Marketing Manager

Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense; Bracknell; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc. (EBI) seeks an experienced Marketing Manager for Cawood, delivering strategic B2B marketing across Agriculture, Animal Health and Environment.

You will partner with the Director of Product and commercial leaders and manage budgets and agencies, translating complex technical subjects into compelling customer propositions. This role is based in Bracknell, UK, within One EBI and offers growth as part of a global, science-led group.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of relevant B2B marketing experience with growing responsibility.
• Experience developing and executing marketing plans with direct impact on commercial outcomes.
• Strong written communication and content development skills.
• Ability to translate complex technical subjects into clear customer propositions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute marketing activity across Agriculture, Animal Health and Environment.
• Partner with Director of Product and commercial leads to shape strategy and delivery.
• Manage agencies, suppliers and marketing budgets; collaborate with sales and product teams.

Skills

B2B marketing

Marketing strategy

Content development

CRM & automation

Agency management

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Data analytics

Education

Science background (Agriculture / Biological Sciences)

CIM qualification

Tools

CRM software

Marketing automation tools

CMS/Content platforms

Job description

Join Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc. (EBI) and you’ll be part of a team that leads science, innovation, and technology on different industry fronts. Working here will provide you with an exciting and motivating career full of development and growth opportunities throughout our businesses. We are a global company that prides itself on having passionate, diverse and dedicated employees who work together to achieve uncommon results.

Job Description Cawood provides analytical testing and scientific services across the agriculture, animal health and environmental sectors. We are part of Ensign-Bickford Industries (EBI), a family-owned group of science and technology businesses with a long-term approach to creating value. Our purpose at EBI is to deliver innovation that matters, for today and future generations. We are looking for an experienced, commercially minded Marketing Manager to help Cawood deliver that purpose. This is a significant, broad and hands-on marketing role. As the dedicated marketing resource within Cawood, you will lead marketing activity across our Agriculture, Animal Health and Environment businesses, developing the strategy and then helping make it happen. You will work directly with the Director of Product and collaborate extensively with commercial leaders, laboratory teams, scientists and technical specialists across Cawood. You will also be part of the wider One EBI community, collaborating with marketing and creative colleagues across the group, including the Envirologix marketing team and internal graphic design resource, as well as managing specialist external agencies. This is not a role for someone who only wants to manage marketing from a distance. We are looking for someone who can think strategically, understand technically complex markets, and then roll up their sleeves to deliver.

What you will bring

We are interested in what you have achieved, not simply the titles you have held.

Essential

• At least 5 years' relevant B2B marketing experience, with evidence of increasing responsibility and impact.
• Experience developing marketing plans and then personally helping to deliver them.
• Evidence of marketing activity that has contributed to measurable commercial outcomes.
• Strong written communication and content-development skills.
• The ability to understand complex or technical subjects and translate them into clear customer propositions.
• Good working knowledge across the marketing mix, including content, digital, email, social, events, campaigns, lead generation and marketing analytics.
• Experience managing agencies, suppliers and marketing budgets.
• Experience working closely with sales, product, commercial or business‑development teams.
• Strong project‑management skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Confidence working with senior stakeholders and subject‑matter experts.
• A data‑driven approach to understanding performance and making decisions.
• The independence and initiative required to operate successfully within a lean structure.

Highly desirable

• A degree or professional background in agriculture, biological sciences, chemistry, environmental science, animal science, food science or another relevant scientific discipline.
• Experience within laboratory testing, scientific services, agriculture, animal health, environmental services, food/feed, life sciences, scientific instrumentation or another technical B2B sector.
• Experience marketing technical or professional services, rather than solely physical products.
• Experience of CRM, customer segmentation and marketing automation.
• Experience supporting new product or service launches.
• Experience developing technical thought‑leadership content.
• CIM or another recognised professional marketing qualification.

We are equally interested in candidates who began their careers in science, agriculture or another relevant technical discipline and subsequently developed a strong track record in marketing.

Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, or veteran status.

EBI's 190‑year history has been shaped by innovation and stewardship defining who we are today: a family‑owned, independently led, and professionally managed company united by our people, Core Values, and Winning Vision.

We invite you to explore our three strong businesses and discover how you can help shape the next chapter of our story. Ensign-Bickford Industries founded in 1836, is a privately‑owned high technology conglomerate that participates in businesses that are relevant to the future of the world and have multigenerational growth prospects. As One EBI, we innovate in science and technology for the safety, health, and well‑being of society, creating exceptional long‑term value.

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