Marketing Manager – Merchants
Location: Pampisford
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Huws Gray Group is looking for an experienced and proactive Marketing Manager to lead marketing activity for its merchant division.
Reporting to Group Head of Marketing, this hands-on role will take ownership of marketing strategy and delivery, across multiple channels and the full marketing mix. This role leads of team of 5 including marketing execs and Graphic designer. Working closely with internal stakeholders, agencies, and suppliers, you will drive awareness, engagement, and growth.
Marketing Strategy and Execution:
- Develop and implement marketing plans to support the commercial trading strategy.
- Create compelling content and collateral to promote the business and products across various channels, including digital, print, and PR ensuring consistency with brand guidelines
- Coordinate with external agencies to produce high-quality marketing materials
- Implement monthly and seasonal campaigns, with a focus on measuring campaign performance and ROI.
- Feed into social content planning calendar and liaise with social media agency.
Additional Duties:
- Stay current with marketing best practices and industry trends, particularly within the construction and related sectors.
- This list is not exhaustive, and from time to time, you may be required to undertake additional duties.
Person Specification:
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Ability to handle and deliver multiple projects to deadlines in fast-paced environments
- Agency management – creative, social, media planning
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Proactive, self-motivated, enthusiastic, and organised
- Strong communication skills and experience in managing senior stakeholders
- Excellent understanding of current marketing practices
- Team player, comfortable with supporting and accepting support from colleagues
- Ability to work independently
- An eye for detail and accuracy, good spelling and grammar
- Professional, polite, friendly and helpful manner
Desirable Skills and Experience:
- Degree in Marketing or relevant prior experience in a similar industry or woth the retail sector
- Familiarity with UK construction industry, it’s key players, current challenges and relevant legislative drivers
- Experience working within a manufacturing, engineering, construction, or similar industry
- Technical product knowledge and understanding of their applications and uses
- Proficiency with data management and analytics
- Experience with people management
What you\'ll receive in return:
- A strong annual leave allowance, alongside your bank holidays
- Company bonus scheme, based on performance
- Contributory pensionand life assurance
- Discounts on high street retailers, supermarkets, restaurants, gyms and cinemas
- Colleague discountacross our group brands
- Attraction and travel discounts
- Training and developmentprogrammes to support your growth
We offer on-the-job training and opportunities to work towards recognised qualifications, including apprenticeships.
This role will be based at the head office in Pampisford, within a multichannel team, and will involve (fully expensed) travel to branches and other business locations.
A full driver’s license is required.
Marketing Manager employer: Huws Gray Group.
At Huws Gray, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer, offering a supportive work culture where every HGV Driver is valued as a vital part of our team. With local deliveries, flexible working options, and a strong focus on employee growth through training and development programmes, we ensure that our drivers not only enjoy their work but also have the opportunity to advance their skills and careers. Join us in making a difference in our communities while enjoying competitive benefits and a commitment to inclusivity.
