Local Marketing Coordinator

Waitrose & Partners; Bracknell; Hybrid; GBP 13,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading retail partnership in Bracknell is seeking a part-time Local Marketing Coordinator to support marketing campaigns. The role involves administrative support, budget tracking, and working with various stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have strong marketing experience, attention to detail, and excellent communication skills. This is a hybrid role requiring 17.5 hours of work per week.

Qualifications

• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Marketing experience.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, oral and written skills.
• Strong planning and organization skills with proven ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Successful ability to build relationships and manage multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to the Senior Local Marketing Manager and wider team.
• Raise and track Purchase Orders (POs) for marketing activities.
• Monitor and track local marketing spend, providing regular updates.
• Support the logistical organization of marketing projects.
• Assist in the creation and distribution of marketing materials.

Skills

Excellent attention to detail and accuracy

Marketing experience

Strong communication skills

Strong planning and organization skills

Successful ability to build relationships

Proficiency in Google Suite

Job description

Apply on JLP Jobs - the official careers website for John Lewis Partnership, John Lewis & Partners, and Waitrose & Partners.

About the role

With plans to invest over £1bn in our store estate over the next 5 years, we have an exciting opportunity to join the Local Marketing team!As Local Marketing Coordinator, you will provide crucial administrative support to the Senior Local Marketing Manager in the planning and execution of local marketing campaigns that support our core and convenience investment programme, and defend against competitor openings and refurbishments.You will be a highly organised and proactive individual, skilled in supporting the logistical elements of campaigns, tracking spend, and raising POs.

At a glance:

• This is a part time position (17.5 hrs)

• Full time equivalent salary: £27,700.00 - 40,250.00 per annum

• Part time equivalent salary: £13,850.00 per annum

• Contract type: This is a permanent opportunity

• Hours and location of the role:

  • This is a part time role, specific hours to be discussed at interview

  • Your home location will be our Bracknell Head Office with some travel to sites

  • The Partnership has adopted a hybrid working approach meaning you'll be able to work a mixture between the office and home based upon your personal needs whilst balancing the needs of the business. The team attend the office 1 - 2 days a week to connect and attend key meetings on more of an ad-hoc basis

Key responsibilities:

• Provide administrative support to the Senior Local Marketing Manager and wider Local team in the development and execution of local marketing plans

• Raise and track Purchase Orders (POs) for marketing activities, ensuring timely processing and adherence to budget

• Monitor and track local marketing spend, providing regular updates and reports to the Senior Local Marketing Manager

• Support the logistical organisation of marketing projects, including coordinating with suppliers, venues, and internal teams

• Assist in the creation and distribution of marketing materials and toolkits

• Support the Senior Local Marketing Manager in maintaining strong working relationships with colleagues across Marketing, Retail and Commercial

• Assist in the preparation of reports on marketing activities and their results

• Maintain organised records of marketing plans, budgets, and campaign materials

The successful candidate will have the following skills:

• Task prioritisation: Plans and reviews workload regularly and is prepared to adapt to ever changing circumstances. Assesses workload realistically in terms of urgency and importance and is ready for "curve balls" and changes plans where necessary to ensure optimum achievement and deadlines are hit and stakeholder relationships are maintained

• Stakeholder Management: Identifies who is impacted by or involved in your goals/objectives and therefore who is key to achieving the desired successful outcomes. Understands the motivations and priorities of these stakeholders and takes these into account in order to build and manage sustainable relationships

• Customer Centricity: Puts every customer, both internal and external, at the heart of everything, and understands the Partnership ambition to offer differentiated service that is aligned to our Values. Understands that they are empowered to deliver incredible service for every type of customer with whom they interact and acts on this every time in every environment

• Outcome Focused: Persists in the face of obstacles and overcomes barriers that arise, keeping focus on the desired outcome

• Results Orientated: Remains motivated and shows drive and determination to achieve success. Persists in the face of obstacles and overcomes any barriers that arise, focusing on solutions and not problems

Essential skills and/or experience you’ll need:

• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy

• Marketing experience

• Strong communication, interpersonal, oral and written skills

• Strong planning and organisation skills with a proven ability to manage multiple tasks and competing priorities simultaneously to meet deadlines

• Successful ability to build relationships and manage multiple stakeholders with excellent influencing skills

Desirable skills and/or experience you may have:

• Strong IT skills ideally with a proficiency in Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides)

• Previous experience in retail

• Familiarity with marketing processes and terminology

• Experience managing business budgets

17.5 hours of work per week. Specific rota to be discussed at interview

The partnership

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.

Important points to note:

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.

We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.