Preschool Marketing Manager- 12 Months Fixed Term Contract

As the Preschool Marketing Manager you will support the Marketing Director as a senior member of the Marketing Team, while being a strong, motivating leader to those around you.

You’ll help to oversee the development of category-leading marketing plans for the preschool business categories to drive consumer demand and trade marketing engagement. This includes Paw Patrol, Gabby’s Dollhouse, Dora, Gund, Ms Rachel and Vida the Vet. 

You’ll lead specific projects and processes focused around improving the Marketing Planning process to support the ever-changing retail landscape. As a leader you’ll coach and support the cross functional marketing team and direct reports.

How will you create impact?

• Support the UK Marketing Director as a key part of the UK marketing leadership team, with the ability to bridge the department where and when required by the Marketing Director

• Take a lead position in coordinating key functions/processes with the Marketing Director, such as, but not limited to:

  • Circana / consumer insight

  • TLP Management/Pricing 

  • Marketing Budgets and Tracking 

  • Managing External relationships 

  • International Marketing Meetings 

• Act as a leader for selected areas of the business to help provide guidance, expertise, and support to the managing team

• Oversee the development, maintenance, and planning of preschool business categories

• Manage selection of leading GBU/Brands and ABM 

• People Management – support and develop direct reports and be a mentor within the business, championing Spin Master’s core values and culture.

What are your skills and experience?

• Result driven – strive to exceed your goals.  A creative thinking with a proactive approach 

• Strong marketing skills – experience in developing and delivering strong marketing plans.  Plans that stand out against the competition, are best in class internally and deliver fully on a commercial level

• Commercial outlook – appreciating the need for commercially viable plans

• Genuine team player able to work across all departments (e.g. sales, marketing, finance, demand planning, supply) and with external stakeholders (e.g. retailers, licensors).

• Good communicator – both internally and with external partners – e.g. retailers  and licensors

• Degree Educated with marketing/business qualifications (preferably). Marketing qualifications could include Degree, Diploma in Marketing (DipM) or other recognised marketing qualifications from the UK or overseas.

• More than 5 years relevant experience – ideally in the Toy Industry at Marketing Manager level

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What you can expect from us:

Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.

• Growth and Career Opportunities
• Flexible Work Hours
• Innovation, Collaboration and Fun
• Comprehensive Benefits
• Other fun Perks!

What’s it like to work here?

Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.

Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.

Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at JobsEU@spinmaster.com or by phone at +421905215125 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.