaign successes to the client.What experience do you need?Previous experience within a project management/campaign management role.An understanding of how to activate a brand within the FMCG/retail space.Excellent communication skills.Experience of creating a project/campaign brief, including budget management.Ideally experience within FMCG or Retail sector- either directly or supplying to.Ideally some experience of instore promotions/POS delivery.Please note, this role is purely focused on traditional print based in-store activation.
Digital experience is not needed.This is a vibrant, sociable and collaborative business, looking for like-minded individuals.
They operate 5 days a week in the office which is a short walk from all the major city centre train stations.
Hybrid working will not be considered.Ref 50274AA123