Marketing Planning & Production Manager United Kingdom

About us
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We are one of the top three automotive retailers in the UK, proudly representing 32 manufacturer brands, selling a huge range of new and used vehicles from over 150 dealerships across the UK and Ireland.

We believe our people are our greatest asset, and we’re committed to recognising the valuable contribution each person makes. That’s why we continue to invest in a leading rewards and benefits package designed to support your career, wellbeing, and life outside of work.

Location: Remote (Travel may be required)
Salary: £40,000 + Excellent Benefits
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract: Full Time, Permanent

We are looking for a Marketing Planning & Production Manager to join Lookers! Reporting directly to the Head of Marketing Operations , this is a pivotal new role that will help shape how our marketing team plans, produces, and delivers work across the business.

This is a rare opportunity to join at the beginning of an exciting transformation. Rather than inheriting established processes, you'll play a key role in creating them. You'll bring structure, visibility, and consistency to our marketing operations while leading planning and production activities that ensure creative and content delivery is aligned to business priorities.

As a senior member of the team, you will also deputise for the Head of Marketing Operations when required, providing leadership, direction, and support across the wider function.

• Translate marketing strategy into clear priorities, actionable plans and defined work streams.
• Manage production across creative and content teams, ensuring work is delivered on time, to a high standard and in line with business objectives.
• Track progress, identify risks, remove blockers and maintain momentum across multiple projects.
• Establish and continuously improve processes, tools and reporting that create efficiency and consistency from brief through to delivery.
• Own our relationship with key workflow and asset management platforms, evolving the tech and integration into the wider Marketing team.
• Partner with stakeholders across marketing and the wider business to manage demand, align expectations and balance competing priorities.
• Act as deputy for the Head of Marketing Operations when required.

You will have:

• Proven experience within marketing operations, planning, project management, production management or a similar planning-focused role.
• Excellent organisational, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong project management capabilities with exceptional attention to detail.
• The ability to influence, collaborate and build relationships at all levels.
• Confidence working within a growing and evolving function, helping to shape new ways of working.

This is a unique opportunity to help build and shape a newly established function at a crucial stage of its development.

Working closely with the Head of Marketing Operations and our Creative leadership, you'll have genuine influence over how marketing plans and delivers work across the business. You'll be empowered to design processes, improve ways of working and drive operational excellence across every creative and content output we produce.

You’ll lead a team of Digital Content Executives, work with stakeholders across the wider business, and play a key role in the continued evolution of the Marketing Operations function.

If you're passionate about planning, delivery and creating the foundations for high-performing teams, we'd love to hear from you.

Core Benefits:

• Competitive salaries with structured pay scales and progression as you grow within the business
• Generous annual leave that…