Senior Marketing Executive – Category Planning
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About the role We are looking for a Category Planning Senior Executive to join the team that will sit within Fashion & Home Category Marketing.
For this key role you will support the creation of specific innovative customer/marketing strategies and plans which deliver on the key commercial, brand and customer targets.
You will work closely with the Category Buying teams to identify compelling product stories and hero product lines for marketing activity.
You will support the delivery and administration of John Lewis Marketing functions, ensuring consistently high standards are achieved. Salary - £35,000.00 - £55,400.00
Salary up to £45,000.00 (depending on experience)
Contract type - This position is a Permanent contract.
Working pattern/flexible working - The Partnership has adopted a hybrid working approach, meaning you'll be able to work a mixture between the office and home based upon your personal needs whilst balancing the needs of the business. The team aims for around three days a week in the office to connect and on a more ad-hoc basis to attend key meetings.
Location - This role is based at our Pimlico Head Office in London
What will you be doing?
You will support the development and creation of a 12-18m customer marketing strategy and plan for the relevant categories and ensure it helps deliver the Customer and Commercial targets
You will be responsible for coordinating the customer plan delivery process to ensure the correct marketing activity concepts are briefed on time
You will own the product nominations process, working collaboratively with the Category Buying teams to identify marketing lines through selection and styling meetings. You will ensure all product information is accurately recorded and shared with key stakeholders in the Category Marketing team.
You will own the customer plan roadmaps for the relevant categories, managing change control to the plan via an effective process and ensure that this is captured and updated onto the roadmap.
You will support the Category Planning team in generating new ideas and opportunities for marketing, building customer propositions and effectively communicating plans to key stakeholders across the Partnership.
Proactively support the team to deliver efficient ways of working, to ensure that processes are clear, efficient and appropriately analysed to land creative and compelling customer experiences across our channels. Seeking out best practice from other teams and optimising existing processes accordingly.
Essential skills you’ll need:
Product marketing experience
Experience working with Fashion / Home product teams
Planning experience in large retail matrix organisation
Commercial awareness and strategic thinking
Interpreting insight and data
Desirable skills you’ll have:
Track record of creating and executing delivery plans cross-functionally
Experience of working with and improving process and planning
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About The Partnership We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.
We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.
As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.
We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.
As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.
Important points to note:
It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.
We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.
We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.
- Location:
- London
- Salary:
- £55,400
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Comms & Marketing
