Performance Marketing Manager | LOOKFANTASTIC

The Hut Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days leave

Enhanced maternity/paternity pay

On-site gym

Staff discount THG brands

On-site physio

Employee EAP

Job summary

The Hut Group (THG) Beauty is seeking a Senior Performance Marketing Manager in Manchester to lead regional forecasting, budgeting and performance analysis. The role collaborates with Activation and Ecommerce to align regional plans with global strategy and ensure launches perform well.

You will own regional revenue, spend and COS delivery, forecast accuracy, and in-month optimization across channels. A data-driven mindset and strong communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in regional performance marketing is desirable.
• Ability to forecast and reforecast based on performance data.
• Strong collaboration with activation and ecommerce teams.

Responsibilities

• Regional forecasting across revenue, spend and COS.
• Lead in-month reforecasting based on actualised performance.
• Identify risks and opportunities early.
• Maintain confidence and clarity in regional outlooks.
• Understand budget spend across channels.
• Analyse performance across channels and categories.
• Recommend budget shifts to improve outcomes.
• Highlight inefficiencies or channel dependencies.
• Feed regional insights into global decisions.
• Own regional performance view of priority categories and launches.
• Forecast and review launches accurately.
• Maintain always-on performance discipline across BAU.
• Collaborate with Activation on campaign and launch planning.
• Align performance metrics with trading goals with Ecommerce.
• Provide clear regional performance updates and escalate risks.

Job description

About THG

We are THG, a global ecommerce group on a mission to be the global online leader in beauty and sports nutrition. Our portfolio of leading retailers and brands such as LOOKFANTASTIC, Myprotein, ESPA, Perricone MD, and Cult Beauty form our two core businesses: THG Beauty and THG Nutrition. From Manchester to New York, we’re powered by a team of over 2500 people who work together, lead by example, and think BIG. What are you waiting for?

Life at THG Beauty

We know that beauty isn’t one-size-fits-all. Our portfolio of leading retailers and iconic beauty brands caters to everyone, everywhere, empowering customers all over the world to look and feel fantastic. By combining our portfolio of owned brands inclusive of ESPA, Ameliorate and Christophe Robin, with a marketplace for over 1,300 third‑party beauty brands through online retail sites LOOKFANTASTIC, Cult Beauty, and Dermstore, THG Beauty's ambition is to be the global digital partner of choice across the beauty industry, supporting the channel shift to online. THG Beauty’s breadth of relationships is unique to the beauty market; it engages with brands as a retailer, a brand owner, and a product developer and manufacturer, making it the industry’s digital strategic leader.

Why be a Senior Performance Marketing Manager at THG Beauty?

The Regional Performance Manager is responsible for delivering regional performance outcomes, ensuring budgets, forecasts and in‑month decisions align to global strategy while reflecting local market realities. This role owns how global investment strategy lands regionally, translating direction into accurate forecasting, confident reforecasting and clear recommendations. As Performance Marketing Manager you’ll:

Key Responsibilities

• Regional Forecasting & Performance Management
  • Own regional forecasting across revenue, spend and COS
  • Lead in‑month reforecasting based on actualised performance
  • Identify risks and opportunities early
  • Maintain confidence and clarity in regional outlooks
  • Maintain a clear understanding of how budget is spent across channels e.g. network, campaign, funnel level.
• Performance Insight & Recommendations
  • Analyse performance across channels and categories
  • Recommend budget shifts and trade‑offs to improve outcomes
  • Highlight inefficiencies or over‑dependence on specific channels
  • Feed regional insight into global decision‑making
• Category, Launch & BAU Performance
  • Own performance view of priority categories and launches
  • Ensure launches are forecasted accurately and reviewed post‑launch
  • Maintain always‑on performance discipline across BAU activity
• Collaboration with Activation & Ecommerce
  • Work closely with Activation on campaign and launch planning
  • Partner with Ecommerce to align performance metrics with trading goals
  • Ensure regional performance plans are executable and realistic
• Reporting & Communication
  • Provide clear, concise regional performance updates
  • Escalate risks with context and options, not problems
  • Support senior stakeholders with confident performance narratives

What This Role Owns

• Regional revenue, spend and COS delivery
• Regional forecasting and reforecasting
• Performance insight and recommendations
• In‑month optimisation proposals
• Regional category and launch performance view

What’s in it for me?

• Career Development Access bespoke development programmes that have been designed and developed by our in‑house L&D team.
• Continued development through our upskilling programme that is delivered in partnership with an industry‑leading training provider.
• Enhanced Leave 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays. Don’t want to work on your birthday? We don’t either! Enjoy your day off on us!
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, depending on length of service.
• Up to 10 days compassionate leave.
• Buy back up to 3 days each year.
• Unlock 2 days volunteer leave after 12‑months.
• Wellbeing Support Access face‑to‑face and virtual appointments with our in‑house GP.
• Access our 247 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which is provided by Bupa.
• State‑of‑the‑art on‑site gym.
• Access to our on‑site physio.
• Other Perks Save up to 12% on the cost of personal tech through our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Subsidised bus pass from Manchester City Centre to our ICON office.
• Up to 50% staff discount on THG brands.
• On‑site staff shop.
• Know someone who would be perfect for THG? Refer them and get up to 1000 when they pass their probation.
• Anniversary gifts when you hit 5 and 10 years of service.

THG is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.

THG is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.