Visibility Project Manager - Temporary - 12 months in London

BAT is evolving at pace into a global multi‑category business. Our purpose is to create A Better Tomorrow™ by Building a Smokeless World. To achieve our ambition, we are looking for colleagues who are ready to join us on this journey! Tomorrow can’t wait, let’s shape it together!

British American Tobacco UK has an exciting opportunity for a Visibility Project Manager in London, Chiswick – Temporary – 12 months. This role is responsible for delivering visibility initiatives end‑to‑end, ensuring all solutions are feasible, high‑quality, and deployed on time and in full. The role holder will coordinate across Trade functions, Marketing Deployment, and external partners to keep projects aligned, well‑governed, and efficiently executed. They are expected to apply strong project management discipline, anticipate risks early, and maintain clear communication with stakeholders throughout the defined stages of each project. A continuous‑improvement mindset and sharp focus on execution excellence are essential. Success in this role will be measured through delivery accuracy, quality of deployment, stakeholder alignment, and the ability to embed efficient, repeatable visibility deployment processes.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Lead end‑to‑end project management for visibility initiatives, from brief to deployment, ensuring timely execution.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, and governance frameworks for visibility programs.
• Align back office and sales teams to ensure materials and unitary meet market and commercial requirements.
• Coordinate production, logistics, and in‑market deployment of materials and unitary across all channels.
• Manage suppliers and external partners to ensure quality, cost efficiency, and on‑time delivery.
• Act as key escalation point to Head of Function regarding assets, deployment timing, and supplier performance.
• Monitor project performance, identify risks early, and implement mitigation actions to keep delivery on track.
• Maintain stakeholder communication through progress updates, documentation, deployment readiness checks, and ad hoc B2B project support.

What are we looking for?

• FMCG experience within global organisations.
• Background in Trade Marketing, Retail Activation, Visibility, or Commercial Execution roles.
• Proven success delivering complex, cross‑functional, multi‑market or multi‑channel projects.
• Experience working with suppliers, manufacturers, or agency partners in execution environments.
• Strong end‑to‑end project management capability with ability to deliver at scale.
• Excellent organisation and planning skills, managing multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills across all levels.
• Problem‑solving ability with sound judgement and experience in fast‑paced environments; UK trade landscape knowledge is beneficial.

What we offer you?

• A market‑leading annual performance bonus (subject to eligibility).
• Diverse health plans, initiatives for work‑life balance, transportation support, and a flexible holiday plan with additional incentives.
• Access to online learning platforms and personalised growth programmes to nurture leadership skills.
• Continuous improvement within a transformative environment.

Equal opportunities & EEO statement: We take pride in being a Disability Confident Employer. If you need any reasonable adjustments or accommodations during the recruitment process to support you in performing at your best, please inform the recruitment partner who will contact you if your profile is selected. We welcome applicants irrespective of gender, sexual orientation, relationship status, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnicity, disability, age, skills, experience, education, socio‑economic background, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.