Channel Marketing Manager

JOB TITLE:

Channel Marketing Manager / Vendor Marketing Manager

SALARY: £Competitive

BENEFITS:
Healthcare, Pension, 25 days holiday and more!

Location:

Reading

LOCATION:

Reading- 3-4 days in office

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS:
Reading, Basingstoke, Wokingham, Bracknell, Maidenhead

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Vendor Marketing Manager/Channel Marketing Manager/ Partner Marketing Manager. This is a newly created role, and you will see you own all marketing campaigns for some major Tier 1 and 2 Vendors.

The Vendor Marketing Manager's role will involve liaising with internal and external stakeholders to plan, pitch, execute and report back on a full range of marketing campaigns, initiatives and activities. Utilising MDF (Marketing development Funding) to help execute campaigns.

You’ll know and understand how to translate vendor marketing for the end user. Part of a larger team delivering marketing campaigns that meet business objectives, engage customers and drive sales, you will be a salesperson when you pitch great ideas, a project manager when executing a plan with your supporting agency, and a communication officer between internal stakeholders and external vendor representation and a presenter when you review your work.

The responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Managing key direct vendor relationships
• Managing financial budget and spend
• Translating vendor marketing plans
• Maintaining and managing internal and external stakeholder relationships.
• Planning and executing a quarterly/half calendar of marketing activities.
• Aligning objectives and impacting both external and internal goals.
• Campaign briefing to marketing agencies and internal marketing executives.

About you:

Vendor Marketing Manager/Channel Marketing Manager/ Partner Marketing Manager

We are looking for an experienced channel marketing person, someone who understands the industry and can showcase great skills, initiative and competency when working closely with set vendors.

This role will ideally suit someone with experience within the IT channel - an IT reseller, or Distributor.

In addition, you'll have the following skills and experience:

• Experience with planning, executing and delivering marketing activities
• Confident presentation abilities
• Strong communication, someone who can influence and speak confidently across a business and with key stakeholders
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent Commercial understanding
• manage projects and work to deadlines