Marketing Director in Sheffield)

Basic Salary: up to £110,000 + Car allowance, PMI

Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England

Industry Sector: Manufacturing

Job Type: Permanent | Full Time

Posted Date: 15/04/2025

Position: Marketing Director

As a global, private equity backed, corporate business, we work at pace with demanding customers supplying equipment into a wide range of markets. As the Marketing Director, you'll control a £1M budget delivering a comprehensive marketing strategy capable of delivering double-digit growth. You'll have complete accountability over core marketing channels, digital, branding, and internal and external communications.

Benefits:

1. Private Healthcare
2. Healthcare Cash Plan
3. Contributory Pension Scheme
4. Death in Service

Location: Home Based

Commute Locations: Working throughout the UK, ideally based in the Midlands. Locations include Sheffield, Nottingham, Derby, Birmingham, Leicester, Northampton, Peterborough, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Coventry, or Wolverhampton.

Job Description: You'll play a vital role in directing the marketing function and strategic development of the brand in the UK. This position requires a dynamic leader proficient in guaranteeing the visibility of the marketing function and partnering with key stakeholders to ensure consistency with both our internal team and external customers.

We are looking for a candidate with robust commercial acumen, who can actively put strategies in place, engage in process transformations, and surpass customer expectations while keeping the internal team engaged and taking them on the journey with you. Key elements of the role will include:

1. Management: Provide leadership and mentorship to the marketing team, ensuring high levels of engagement, professional development, and alignment with the company's overall objectives. Collaborate closely with the leadership team to drive the marketing strategy and performance.
2. Marcomms: Own the development and execution of the trading & campaign planning framework, developing engaging campaigns for differing markets, sectors, and audiences. Oversee the internal & external communications team, delivering the customer value proposition through all channels, including bids/tenders literature. Foster colleague engagement through effective messaging and communication strategies.
3. Digital & CRM: Lead the digital marketing efforts, including the management and development of the company websites, CRM systems, and data journeys. Work closely with our selected agency partners to ensure seamless execution.
4. Branding: Take charge of reviewing and refining the customer proposition to ensure alignment with market expectations and brand positioning.
5. Marketing Intelligence: Drive marketing insights by gathering and analyzing the Voice of the Customer (VoC), managing NPS (Net Promoter Score) initiatives, with the potential of revamping the current system we use, and developing new product and market propositions based on customer feedback and market trends.

Person Specification: Us being right for you is just as critical as you being right for us; our values must align, and therefore key phrases/traits such as Ownership and Accountability, Results Driven, and Visibility must be vital to you; your team should reflect your beliefs and behaviors.

You will be able to demonstrate proven experience with:

1. A fast-paced manufacturing business, possibly food, automotive, pharmaceuticals, or construction, although others considered, most likely a larger matrix corporation.
2. Leading and developing a multi-skilled remote/hybrid team (c5-10 staff).
3. A management style which embodies visibility, approachability, knowledge, and accountability.
4. Managing and interpreting marketing data to drive the business forward.

Company: We are one of the world's leading suppliers to major industries. The UK plays a considerable role producing a turnover of c£250M, with multiple acquisitions last year, 2025 promises to hold lots of challenges and opportunities.

Interested? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgment of your application.

Wallace Hind Selection, alongside our client, embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.

Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection has been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client, and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.