Location: Slough onsite 2 days per week / Hybrid
Shift Pattern: Monday - Friday flexible shifts (Core hours between 09.00am - 16.00pm)
(8 hour day with a 30 minute unpaid lunch break)
This is a 4‑month contract starting ASAP. The Marketing Operations Manager will support and manage budgets for the wider teams of around 20 Coordinators within the UK&I Cluster, working closely with Marketing and Customer Marketing teams. The role is primarily responsible for budget planning, tracking, and performance reporting, and will be a key communicator across all stakeholder levels.
Responsibilities
* Support UKI Cluster budget planning and governance for Marketing & Customer Marketing, lead ongoing tracking and performance reporting, and help ensure effective delivery through an ecosystem of internal digital tools and platforms (including Power BI).
* Number Budget Management
* Support the One Demand Integrated Comms Planning (ICP) process across Marketing, DCOM and Customer Marketing teams.
* Help establish and maintain planning templates, timelines and processes to enable consistent timely delivery.
* Support budget operations including periodic forecasting submission, PO governance, and financial tracking, including collaboration with the Region and agencies to ensure accurate billing and compliance.
* Support cycle process by managing stage‑gate agendas into key business forums.
* Execution tracking & tools
* Provide operational support to Customer Marketing and Marketing workflows, ensuring accurate tracking and reporting.
* Develop and manage holistic performance metrics and reports to evaluate and track display delivery.
* Partner with Marketing, Customer Marketing, Data and Tech teams to ensure data accuracy and revision and tools connectivity.
* Support the setup and maintenance of dashboards, data collection processes, and reporting tools across the team(s).
Key Skills / Qualifications
* Previous experience within a similar position is key to hit the ground running.
* Finance experience working within numbers and budgets/forecasting.
* Marketing/Communications background preferred due to short‑term contract.
* Senior stakeholder management and reporting for high number of peers.
* Excellent IT skills and experience in using Excel reporting and similar platforms is essential.
* Clear communication skills to manage reporting at all levels, including managing agendas into key business forums.
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and encourage all qualified candidates to apply.
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