Overview

Overview

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Job Introduction

Main Responsibilities

  • Manages POS critical path ensuring delivery of all POS required for the business critical path
  • Manages delivery of all POS required for new store openings
  • Supports campaign marketing manager, brand marketing manager and international marketing manager to ensure delivery of all POS activity outside of the standard business critical path
  • Works closely with campaign marketing manager and brand marketing manager to ensure all POS aligns with brand guidelines and campaign toolkits
  • Manages POS budget ensuring all POS costs are within planned budget and regular communications to finance team
  • Manages store communications for all POS activity ensuring these are shared with the relevant teams
  • Leads agency relationships for POS artwork, print and fulfilment
  • Manages in-store radio programme including promotional messaging, music licences and radio equipment
  • Promotes cross-function working across commercial, digital, marketing, retail and business development teams to ensure POS activity and changes are captured and communicated to the relevant teams
  • Regular reviews of internal/external POS and in-store radio processes to ensure maximum productivity and cost efficiencies and implement changes where required

The Ideal Candidate

  • Knowledge in POS materials and print
  • Previous experience in critical path management  
  • Previous experience in budget management
  • Good organisation skills and attention to detail, efficiently works across multiple projects at one given time.
  • Strong communicator and interpersonal skills with experience in engaging with key internal stakeholders
  • Previous experience of managing external agencies and partners
  • Proficient in Microsoft office
  • Strong literacy and numeracy skills

About the Company

Card Factory is the UK’s leading specialist retailer of greetings cards, dressings, and gifts with over one thousand stores across the UK and Ireland.  In 2020 we launched our exciting 5-year business strategy including our vision of becoming a true Omni-channel retailer.  This strategy sees significant investment into our colleagues across the business creating multiple opportunities to join a fast-paced environment and be part of our exciting journey.  

In return, we offer a wide range of benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.

Benefits

  • Pension
  • 15% Card Factory colleague discount in-store and online
  • Save As You Earn scheme
  • Financial Wellbeing Support
    • Financial Education Tools
    • Salary Advance
  • Seasonal incentive schemes
  • Retail Management Apprenticeship Programmes with local providers with access to a virtual internal network for learning together
  • Discounted gym membership, mobile phone contracts, and car leasing
  • Discounts across 100’s of UK retailers
  • Employee Assistance Programme – access to tools to support mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
  • Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption leave

This is an exciting role with genuine prospects for the right candidate. If this role describes you and your career aspirations, click apply now.

For any questions email: vacancies@cardfactory.co.uk (we do not accept CVs/Applications via email) 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once sufficient suitable applications have been received. We advise applying early to avoid disappointment as applications will be reviewed regularly. 

No agencies, please.

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Competitive salary and benefits package
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