Marketing Executive

This role provides critical operational support across key areas of the marketing function. The ideal candidate will be a proactive administrator, event coordinator, and team enabler, helping to streamline processes, enhance team collaboration, and deliver high-impact brand and internal initiatives. This role is vital in supporting key business objectives, including the delivery of trade and team events, managing marketing systems, and driving process efficiencies.

Responsibilities;

1. Marketing Systems Ownership & Process Improvement

• Act as the go-to systems administrator for key marketing platforms, including:
  • D2P, NLF, and other core processes: Become a master user; attend all relevant training and use daily to ensure hands-on practice.
  • Digital Asset Management (DAM): Ensure brand managers have access to relevant assets.
  • Business Insights Portal: Maintain and update reports and tools to ensure easy team access to key metrics.
  • PO Management: Raise, track, and report all POs for the marketing team; implement streamlined processes with <3% late volume and <10% late value.
• Be the Finance Champion for marketing, managing purchasing and ensuring vendors are paid on time.
• Be the point person for systems onboarding for new starters.

2. Brand & Business Event Support

• Lead the coordination of high-impact events including:
  • Brewing for Growth: Manage the working party, logistics, and evening event, oversee PO management & vendor payments
  • Customer Planning Days: Provide Sales Toolkits and internal launch support.
  • Activation Forum: Support brand teams with sample provision, equipment setup, and Trade PR updates.
• Manage brand and competitor sample fulfilment.
• Support additional experiential and activation events as required.
• Liaise with external partners (e.g. agencies, collaborators) for event coordination.

3. Trade PR & External Visibility

• Develop the Trade PR strategy & plan with support from the Marketing Lead
• Lead the execution of the Trade PR plan to position JDE as a thought leader in the category.

4. Team Engagement & Administrative Support

• Support the Marketing Director and Marketing Leadership Team with key administrative needs (e.g. meeting scheduling, agenda setting).
• Support Consumer Care specialist with co-ordination of delivery and ad hoc responses to consumers when needed.
• Lead coordination of LIAM meetings:
  • Ensure completion of pre-reads by deadline (2 days prior).
  • Circulate minutes and actions post-meeting.
• Coordinate and deliver:
  • Monthly & Quarterly Marketing Team Meetings (4x annually) to inspire strategy, collaboration, and ideation.
  • Lunch & Learns and other ad hoc team-building events.
• Ensure effective office management, including:
  • Accessibility and regular stock checks of the marketing cupboard and offsite storage
• Lead new starter induction and onboarding:
  • Ensure all teams are briefed 1 week prior to session.
  • Prepare sample kits and machines for each new joiner.
  • Achieve 100% readiness before the session begins.
  • Act as a buddy to support smooth integration.