Are you analytical? Can you analyse data and retail trends? Are you someone who can use your fantastic planning and organisational skills to set up and support delivering retail promotions? .... Then this could be the job for you!
Job OpportunityWhat to expect from the role:
We are looking for a positive numerate individual to join our busy, friendly Newstrade Marketing team as our Newstrade Marketing Executive. This great opportunity is offered as a full time, permanent position, based in our Bristol office which is in the bustling centre of the city and reporting to the Senior Newstrade Marketing Manager (SNMM).
The role is responsible for providing vital admin support, understanding market conditions, analysing sales and retail trends and both the planning and implementation of retail promotions. You will use your excellent communication skills to liaise with our publishing teams and external companies.
Your proactive approach will enable you to support our Newstrade Marketing Managers in proposing sales driving ideas to the team. Drawing on your planning and organisational skills, you will manage collating information to help shape and deliver our retail strategy.
Company BenefitsAt the Frontline Group, we offer great development opportunities, enhanced family friendly leave and a range of salary sacrifice flexible benefits which you can select based on your lifestyle; benefit options include private medical insurance, holiday purchase and a tech scheme, to name a few.
On top of that, we also offer:
25 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata)
Contributory pension scheme
Life assurance and income protection
Executive coaching and mentoring available to all
Everyone has access to our EPIC approach to talent development
Informal hybrid working
2 paid volunteering days per annum
Additional discretionary day and loyalty schemes
Confidential Employee Assistance Programme
Stuart House, Peterborough - On site gym, parking
Essential SkillsThe key headline areas of responsibility and tasks of the role are as follows :
Forecasting weekly sales on a wide range of magazine titles.
Liaising with Publishing teams to provide product information to external and internal personnel.
Assisting the team with business planning and budgeting.
Creating weekly sales reports.
Ensuring centralised databases are up to date.
Analysing market and retail data to provide support to the Newstrade team in decision-making process.
Planning and implementing retail promotional bookings.
Whilst not all of the below attributes are a necessity it would be desirable if the candidate could illustrate the following skills /experience:
Excellent analytical and numeracy skills
Good use of MS Office is essential (Excel, Word & PowerPoint)
Flexible and resourceful
Strong time management and organisation
First class attention to detail
Work well in a team
Ability to multi-task
Good communication skills
Relationship management Frontline Group is made up of Frontline, Gold Key Media and Routes to Retail. We're the UK's leading retail sales, marketing and distribution company working predominantly in the exciting and diverse areas of publishing and home entertainment.
Our key clients include publishers of iconic magazine brands such as Radio Times, Good Housekeeping, TV Choice, Heat, Top Gear, Grazia, Vogue, Slimming World, Cosmopolitan, Empire, National Geographic and 100's more. We also work with major film studios managing their DVD presence within the grocery retail channel and are growing our reach in categories such as books and music with further category expansions on the horizon.
As a Distributor we work closely with UK and International retailers, wholesale, International Distributors and other parts of the supply chain to ensure our client's sales, retail marketing and distribution objectives are met. Through our brand targeting and audience engagement agency Gold Key Media we develop sampling and marketing solutions, and we manage brand placement activities in the events, travel and hospitality sectors across the world