Marketing Manager - UK & Ireland

CDE are a global company and welcome applicants from all countries and backgrounds. Sand is a finite resource, and it’s running out. Today, population growth and the pace of progress means the world is devouring sand like never before – 50 billion tonnes a year globally. This demand is unsustainable. Together with our customers we have already diverted over 100 million tonnes of waste material from landfill and put it back into the materials market for use in construction; protecting sand & aggregates in areas where natural material reserves are in decline and enabling production to happen closer to markets. We are minimising environmental impact and laying the foundations for the circular economy.

At CDE we work across the natural processing and waste recycling sectors, in five regions, to pioneer industry-leading, world-changing engineering solutions. Our headquarters are in Northern Ireland, and we have offices in the USA, Australia, Austria, and Brazil. For over 30 years we have relentlessly innovated and co-created wet processing solutions – completing over 2,000 global projects– and we’re only getting started. Our purpose is to create our best world, a ton at a time; empowering our customers to transform their materials into valuable resources for the betterment of people, planet, and their bottom lines.

About The Role

The role of Marketing Manager - UKI will report directly to the Head of Marketing, working collaboratively together and alongside the UK & Ireland Business Development team, and other functions in our business to devise, implement, and assess the marketing strategy for the region. This person will take the lead role in formulating the strategic marketing plan, driving implementation and evaluating impact for the market. This person will be responsible for ensuring the strategy is in line with CDE’s market focuses and CustomCare in the region, and ensure all marketing efforts and investment support the region’s overall strategy and goals.

The role requires someone who is highly organised, methodical and focused on lead generation and relationship development with prospects, customers, influencers and internal stakeholders. Activities will include research and understanding of the target audience, effective planning and implementation of the marketing strategy, and delivery of all activity in region with the support of the in-house and partner agency teams. Additionally the Marketing Manager will work alongside the Business Development team on the origination of sales presentations, marketing & promotion activities, updating systems, arranging and facilitating meetings to producing accurate monthly reports, management of digital footprint in collaboration with Digital Marketing Manager and in line with marketing strategies. The position is located in Cookstown, Northern Ireland and travel within the region is required given the job role.

Skills Needed

• Marketing
• Improvement
• People

About The Company

WE ARE CDE. ENGINEERED FOR YOU. We empower our customers to transform waste into valuable resources through innovative co-creation, laying the foundations for the circular economy. We help our customers maximise their natural resources in the most sustainable way possible – with greater efficiency and less waste than ever before. Our unparalleled speed and scale are down to our proximity to our customers and our deep understanding of their challenges. Our track record of proven solutions consistently meets our customers’ needs precisely, operating in challenging environments from the Arctic to the Equator. Wet processing is our sole focus –our experience and expertise is unmatched in this field. Every day, in everything we do, we strive to do it right. We want to be the best at what we do and deliver the maximum benefit for our customers. We pull together, as a team, in pursuit of this common cause. Our “Customer for Life” mentality fortifies each of our projects, with CDE engineers delivering continuous, limitless support.

Company Culture

We recognise that it is our people that have established CDE as market leader in developing solutions for the wet processing industry both within natural materials processing and waste recycling sectors. OUR PURPOSE IS TO CREATE OUR BEST WORLD, A TON AT A TIME. To do that, we must continue to build our global team by adding the most ambitious, driven and talented people. We will challenge you, elevate you and broaden your horizons. We will help you to be the best you can be both personally and professionally. We are renowned for our energy and can do attitude…. and at times seemingly delivering the impossible. We also know that all the will in the world won’t take us anywhere unless we work together. And we like to have fun together - life’s too short and we spend most of it at work. If we lose the power to laugh, we lose the power to think. We will continue to add the most dynamic, ambitious and talented individuals to the CDE team.

Desired Criteria

• Experience of using an ERP and CRM system
• B2B marketing experience or experience of working within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience of content planning and creation e.g. technical papers, video, social media content.
• Have a digital marketing qualification or working towards a digital marketing qualification.
• Proficiency in another language.

Required Criteria

• Have more than 3 years marketing experience at Marketing Manager level in a fast-paced working environment.
• Demonstrable experience marketing in or to the UKI region.
• Relevant experience of the sand and aggregate industry.
• Demonstrable experience developing, implementing, managing and evaluating best in class through-the-line marketing strategies.
• Previous experience of applying creative and entrepreneurial thinking to marketing practice to achieve desired results.
• Previous experience of analysing marketing activity, developing and communicating a strategic plan.
• Hold a relevant business or marketing qualification, or a business-related discipline.
• Be fluent in English and possess excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Ability to travel across UKI market (>50%).

Closing Date Thursday 12th June, 2025

Contract Type fulltime

Salary Based on Experience

Seniority level Not Applicable

Employment type Full-time

Job function Marketing and Sales

Industries Machinery Manufacturing