Marketing Specialist UK in Watford

The Kardex Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of dynamic storage, retrieval and distribution systems. Our more than 3,000 employees worldwide develop and manufacture logistics solutions that are used in many different sectors such as industrial manufacturing, retail and administration.

We are hiring an enthusiastic, self-driven Marketing Specialist for the UK. You should be located around our UK office Hertford and be able to come 3 times per week onsite. Travelling up to 20% to fairs or customer events should be fine for you.

This entry position is created to strengthen and expand Kardex AutoStore’s local marketing activities in the UK, ensuring structured lead generation and impactful event and content initiatives to sustainably increase brand awareness and drive commercial success in a strategically important market.

The role focuses on executing integrated marketing activities in the UK, including lead generation through localized campaigns, digital channels, and events (online and offline). It involves managing content, social media, and email marketing to drive brand awareness, engagement, and conversions while continuously monitoring campaign performance and ROI. Close collaboration with sales, cross-functional teams, and external partners is essential to ensure aligned, effective, and results-driven marketing execution.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead Generation: Localization of marketing campaigns (via HubSpot) to generate leads, manage qualification process (via HubSpot and other CRM platforms Salesforce/Monday) in collaboration with Sales.
• Online and offline events: Planning and execution of trade shows, exhibitions, and regional events, ensuring alignment with Kardex’s brand and strategic objectives to generate leads and foster industry relationships. Planning and execution of webinars.
• Email marketing: Utilize email marketing tool to maintain leads communication with new content assets and increase conversions.
• Social media: Running reach, awareness and conversions B2B campaigns on LinkedIn, managing local social media content and localizing global posts to local needs.
• Content: Adapt global content to local needs. Create local content with a focus on storytelling (e.g. videos, animations, white papers, social media posts, customer stories) aligned with SEO and PPC strategies.
• ROI Monitoring: Monitoring and reporting of campaign KPIs.
• Team Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional team members and local sales, leveraging their expertise and fostering innovative thinking to overcome challenges and drive marketing success.
• Communication Skills: Effectively communicating complex information within a diverse team, ensuring clear understanding and alignment on marketing objectives.
• Project Management: Result oriented and self-organized person who can manage additional external partners and agencies (e.g. event planners, booth builders).

Your profile:

• University degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Journalism & Communication Studies, or a comparable field.
• First professional experience in the broader fields of marketing, communication, and branding, including experience in content & storytelling, customer journey & lead management, business intelligence, analytics, and reporting.
• Good user knowledge of HubSpot, Salesforce, and Microsoft Office required.
• Fluent in English, a further European language such as Italian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish or Norwegian would be a big plus.

We offer:

• Long-term prospects: A secure job in a fast-growing, international company with exciting development opportunities and interesting and varied tasks in a future-oriented environment.
• Valuable support: Great team spirit, elaborate onboarding and a wide range of training opportunities in our own academy at the Bellheim site as well as an Employee Assistance Program (Lyra).
• Tangible added value: Flexible working hours, annual vacation on behalf of the respective country regulations.
• Visible benefits: Attractive salary, company pension plan and capital-forming benefits - depending on location.
• Attractive extras: Corporate benefits, company and team events.

Ready to join? Apply now and start your journey with us! If you’re passionate about Marketing and would like to be a strong support for our Sales Team — we’d love to hear from you. Please send us your application with a possible start date via our career page. If you have any questions, please contact Bonnie Mo, Talent Acquisition Specialist AutoStore.