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Retail Media Partnership Executive

Permanent

Up to £40,000 + Pension + BUPA + ShareSave + 6.6 weeks holiday + Hybrid Working

Southampton, Store Support Office

We believe anyone can improve their home to make life better. From our Southampton Store Support office (SSO) we equip our stores, our people, and our whole business with everything it takes to help our millions of customers create a home they'll love. Join us as a Retail Media Partnership Executive and you'll be a big part of this.

Key responsibilities

The Retail Media Partnership Executive drives the success of retail media partnerships by managing vendor campaigns, supporting revenue generation, optimising processes, and ensuring effective communication between internal teams and external vendors/merchants.

Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities:

Revenue Growth & Onboarding:

• Actively contributes to the growth of retail media revenue by efficiently onboarding new vendors/merchants and supporting sales initiatives. Scope for management of vendor/merchant accounts as part of development.

Campaign Management:

• Overseeing retail media campaigns from brief to post-campaign analysis, ensuring seamless and timely execution ultimately contributing to increased sales revenue. This involves coordinating with vendors and the retail media advertising team, as well as securing necessary approvals from the buying team regarding promotional mechanics.

Stakeholder Management

• Provides support to Retail Media Partnership Managers/team by handling and triaging inquiries from internal and external (vendor/merchant) stakeholders, addressing questions related to campaign management, retail media sales inventory, and other partnership activities.

Partnership Lead Development:

• Collaborating with the Retail Media Advertising Executive to represent retail media at key marketing and digital trade planning meetings, generating vendor/merchant leads to expand the retail media program and drive revenue growth.

Vendor Communication & Engagement:

• Contributing to the development and execution of the vendor communication and engagement plan, encompassing webinars, newsletters, and other initiatives.

Reporting & Analysis:

• Tracking onboarding progress and vendor/merchant campaign activity to identify opportunities for revenue optimisation. This includes managing the retail media tracker and reporting.

Process Improvement:

• Identifying and implementing process enhancements to drive efficiency and accuracy within retail media partnerships.

Financial Administration:

• Managing financial processes related to retail media activity, such as raising manual invoices and overseeing the wallet top-up request process with merchants/vendors.

Required skills & experience

Required Skills & Experience:

• Campaign Management: Proven experience managing campaigns end-to-end, driving revenue growth, and effectively coordinating with vendors and internal teams.
• Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build strong, trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Commercial Acumen: Demonstrated ability to leverage knowledge of the supplier and/or marketplace seller landscape to support sales initiatives, drive revenue growth, and develop successful partnerships.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical abilities to track key metrics (e.g., onboarding, revenue) and identify opportunities for optimisation.
• Problem-Solving & Innovation: A proactive and innovative mindset, with the ability to analyse issues from multiple perspectives, generate solutions, and overcome challenges.
• Teamwork & Collaboration: A collaborative team player who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Digital Awareness: Understanding of digital media and onsite channels is desirable.
• Retail Media Knowledge: Familiarity with the retail media landscape is preferred.

What's in it for me?

As part of a great team, you'll be valued for who you are. We're committed to making B&Q more diverse and representative of the communities we serve, where everyone can feel they belong and have equal opportunities. You will have access to a range of networks that represent our colleagues and allies and help us to continue to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business.

We also recognise that wellness means different things to different people, and we want to help colleagues be at their best and feel well by offering a range of benefits to help you. As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes an award-winning pension scheme, bonus, ShareSave options, 6.6 weeks holiday, payroll giving, an Employee Assistance Programme, shopping discounts, colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more!

So we can support you during the application or interview process, please contact recruitment@b-and-q.co.uk for any recruitment adjustments.