CRM Manager

The Fragrance Shop; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Fragrance Shop is expanding its CRM team and seeks a CRM Manager to drive engagement, retention and repeat purchase through data-led multichannel activity. You will translate strategy into high-performing CRM campaigns and lead the CRM Assistant to maintain accuracy, scale and commercial impact.

Collaborating with Ecommerce, Marketing, Digital and BI, you will own end-to-end CRM delivery, optimise targeting and personalise communications, while supporting growth in subscriptions and loyalty

Qualifications

• Hands-on CRM delivery within retail or ecommerce.
• Experience with CDP/CRM platforms (Bloomreach preferred).
• Experience supporting or managing loyalty, membership or subscription programmes.
• Highly organised, detail-focused and QA-ing complex campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end execution of daily CRM activity across channels.
• Lead and develop the CRM Assistant and ensure high execution standards.
• Translate business priorities into CRM activity to drive membership, engagement and LTV.
• Own weekly CRM performance reporting on engagement, revenue and efficiency.

Skills

CRM delivery

Bloomreach

Data-driven marketing

Campaign QA

Stakeholder comms

People management

Tools

Bloomreach CDP

CRM platforms

Job description

Established in 1994, The Fragrance Shop is the UK’s leading independent fragrance retailer. Our aim is to make mainstream and luxury fragrances affordable and accessible to all. We showcase more than 130 fragrance brands in over 220 stores throughout the UK and online at www.thefragranceshop.co.uk. We are expanding and are looking for a CRM Manager to join the team and be part of a growing and vibrant brand.

Why you’ll love working here:

• Enjoy work-life balance with our flexible working scheme - including 15 work from home days a year, duvet days and the choice to flex your working hours.
• Vibrant state-of-the-art office, conveniently located in Trafford Park with great transport links and free onsite parking
• No need to travel to the gym – we have one here for you! Take advantage of our free onsite gym facilities before/after work or even pop in at lunch time
• Generous staff discounts on a wide range of fabulous fragrances
• Excellent progression and development opportunities - work with teams who are passionate about what they do and develop your expertise within a creative and collaborative space

The role:

As CRM Manager, you are accountable for CRM as a commercial growth channel, driving engagement, retention and repeat purchase through data led, multichannel CRM activity.

Working closely with Ecommerce, Digital, Marketing and BI teams, you translate strategy into high performing CRM activity and provide day to day leadership to the CRM Assistant, ensuring high standards of execution, accuracy and commercial impact

What you’ll be doing:

• Own end to end execution and optimisation of daily CRM activity across all channels
• Ensure best in class targeting, 121 personalisation, QA and in flight optimisation
• Translate business priorities into commercially focused CRM activity, supporting growth in membership, subscriptions, app/digital wallet adoption, profile completion and opt in rates
• Support the Head of CRM in delivering a scalable, always on CRM growth engine
• Lead brand partnership CRM activity, taking a consultative, insight led approach to align partner goals with CRM strategy and execution.

Membership & Subscription

• Own CRM delivery for the MyTFS membership and subscription programmes
• Drive member onboarding, engagement, retention and reactivation journeys
• Optimise membership communications to increase frequency, spend, retention and LTV
• Manage auto‑renewal messaging and reporting, with a clear objective to reduce friction, churn and chargebacks and increase retention rate

Performance & Optimisation

• Own weekly CRM performance reporting across engagement, revenue and efficiency metrics
• Analyse results to identify key drivers and provide clear, prioritised optimisation recommendations
• Deliver a structured test‑and‑learn roadmap, including hypothesis‑led testing and incremental uplift measurement
• Partner closely with Marketing, Digital, Ecommerce and BI to support key campaigns and initiatives
• Communicate CRM plans, performance and learnings clearly and commercially to stakeholders
• Line manage and develop the CRM Assistant, setting priorities and ensuring consistently high execution standards

What you’ll bring:

• Hands‑on CRM delivery experience within retail or ecommerce
• Strong experience working with CDP/CRM platforms (Bloomreach preferred)
• Experience supporting or managing a loyalty, membership or subscription programme
• Highly organised, detail‑focused and comfortable QA‑ing complex campaigns, segmentations
• Commercially minded, with confidence in interpreting engagement, revenue and incrementality metrics
• Success Looks Like: CRM consistently delivers provable incremental value against agreed OKRs
• Membership and subscription activity drives measurable increases in engagement, frequency and LTV
• CRM execution is accurate, scalable, insight‑led and commercially credible across the business

The Fragrance Shop is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Due to the high volume of applications that we receive, we are regrettably not able to respond to everyone. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of your application, please assume that on this occasion you have not been successful.