Assistant Partnerships Marketing Manager
Up to £40,800 plus great benefits (Work Level 6A)
This is a hybrid role, with 2 to 3 office days each week. You'll be required to work from our Scunthorpe office one day a week, and for the remaining office days you can choose to work from either our Manchester or Scunthorpe office (find out more about our hybrid working policy at ).
We’re looking for an Assistant Partnerships Marketing Manager to join Co-op Wholesale as part of the Customer Experience team. Since 1977, we’ve championed independent retailers to thrive with Nisa – and now, we’re entering a bold new chapter as Co-op Wholesale. It’s the same spirit, with bigger ambition: bringing the power of Co-op to more local businesses than ever. And with that, exciting opportunities are on the rise, like this one.
We’ve set up a brand-new Customer Experience team to make a real difference for our varied wholesale customer base, including independent retailers, corporate partners and national accounts. This team is all about bringing focus, speed, and creating new ways of working. Getting the right messages to the right people and making sure our customers feel understood.
You’ll get stuck into hands-on marketing that really supports our independent retailers, shaping local campaigns to drive loyalty and growth. You’ll work with different teams, bringing new ideas and always on the lookout for ways to continuously improve and make bigger impacts in the campaigns we use.
What you’ll do
* Support the development and delivery of marketing activity for independent retailers and key accounts
* Engage with internal sales, retail, and field teams to align on partner needs and planned activity
* Coordinate creation of localised campaign assets and templates with the content team
* Support key account marketing initiatives, making sure there’s an effective rollout
* Monitor campaign performance and gather partner feedback to improve future content and formats
* Maintain a library of ready-to-use assets including Point of Sale, email templates, and social content
This role would suit people who have
* Experience in marketing and managing a variety of campaigns for different audiences
* Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
* The ability to work with internal and external partners
* Experience using PowerPoint, design templates or basic creative skills
* A creative mindset, with the ability to translate ideas into practical, partner-ready content
Why Co-op?
If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).
* An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
* 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
* A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
* Private healthcare
* Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
* Coaching and training to support your career development
* Wagestream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn
Building a diverse environment
We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.
We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.
If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.
You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process
You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme at Disability Confident Scheme - Co-op Colleagues and more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion at Diversity and Inclusion
Please note that we may close applications for this role early.
As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes up to 50 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.