Marketing Investment Operations Junior Manager

Samsung Group; Ottershaw; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading multinational company in Ottershaw is seeking a Marketing Investment Manager to oversee the marketing investment process. The ideal candidate will possess strong Excel skills and have the ability to manage budgets while optimising returns on marketing projects. This role offers a hybrid working model and various benefits, aiming to enhance both individual and company performance.

Benefits

Hybrid working - 3 days in the office and 2 days at home

Bonus scheme

Pension contribution

Three volunteering days

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Discounts on Samsung products

Access to discount shopping portal

Qualifications

• Ability to take full ownership of the investment process.
• Work independently and manage stakeholders effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage the marketing investment process and communicate with stakeholders.
• Optimise the investment process and document requirements.
• Support budget control and manage vendor rosters.

Skills

Attention to detail

Positive and proactive attitude

Excellent partner management

Teamwork skills

Tools

MS Office

Advanced Excel

PowerPoint

Word

SAP or similar ERP system

Job description

Overview

The EO Marketing department acts as a centre of excellence, and is tasked with supporting all European local subsidiaries through a wide range of pan-European marketing investments. These include shared services, innovation projects, investment pilots, insights and analytics, and pan-European governance. The EO Marketing Planning Team sits within the EO Marketing organisation, and its purpose is to provide a range of support functions to the EO teams, across E-Store, Digital Marketing, Retail, Brand, PR, and Consumer Market Intelligence. This includes, the management of the European marketing investment portfolio, carrying out investment analysis & reporting, facilitating project ROI & KPI reviews, setting departmental budgets, and supporting with the end-to-end investment & finance process.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end management of the marketing investment process, working closely with European marketing teams to support delivery of projects, including ongoing communication with stakeholders across the business (project owners, procurement, finance & legal).
• Ownership of investment process improvements, including setting supporting documentation requirements, reviewing backup for each investment, and coordinating with Legal and Procurement to optimise the process; provide training on process, financial compliance, documentation, and KPI requirements.
• Project return on investment optimisation: assist the Marketing Commercial Finance Manager in optimising investments, including ensuring SMART metrics are set, validating KPIs align with framework, ensuring the business case fits EO marketing strategy, and facilitating post-project reviews.
• Management of the Marketing Investment Dashboard: bi-weekly report generation, data cleansing from Finance (NERP), Procurement (BQMS), and Legal (SELMS), and analysis to flag bottlenecks and risks.
• Vendor roster management across categories: Brand, PR, Events, Digital Operations & Analytics, and Consumer Market Intelligence.
• Budget Control: management of individual team budgets, tracking remaining funds, spend to date, forecasted expenditure, and mitigation of budget expenditure risk.
• Open accrual management: coordinating with vendors, Project Owners and Accounts Payable to close aged accruals from previous years.
• Ad-hoc projects (e.g., savings analysis via FX rate optimization, inter-company transfers): ensure investments have clear ROIs/KPIs and measure ROI/KPI at payment stage; collate results in a separate file by line manager.
• Investments commence in a timely manner, without delays to the originally set date.
• Marketing budget is fully spent by 31 December each year; no budget is lost or left unused.

Qualifications / Skills

• Soft skills: Attention to detail; ability to take full ownership of a business process; positive and proactive attitude; ability to work independently; excellent partner management and teamwork skills.
• Essential hard skills: Strong MS Office; advanced Excel (Pivot Tables, V-Lookup, updating datasets, formula writing); proficiency in PowerPoint and Word; proficiency with SAP or similar ERP system.

Benefits

• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office and 2 days at home per week
• Bonus scheme linked to individual, team and company performance
• Pension contribution
• Three volunteering days each year
• Holiday - 25 days plus bank holidays and an additional day off for your birthday
• Access to discounts on a wide range of Samsung products
• Access to a discount shopping portal
• Partner Colleagues are not eligible for Samsung Enhanced Paid Sick Leave but may be eligible for statutory payments from their payroll agency
• Up to 20 (pro-rata) Partner Absence days per calendar year to be used in times of need