Grocery Marketing Manager – Trade Planning

Grocery Marketing Manager – Trade Planning

Dunnes Stores is Ireland’s leading retailer positioned at the cutting edge of food and fashion retailing. We are Irish owned and operate over 130 stores across Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Spain, as well as a growing online store. We are expanding our service and product offering for our customers all the time. Our guiding principle is to deliver good quality products at competitive prices and we are constantly developing our product offerings.

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Grocery Marketing Department for a trading planning manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for all trade planning, advertising, branding and promotional activities for the grocery business. This role requires a strategic thinker with the ability to convert strategy in to execution. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Trade Marketing Plan and creation of trade marketing annual calendar
• Work closely with key figures in the business to maintain an accurate trade plan that maximizes sales
• Create and manage the weekly national promotional strategy
• Ensure all activity is fully integrated across all brand touch points and coordinated with relevant cross-functional teams
• Management of the calendar of campaigns, developing effective messaging and marketing collateral
• Led seasonal event planning and implementation
• Responsible for media planning and work closely with digital Marketing Manager to align to a digital focused media strategy
• Champion the brand on all channels of communication, managing relationships with various agencies.
• Manage the marketing and communications of all new retail stores rolled out or refits
• Effective budget management and forecasting, always being cost conscious 

Skills & Requirements:

• Minimum of 3 years' experience in a similar role
• Ability to demonstrate a drive for results within a pressurised environment to strict timelines
• Strong creative skills and extensive experience in developing compelling integrated marketing campaigns
• Digital marketing experience
• Experience in managing relationships with stakeholders and agencies
• Experience of managing a team
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to coach and develop
• Results focused with strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to demonstrate innovative approaches taken to address different business challenges
• A passion for Food
• Ideally a degree in Business/ Marketing,

Interested? Then apply now and see what difference you could make!

Dunnes Stores is an Equal Opportunities Employer