Marketing Manager

DELIVEROO; Southampton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food tech company in Southampton seeks an expert in procurement to enable global growth and develop strong supplier partnerships. You will leverage strategic thinking, outstanding negotiation skills, and deep knowledge of media and digital suppliers to drive cost savings and sustainability initiatives. Join a small team making a big impact in a rapidly growing company offering competitive benefits and a diverse workplace.

Benefits

Equity for all employees

Competitive health and wellness benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Ability to think and act strategically with clearly defined business objectives.
• In-depth knowledge of best-in-class Procurement processes.
• Experience with vendor management.

Responsibilities

• Enable global business growth at speed.
• Promote sustainability and compliance in processes.
• Deliver cost savings through efficiency and negotiation.

Skills

Strong knowledge around Media, Digital, Creative, Print and Merchandise providers

Outstanding people and business leadership skills

Excellent negotiation skills

Commercial mindset

Job description

1Why Deliveroo?

When you first think about Deliveroo, you probably think of getting great food to your house in less than half an hour. Awesome right? But behind the scenes is the real story. This story is one of high growth, huge challenges and an enormous opportunity ahead of us. It began with our founder Will, arriving in London over 5 years ago and finding it almost impossible to order great food, despite the wealth of incredible restaurants in the city. Fast forward 5 years and we operate in 13 countries with over 50,000 riders who deliver orders from 50,000 restaurants in over 200 cities worldwide.

We want to be the definitive food company - the app you go to any time you have a hunger pang. We are transforming the way people think about food. We are providing people with limitless access to different cuisines and restaurants, turning cooking from a chore to a choice, and giving people the freedom to eat what they want, when they want, where they want it.

We work with riders, restaurants and consumers. We operate one of the most complex three sided marketplaces in the world and we do this in real time. Millions of customers and thousands of restaurants and riders rely on us to match them within milliseconds. The algorithms behind that marketplace are the secret sauce that allows us to deliver our orders in under 30 minutes.

The scale of the opportunity ahead of us is immense. The global food market is valued at £7.7 trillion but only 1% of it is currently online. Contrast that with the digital disruption of countless other industries - from banking and travel to retail and communications - it’s clear that our journey in the food sector has only just begun.

We are already a multi-billion dollar company that is more than doubling in size every year. Deliveroo came top in the FT’s’ list of Europe’s fastest growing 1000 companies in 2018, and we were the first company ever to win Deloitte’s ‘UK Top 50’ two years in a row. Yet most of the extraordinary value this company will generate lies ahead of us.

The Role

• Think Big - Enable the global business to grow at speed
• Execute Flawlessly - Promote responsibility, sustainability and compliance in every process
• Be Frugal - Provide competitive edge through smart supplier engagement
• Form trusted partnerships with the Marketing business, know when to support and when to challenge
• Negotiate in a way that creates long term sustainable partnerships that work for Deliveroo & the supplier
• Deliver annual cost savings through efficiency, innovation and negotiation
• Work within a matrix function, reporting to your Purchasing organisation, with requirements set by the Marketing business, adhering to processes set by the Central Procurement team
• Be a cheerleader for your team - share the message across the organisation of the benefits of having a great Purchasing Organisation

Requirements

• Strong knowledge around Media, Digital, Creative, Print and Merchandise providers
• The ability to think and act strategically with clearly defined business objectives in mind and an entrepreneurial can-do mindset with a strong hands‑on approach
• In‑depth knowledge of best‑in‑class Procurement processes
• Knowledge of digital companies and their products
• Outstanding people and business leadership skills
• A commercial mindset, excellent negotiation skills and ideally experience with vendor management

Life at Deliveroo

We are a small team, with very large impact, seeking to answer some of the most interesting questions out there. We move fast, we’re always looking for new ideas and we’re very transparent about the decisions we make and why we make them.

There are so many questions we need to answer and plenty more we haven’t even encountered. How do data and technology help restaurants to grow as consumer habits change? How can we predict what someone wants to order for dinner long before the idea has even crossed their mind? At Deliveroo these are just some of the tough problems we are solving - and there is no challenge that cannot be yours. No solution is owned by a particular team, which means the scope for growth and personal impact is enormous.

Benefits and Diversity

At Deliveroo we know that people are the heart of the business and we prioritise their welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including health, family, finance, community, convenience, growth, time away and relocation.

In 2018 we announced our decision to give every employee equity in the company. We did this because we wanted all of our employees, regardless of location, level or role to be owners and because we believe that this is the right thing to do. We believe this helps build a culture where everyone is committed and able to share in the company’s success.

We believe a great workplace is one that represents the world we live in and how beautifully diverse it can be. That means we have no judgement when it comes to any one of the things that make you who you are - your gender, race, sexuality, religion or a secret aversion to coriander. All you need is a passion for (most) food and a desire to be part of one of the fastest growing start-up’s around.

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