909 Planning Lead jobs in the United Kingdom
Interim Head of Planning and Bought-In Goods
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SALARY: Negotiable, dependent upon skills and experience
BENEFITS: Excellent corporate benefits package
BASE: Site Based - Eurocell Head Office, South Normanton
Eurocell are a stock market listed Plc and the market leader for uPVC products within the building industry. We know that our people are our greatest asset, we are successful, dynamic, ambitious and looking for great team players to grow with us.
We are delighted to be recruiting a Head of Planning and Bought-In Goods on an interim basis to lead our Planning Function whilst we recruit the permanent role. This role is responsible for ensuring optimal product availability to achieve a sustainable manufacturing plan, in order to deliver the high levels of OTIF and customer satisfaction that Eurocell is known for.
WHAT OUR INTERIM HEAD OF PLANNING WILL DO:
- Have responsibility for delivering all aspects of planning management and product availability, including raw materials, stock, and finished goods
- Deliver accurate forecasts, and accurate agile and responsive demand plans
- Create and deliver short, medium and long terms productions plans
- Analyse data and information, and translate into commercial context
- Management of 3rd party supply requirements
- Lead a team of c20 planners to develop high performance and build future capability
- Cross-functional engagement with stakeholders
- Identify and develop optimal costs for production routes
WHAT WE NEED FROM OUR INTERIM HEAD OF PLANNING:
- Demonstrable experience of S&OP, and demand and supply planning
- Experience of defining and implementing planning strategies
- A high degree of commercial awareness within the total supply chain
- Excellent IT skills, including Excel, Word and Power Point
- APICS Certification, or equivalent could be an advantage
- Data driven, with strong analytical skills and a high degree of attention to detail
- Able to effectively interact with all teams, areas and levels of the business
- Strong problem solving and numeracy skills
- Experience of using SAP could be a distinct advantage
WHAT WE OFFER:
- You will be rewarded with a very competitive remuneration package
- 25 days holiday, plus statutory holidays - normally 33 days in total each year (if on a FTC, not applicable if on a contractor day rate)
- Free Healthcare plan for all employees (if on a FTC, not applicable if on a contractor day rate)
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity benefit (if on a FTC, not applicable if on a contractor day rate)
- Free Life Assurance Plan of 3x your Annual Salary (if on a FTC, not applicable if on a contractor day rate)
- Christmas shutdown
- Option to join the Eurocell Share Save Scheme at discounted rates, and share in our company success (if on a FTC, not applicable if on a contractor day rate)
- Company Pension Plan (if on a FTC, not applicable if on a contractor day rate)
- Employee discount on Eurocell products (if on a FTC, not applicable if on a contractor day rate)
- Discounts across many well-known online and high street retailers (if on a FTC, not applicable if on a contractor day rate)
- Excellent opportunities to grow with us, and progress your career
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Planning Lead
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Do you have previous experience working within a Production/Manufacturing environment in a production planning capacity? Are you data driven with strong communication skills? If so, then please read on!
The basics:
Job Title: Planning Lead - Demand & Production
Location: Langley Mill
Salary: Up to 40,000 DOE
Hours: Mon-Fri (7.30am-4.00pm) - 7.5hr days (1 hour lunch)
Benefits & Holidays: company pay up to 5% pension, 25+ 8
Planning Lead
Posted 2 days ago
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Do you have previous experience working within a Production/Manufacturing environment in a production planning capacity? Are you data driven with strong communication skills? If so, then please read on!
The basics:
Job Title: Planning Lead - Demand & Production
Location: Langley Mill
Salary: Up to 40,000 DOE
Hours: Mon-Fri (7.30am-4.00pm) - 7.5hr days (1 hour lunch)
Benefits & Holidays: company pay up to 5% pension, 25+ 8
Transition Planning Lead
Posted 1 day ago
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Transition Planning Lead – Strategic IT Operations Programme
Location: London (Hybrid)
Start Date: Immediate
Rate: Up to £525/day Inside IR35
Duration : 3 months initially - high likelihood of extension
Are you an experienced transition leader ready to drive a high-impact outsourcing programme? We’re seeking a Transition Planning Lead to manage the end-to-end planning, governance, and risk mitigation for a major IT operations transition—ensuring continuity, compliance, and strategic alignment.
Role Overview
You’ll lead the successful transition of people, processes, and technology from one operational model to another, with minimal disruption to business services. This includes managing dependencies, overseeing knowledge
Transition Planning Lead
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Transition Planning Lead – Strategic IT Operations Programme
Location: London (Hybrid)
Start Date: Immediate
Rate: Up to £525/day Inside IR35
Duration : 3 months initially - high likelihood of extension
Are you an experienced transition leader ready to drive a high-impact outsourcing programme? We’re seeking a Transition Planning Lead to manage the end-to-end planning, governance, and risk mitigation for a major IT operations transition—ensuring continuity, compliance, and strategic alignment.
Role Overview
You’ll lead the successful transition of people, processes, and technology from one operational model to another, with minimal disruption to business services. This includes managing dependencies, overseeing knowledge
MRO Planning Lead
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Company : Safran Seats
Job field : Customer services and support
Location : Cwmbran , Wales , United Kingdom
Contract type : Permanent
Contract duration : Full-time
Professional status : Employees / Staff
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**Job Description**
In the UK, Safran Seats specialises solely in the First Class and Business Class seating markets for wide body aircraft, with industrial and engineering teams in Cwmbran and Newport, Wales and Brackley, England.
The purpose of the Lead Demand Planner is to manage the process and operations of the planning and supply chain activities to support the repairs performance in the shop. This position is a key enabler of our shops performance improvement.
You will carry out improvement projects to implement and lead the planning process in the shop to ensure we meet our OTD dates. You will have the responsibility to lead the demand plan, scheduling and the inventory
for the repair station. You will coordinate with the stakeholders inside the repair station and outside with other departments such as planning, procurement
and logistic and their peers in France and the US. They will need to conduct operational work within their role and support other functions in the area if needed.
Key Responsibilities will include:
- Lead the supply chain process of the repair shop including demand plans, forecasts,
planning and data analysis for in-house and sub-contacted repairs
- Analise the data notably from the ERP system in order to provide visibility to the
MRO shop operations and feed action plans
- Monitor KPI's and adjust plans accordingly
- Manage report part shortages and customer backlog burn down plans
- Collect and receive distribution orders from stores, checking and receiving
into the ERP system
- Pass complete kits into work, close down operations when complete ensure all
paperwork is present and correct
- Attend daily aftermarket QRQC meetings to ensure commitment dates are met to
support MRO orders
- Ensure all parts are available at the repair station when needed (Internal and
External)
C2 - Confidential
- Manage the escalation process in case of risk identified on the supply chain
performance
- Build strong communication between appropriate functions such as purchasing,
planning, logistics and engineering to ensure the repair activity has the greatest
chance of success
- Maintain accurate demand dates including the scheduling of repair work orders and
MCO's for the repair station
- Demonstrate continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times
and streamline work processes and work cooperatively and jointly to provide
seamless customer service
- Key user on ERP system
- The Planning Lead will coordinate with other Safran repair stations (France and US)
share both ways good practices and processes in order to increase our global
maturity and consistency
- Undertake any other duties that may arise from time to time
**Complementary Description**
Our in-house design studio co-creates the most innovative experiences in the sky with our airline customers and partners. Our dedicated engineering, production and in-service support facilities are integral to delivering a high-end quality product that we keep flying throughout the life of programme. We are fully supported by a wide team of support functions, from HR to Finance, to Business Development and Planning and Logistics, our team is built to give Safran Seats an end-to-end capability in house in the UK.
We focus on:
Our people
These are our four People Fundamentals that underpin everything we do at Safran:
- We believe in and fostering the conditions for diversity and inclusion to thrive
- We develop our colleagues skills and build opportunities so you can shape our future
- We create a trustworthy work place to support you, as you dare to act and innovate
- We encourage collaboration and mutual support between you and your colleagues
So you'll be supported every step of the way!
Sustainability
Our people are at the heart of our success, as we work together to achieve our mission: contributing to a safer and more sustainable aviation. We are tackling the biggest challenges in aerospace, with a commitment to work to decarbonise the industry by 2050.
Global Mobility
As part of the Safran Group, across our businesses we are market leaders in aerospace, defence and space; there is always potential for future mobility in the UK and internationally.
**Job Requirements**
Experience in planning/supply chain/operations in a manufacturing
environment
Excellent level of ERP understanding
Proficient in all Microsoft packages such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Lean Sigma green belt certification
Good standard of English and numeracy
Knowledge of MRO Regulations
Ability to read engineering drawings and technical documentation
No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to hear from you!
Our employees are at the heart of our success, as we work together for our sustainable future. There are four People Fundamentals that underpin life at Safran:
- We believe in and promote diversity and inclusion as key values across our business
- We develop our colleagues skills and build opportunities so you can shape our future
- We create a trustworthy work place to support you, as you dare to act and innovate
- We encourage collaboration and mutual support for you and your colleagues
What We'll Offer
· As a valued member of our team, these are just a few of the benefits you'll receive:
· 33 days holiday
· Industry leading pension scheme with salary sacrifice employer contributions up to 10%.
· Private medical cover with ability to upgrade level of benefit and cover family members.
· Access to salary sacrifice benefits scheme including cycle to work and Octopus EV Scheme
· 4 x Life Assurance
· Up to 10% Annual Bonus
· Interactive benefits platform including wide range of discretionary benefits including technology, retail benefits, income protection.
· Enhanced family friendly policies and benefits and employee assistance programme
· Share save schemes.
· Flexible working hours
Why Join Us:
Our employees are at the heart of our success, as we work together for our sustainable future. There are four People Fundamentals that underpin life at Safran:
· We believe in and promote diversity and inclusion as key values across our business.
· We develop our colleagues' skills and build opportunities so you can shape our future.
· We create a trustworthy workplace to support you, as you dare to act and innovate.
· We encourage collaboration and mutual support for you and your colleagues.
A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
We want Safran Seats to be a workplace where everyone feels valued, can be themselves and know they can reach their full potential. We embrace and celebrate our differences through various initiatives and support colleagues through a number of staff networks. We're committed to building a strong, diverse workforce and making Safran Seats an inclusive place to work.
**But what else? (advantages, specific features, etc.)**
Travel requirements (UK/International) - Potentially in the future
This role is subject to pre-employment checks, including but not limited to criminal record checks. While having unspent convictions may not necessarily prevent you from being employed, you are required to disclose any unspent convictions during the recruitment process. Only candidates who successfully pass these checks will be considered for employment.
**Company Information**
Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.
Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking.
Safran Seats is one of the world's leading manufacturers of aircraft seats, for both crew and passengers. 1 million Safran Seats-manufactured aircraft seats are currently in service with air fleets around the world.
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Cwmbran
Wales United Kingdom
100,000
employees worldwide
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Number of countries where Safran is located
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European Integrated Communications Planning Lead
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Job Description:
This is an exciting opportunity to lead the media planning across multiple geographies in Europe for some of the world's most recognised and iconic brands.
The European ICP Lead will be a key part of our continued transformational journey to data-driven brand building and is a crucial role in realising our ambition to put the needs of pet parents at the heart of our connected communications strategy and media 2030 ambitions.
A crucial partner in realising our ambition to put the needs of pet parents at the heart of our connected communications strategy and media 2030 ambitions.
Reporting to the EU Media/ICP Strategy Director, you will be responsible for implementing data-driven Integrated communication strategies, driving awesome market connection plans – ranging from brand awareness through to engagement, conversion and loyalty. You will work across all Pet Nutrition brands and will help shape the KPIs and brand plans to ensure market campaigns and activations exceed expectations. You will work with your regional colleagues, brand and eCom/ DTC teams to coordinate and deploy data-driven Paid & Owned media campaigns through the relevant comms channels.
You will need a passion for, and working knowledge of the EU media landscape, as you will serve as an ambassador for the transformation required in through-the-line comms planning with a focus on digital channels and performance. You will need a proven track record in delivering data-driven Paid & Owned media plans across multiple countries. You will need an inquisitive nature, which will be put to good use for creating exciting test & learn plans (Firestarter programme). The focus will be on finding new partners for our communications plans and increasing relevance for our brands.
This role will be based in the EU cluster markets and will require 20% travel
The European ICP Lead will build close cross-functional relationships with other departments, including:
Peers in the Pet Parent Centre of Expertise
Martech, Data Strategy & Acquisition, Programmatic, Measurement, Content, Search team & Digital functional IT teams
EU regional brand teams and Local customer marketing managers based in-market, including DtC and Ecomm teams
External agencies & partners
MGS Commercial: Media Procurement
You’ll love this role if you have a passion for storytelling and conversion-focused content, and a can-do attitude, as there will be a lot of learning on the fly, particularly around new data topics.
The EU ICP Lead drives their mission with autonomy and pace. You will be proactive, demonstrating leadership to create, develop and adjust with learning.
They will be part of a new team and will actively contribute to creating trustful relationships, strong team spirit, fun and a positive mindset.
What are we looking for?Degree-qualified or equivalent digital education
Significant years of prior experience in through-the-line media/ comms planning
Strong working knowledge of the EU media landscape
Preference for understanding of buying media, particularly digital
A genuine interest in data-driven marketing approaches & demonstrating clear results for advertisers
A passion for cats and dogs would be ideal
CPG experience would be preferred
Languages: Fluent English required
LEAD THE PN EU ICP PROCESS PLAN
Lead the Integrated Communications Planning process, ensuring teams hit key milestones and timings as planned.
Drive the feedback loop for teams on the process (incl. ICP drop-in & end of cycle wash-up) & deliver new tools to support
Working closely with the regional CoE retail media, programmatic, brand and local activation teams to ensure an omni-channel approach is delivered through the brand ICP process and plans
You will drive the intentionality behind the IAT (integrated agency team) by fostering great relationships with agency partners, in turn driving strategic topics for PN EU.
Bring ‘outside learning in’ to drive new thinking and approaches to connections planning
Recommend tools, resources and capabilities to succeed
LEAD IN YEARS WORKING IN ADVERTISING BUDGET MANAGEMENT
Act as the in-year budgeting cycle champion
Lead Input required for quarterly and periodic budget reviews with the Chief Growth Officer + EU LT
Own In-year process to manage budget/reconciliation/rephasing with ICP Deployment Heads/Brand team
Co-ordination of reconciliation and budget review with A&CP Business Partner
FUNCTIONAL LINE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY
ICP Strat Manager (T2)
PO Exec (B4)
LEAD THE PERFORMANCE AND DATA-DRIVEN TEST AND LEARN STRATEGY: FIRESTARTER
Create and lead an omnichannel test and learn agenda with the objective of accelerating our data-driven media strategy
Co-creation of brand test and learn maps across the three key DDM pillars
Lead the teams responsible for the Key task forces beneath the Firestarter program to deliver the planned T&L strategy.
Collaborate with D2C and Dcom to integrate performance testing plans into one unified testing agenda
Champion test agility and the spirit of agile performance testing to deliver the scale of tests needed to accelerate DDM learning & competency
Champion new partners for media, partners for performance and partners for data activation to build a network of media partners that solve for communication 'jobs to be done' and reduce over-reliance on social and traditional reach partners.
DRIVE BEST IN CLASS INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES AND CONNECTIONS PLANS
Act as the lead consultant between ICP Strategy and ICP Deployment, enabling strong operational support for the team in the transition from Annual ICP Strategy to In-year Deployment.
Be the conduit for ensuring the regional strategies equate to excellent connection plans, with a strong focus on using 1PD data within the plans and KPIs for performance delivery.
Drive recommendations for in-year optimisations of media budget/ plans to reach KPIs
Develop executable strategies for remarketing & journey (PPJ) pathing with peers in the CoE.
UPSKILLING AND INCREASING CAPABILITIES & SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF BRAND BUILDING FOR MUTUAL VALUE
Inspire the EU marketing community with new partners & platforms which will drive stronger connection and relevance of Mars brands for new pet parents.
Own development of critical strategic playbooks such as 'Social' and 'Influencer'
Drive the share out of critical learning from the Firestarter T&L program.
Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
Join a purpose-driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
An industry-competitive salary and benefits package, including a company bonus.
#LI-RM2
#LI-Hybrid
#TBDDT
European Integrated Communications Planning Lead
Posted today
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Job Description:
This is an exciting opportunity to lead the media planning across multiple geographies in Europe for some of the world's most recognised and iconic brands.
The European ICP Lead will be a key part of our continued transformational journey to data-driven brand building and is a crucial role in realising our ambition to put the needs of pet parents at the heart of our connected communications strategy and media 2030 ambitions.
A crucial partner in realising our ambition to put the needs of pet parents at the heart of our connected communications strategy and media 2030 ambitions.
Reporting to the EU Media/ICP Strategy Director, you will be responsible for implementing data-driven Integrated communication strategies, driving awesome market connection plans – ranging from brand awareness through to engagement, conversion and loyalty. You will work across all Pet Nutrition brands and will help shape the KPIs and brand plans to ensure market campaigns and activations exceed expectations. You will work with your regional colleagues, brand and eCom/ DTC teams to coordinate and deploy data-driven Paid & Owned media campaigns through the relevant comms channels.
You will need a passion for, and working knowledge of the EU media landscape, as you will serve as an ambassador for the transformation required in through-the-line comms planning with a focus on digital channels and performance. You will need a proven track record in delivering data-driven Paid & Owned media plans across multiple countries. You will need an inquisitive nature, which will be put to good use for creating exciting test & learn plans (Firestarter programme). The focus will be on finding new partners for our communications plans and increasing relevance for our brands.
This role will be based in the EU cluster markets and will require 20% travel
The European ICP Lead will build close cross-functional relationships with other departments, including:
Peers in the Pet Parent Centre of Expertise
Martech, Data Strategy & Acquisition, Programmatic, Measurement, Content, Search team & Digital functional IT teams
EU regional brand teams and Local customer marketing managers based in-market, including DtC and Ecomm teams
External agencies & partners
MGS Commercial: Media Procurement
You’ll love this role if you have a passion for storytelling and conversion-focused content, and a can-do attitude, as there will be a lot of learning on the fly, particularly around new data topics.
The EU ICP Lead drives their mission with autonomy and pace. You will be proactive, demonstrating leadership to create, develop and adjust with learning.
They will be part of a new team and will actively contribute to creating trustful relationships, strong team spirit, fun and a positive mindset.
What are we looking for?Degree-qualified or equivalent digital education
Significant years of prior experience in through-the-line media/ comms planning
Strong working knowledge of the EU media landscape
Preference for understanding of buying media, particularly digital
A genuine interest in data-driven marketing approaches & demonstrating clear results for advertisers
A passion for cats and dogs would be ideal
CPG experience would be preferred
Languages: Fluent English required
LEAD THE PN EU ICP PROCESS PLAN
Lead the Integrated Communications Planning process, ensuring teams hit key milestones and timings as planned.
Drive the feedback loop for teams on the process (incl. ICP drop-in & end of cycle wash-up) & deliver new tools to support
Working closely with the regional CoE retail media, programmatic, brand and local activation teams to ensure an omni-channel approach is delivered through the brand ICP process and plans
You will drive the intentionality behind the IAT (integrated agency team) by fostering great relationships with agency partners, in turn driving strategic topics for PN EU.
Bring ‘outside learning in’ to drive new thinking and approaches to connections planning
Recommend tools, resources and capabilities to succeed
LEAD IN YEARS WORKING IN ADVERTISING BUDGET MANAGEMENT
Act as the in-year budgeting cycle champion
Lead Input required for quarterly and periodic budget reviews with the Chief Growth Officer + EU LT
Own In-year process to manage budget/reconciliation/rephasing with ICP Deployment Heads/Brand team
Co-ordination of reconciliation and budget review with A&CP Business Partner
FUNCTIONAL LINE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY
ICP Strat Manager (T2)
PO Exec (B4)
LEAD THE PERFORMANCE AND DATA-DRIVEN TEST AND LEARN STRATEGY: FIRESTARTER
Create and lead an omnichannel test and learn agenda with the objective of accelerating our data-driven media strategy
Co-creation of brand test and learn maps across the three key DDM pillars
Lead the teams responsible for the Key task forces beneath the Firestarter program to deliver the planned T&L strategy.
Collaborate with D2C and Dcom to integrate performance testing plans into one unified testing agenda
Champion test agility and the spirit of agile performance testing to deliver the scale of tests needed to accelerate DDM learning & competency
Champion new partners for media, partners for performance and partners for data activation to build a network of media partners that solve for communication 'jobs to be done' and reduce over-reliance on social and traditional reach partners.
DRIVE BEST IN CLASS INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES AND CONNECTIONS PLANS
Act as the lead consultant between ICP Strategy and ICP Deployment, enabling strong operational support for the team in the transition from Annual ICP Strategy to In-year Deployment.
Be the conduit for ensuring the regional strategies equate to excellent connection plans, with a strong focus on using 1PD data within the plans and KPIs for performance delivery.
Drive recommendations for in-year optimisations of media budget/ plans to reach KPIs
Develop executable strategies for remarketing & journey (PPJ) pathing with peers in the CoE.
UPSKILLING AND INCREASING CAPABILITIES & SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF BRAND BUILDING FOR MUTUAL VALUE
Inspire the EU marketing community with new partners & platforms which will drive stronger connection and relevance of Mars brands for new pet parents.
Own development of critical strategic playbooks such as 'Social' and 'Influencer'
Drive the share out of critical learning from the Firestarter T&L program.
Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
Join a purpose-driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
An industry-competitive salary and benefits package, including a company bonus.
#LI-RM2
#LI-Hybrid
#TBDDT
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European Integrated Communications Planning Lead
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Job Description:
This is an exciting opportunity to lead the media planning across multiple geographies in Europe for some of the world's most recognised and iconic brands.
The European ICP Lead will be a key part of our continued transformational journey to data-driven brand building and is a crucial role in realising our ambition to put the needs of pet parents at the heart of our connected communications strategy and media 2030 ambitions.
A crucial partner in realising our ambition to put the needs of pet parents at the heart of our connected communications strategy and media 2030 ambitions.
Reporting to the EU Media/ICP Strategy Director, you will be responsible for implementing data-driven Integrated communication strategies, driving awesome market connection plans – ranging from brand awareness through to engagement, conversion and loyalty. You will work across all Pet Nutrition brands and will help shape the KPIs and brand plans to ensure market campaigns and activations exceed expectations. You will work with your regional colleagues, brand and eCom/ DTC teams to coordinate and deploy data-driven Paid & Owned media campaigns through the relevant comms channels.
You will need a passion for, and working knowledge of the EU media landscape, as you will serve as an ambassador for the transformation required in through-the-line comms planning with a focus on digital channels and performance. You will need a proven track record in delivering data-driven Paid & Owned media plans across multiple countries. You will need an inquisitive nature, which will be put to good use for creating exciting test & learn plans (Firestarter programme). The focus will be on finding new partners for our communications plans and increasing relevance for our brands.
This role will be based in the EU cluster markets and will require 20% travel
The European ICP Lead will build close cross-functional relationships with other departments, including:
Peers in the Pet Parent Centre of Expertise
Martech, Data Strategy & Acquisition, Programmatic, Measurement, Content, Search team & Digital functional IT teams
EU regional brand teams and Local customer marketing managers based in-market, including DtC and Ecomm teams
External agencies & partners
MGS Commercial: Media Procurement
You’ll love this role if you have a passion for storytelling and conversion-focused content, and a can-do attitude, as there will be a lot of learning on the fly, particularly around new data topics.
The EU ICP Lead drives their mission with autonomy and pace. You will be proactive, demonstrating leadership to create, develop and adjust with learning.
They will be part of a new team and will actively contribute to creating trustful relationships, strong team spirit, fun and a positive mindset.
What are we looking for?Degree-qualified or equivalent digital education
Significant years of prior experience in through-the-line media/ comms planning
Strong working knowledge of the EU media landscape
Preference for understanding of buying media, particularly digital
A genuine interest in data-driven marketing approaches & demonstrating clear results for advertisers
A passion for cats and dogs would be ideal
CPG experience would be preferred
Languages: Fluent English required
LEAD THE PN EU ICP PROCESS PLAN
Lead the Integrated Communications Planning process, ensuring teams hit key milestones and timings as planned.
Drive the feedback loop for teams on the process (incl. ICP drop-in & end of cycle wash-up) & deliver new tools to support
Working closely with the regional CoE retail media, programmatic, brand and local activation teams to ensure an omni-channel approach is delivered through the brand ICP process and plans
You will drive the intentionality behind the IAT (integrated agency team) by fostering great relationships with agency partners, in turn driving strategic topics for PN EU.
Bring ‘outside learning in’ to drive new thinking and approaches to connections planning
Recommend tools, resources and capabilities to succeed
LEAD IN YEARS WORKING IN ADVERTISING BUDGET MANAGEMENT
Act as the in-year budgeting cycle champion
Lead Input required for quarterly and periodic budget reviews with the Chief Growth Officer + EU LT
Own In-year process to manage budget/reconciliation/rephasing with ICP Deployment Heads/Brand team
Co-ordination of reconciliation and budget review with A&CP Business Partner
FUNCTIONAL LINE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY
ICP Strat Manager (T2)
PO Exec (B4)
LEAD THE PERFORMANCE AND DATA-DRIVEN TEST AND LEARN STRATEGY: FIRESTARTER
Create and lead an omnichannel test and learn agenda with the objective of accelerating our data-driven media strategy
Co-creation of brand test and learn maps across the three key DDM pillars
Lead the teams responsible for the Key task forces beneath the Firestarter program to deliver the planned T&L strategy.
Collaborate with D2C and Dcom to integrate performance testing plans into one unified testing agenda
Champion test agility and the spirit of agile performance testing to deliver the scale of tests needed to accelerate DDM learning & competency
Champion new partners for media, partners for performance and partners for data activation to build a network of media partners that solve for communication 'jobs to be done' and reduce over-reliance on social and traditional reach partners.
DRIVE BEST IN CLASS INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES AND CONNECTIONS PLANS
Act as the lead consultant between ICP Strategy and ICP Deployment, enabling strong operational support for the team in the transition from Annual ICP Strategy to In-year Deployment.
Be the conduit for ensuring the regional strategies equate to excellent connection plans, with a strong focus on using 1PD data within the plans and KPIs for performance delivery.
Drive recommendations for in-year optimisations of media budget/ plans to reach KPIs
Develop executable strategies for remarketing & journey (PPJ) pathing with peers in the CoE.
UPSKILLING AND INCREASING CAPABILITIES & SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF BRAND BUILDING FOR MUTUAL VALUE
Inspire the EU marketing community with new partners & platforms which will drive stronger connection and relevance of Mars brands for new pet parents.
Own development of critical strategic playbooks such as 'Social' and 'Influencer'
Drive the share out of critical learning from the Firestarter T&L program.
Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
Join a purpose-driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
An industry-competitive salary and benefits package, including a company bonus.
#LI-RM2
#LI-Hybrid
#TBDDT
European Integrated Communications Planning Lead
Posted today
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Job Description
The European ICP Lead will be a key part of our continued transformational journey to data-driven brand building and is a crucial role in realising our ambition to put the needs of pet parents at the heart of our connected communications strategy and media 2030 ambitions. A crucial partner in realising our ambition to put the needs of pet parents at the heart of our connected communications strategy and media 2030 ambitions.
Reporting to the EU Media/ICP Strategy Director, you will be responsible for implementing data-driven Integrated communication strategies, driving awesome market connection plans – ranging from brand awareness through to engagement, conversion and loyalty. You will work across all Pet Nutrition brands and will help shape the KPIs and brand plans to ensure market campaigns and activations exceed expectations. You will work with your regional colleagues, brand and eCom/ DTC teams to coordinate and deploy data-driven Paid & Owned media campaigns through the relevant comms channels.
You will need a passion for, and working knowledge of the EU media landscape, as you will serve as an ambassador for the transformation required in through-the-line comms planning with a focus on digital channels and performance. You will need a proven track record in delivering data-driven Paid & Owned media plans across multiple countries.
You will need an inquisitive nature, which will be put to good use for creating exciting test & learn plans (Firestarter programme). The focus will be on finding new partners for our communications plans and increasing relevance for our brands.
This role will be based in the EU cluster markets and will require 20% travel The European ICP Lead will build close cross-functional relationships with other departments, including: Peers in the Pet Parent Centre of Expertise
Martech, Data Strategy & Acquisition, Programmatic, Measurement, Content, Search team & Digital functional IT teams
EU regional brand teams and Local customer marketing managers based in-market, including DtC and Ecomm teams
External agencies & partners
MGS Commercial: Media Procurement
You’ll love this role if you have a passion for storytelling and conversion-focused content, and a can-do attitude, as there will be a lot of learning on the fly, particularly around new data topics.
The EU ICP Lead drives their mission with autonomy and pace. You will be proactive, demonstrating leadership to create, develop and adjust with learning. They will be part of a new team and will actively contribute to creating trustful relationships, strong team spirit, fun and a positive mindset.
What are we looking for?
Degree-qualified or equivalent digital education
Significant years of prior experience in through-the-line media/ comms planning
Strong working knowledge of the EU media landscape
Preference for understanding of buying media, particularly digital
A genuine interest in data-driven marketing approaches & demonstrating clear results for advertisers
A passion for cats and dogs would be ideal
CPG experience would be preferred
Languages: Fluent English required
What will be your key responsibilities? LEAD THE PN
EU ICP PROCESS PLAN Lead the Integrated Communications Planning process, ensuring teams hit key milestones and timings as planned.
Drive the feedback loop for teams on the process (incl. ICP drop-in & end of cycle wash-up) & deliver new tools to support
Working closely with the regional CoE retail media, programmatic, brand and local activation teams to ensure an omni-channel approach is delivered through the brand ICP process and plans
You will drive the intentionality behind the IAT (integrated agency team) by fostering great relationships with agency partners, in turn driving strategic topics for PN EU.
Bring ‘outside learning in’ to drive new thinking and approaches to connections planning
Recommend tools, resources and capabilities to succeed
LEAD IN YEARS WORKING IN ADVERTISING BUDGET MANAGEMENT Act as the in-year budgeting cycle champion
Lead Input required for quarterly and periodic budget reviews with the Chief Growth Officer + EU LT
Own In-year process to manage budget/reconciliation/rephasing with ICP Deployment Heads/Brand team
Co-ordination of reconciliation and budget review with A&CP Business Partner
FUNCTIONAL LINE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY ICP Strat Manager (T2)
PO Exec (B4)
LEAD THE PERFORMANCE AND DATA-DRIVEN TEST AND LEARN STRATEGY: FIRESTARTER Create and lead an omnichannel test and learn agenda with the objective of accelerating our data-driven media strategy
Co-creation of brand test and learn maps across the three key DDM pillars
Lead the teams responsible for the Key task forces beneath the Firestarter program to deliver the planned T&L strategy.
Collaborate with D2C and Dcom to integrate performance testing plans into one unified testing agenda
Champion test agility and the spirit of agile performance testing to deliver the scale of tests needed to accelerate DDM learning & competency
Champion new partners for media, partners for performance and partners for data activation to build a network of media partners that solve for communication 'jobs to be done' and reduce over-reliance on social and traditional reach partners.
DRIVE BEST IN CLASS INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES AND CONNECTIONS PLANS Act as the lead consultant between ICP Strategy and ICP Deployment, enabling strong operational support for the team in the transition from Annual ICP Strategy to In-year Deployment.
Be the conduit for ensuring the regional strategies equate to excellent connection plans, with a strong focus on using 1PD data within the plans and KPIs for performance delivery.
Drive recommendations for in-year optimisations of media budget/ plans to reach KPIs
Develop executable strategies for remarketing & journey (PPJ) pathing with peers in the CoE.
UPSKILLING AND INCREASING CAPABILITIES & SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF BRAND BUILDING FOR MUTUAL VALUE Inspire the EU marketing community with new partners & platforms which will drive stronger connection and relevance of Mars brands for new pet parents.
Own development of critical strategic playbooks such as 'Social' and 'Influencer'
Drive the share out of critical learning from the Firestarter T&L program.
What can you expect from Mars?
Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
Join a purpose-driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
An industry-competitive salary and benefits package, including a company bonus.
#LI-RM2 #LI-Hybrid
#TBDDT
European Integrated Communications Planning Lead
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A crucial partner in realising our ambition to put the needs of pet parents at the heart of our connected communications strategy and media 2030 ambitions.
Reporting to the EU Media/ICP Strategy Director, you will be responsible for implementing data-driven Integrated communication strategies, driving awesome market connection plans – ranging from brand awareness through to engagement, conversion and loyalty. You will work across all Pet Nutrition brands and will help shape the KPIs and brand plans to ensure market campaigns and activations exceed expectations. You will work with your regional colleagues, brand and eCom/ DTC teams to coordinate and deploy data-driven Paid & Owned media campaigns through the relevant comms channels.
You will need a passion for, and working knowledge of the EU media landscape, as you will serve as an ambassador for the transformation required in through-the-line comms planning with a focus on digital channels and performance. You will need a proven track record in delivering data-driven Paid & Owned media plans across multiple countries.
You will need an inquisitive nature, which will be put to good use for creating exciting test & learn plans (Firestarter programme). The focus will be on finding new partners for our communications plans and increasing relevance for our brands.
This role will be based in the EU cluster markets and will require 20% travel The European ICP Lead will build close cross-functional relationships with other departments, including: Peers in the Pet Parent Centre of Expertise
Martech, Data Strategy & Acquisition, Programmatic, Measurement, Content, Search team & Digital functional IT teams
EU regional brand teams and Local customer marketing managers based in-market, including DtC and Ecomm teams
External agencies & partners
MGS Commercial: Media Procurement
You’ll love this role if you have a passion for storytelling and conversion-focused content, and a can-do attitude, as there will be a lot of learning on the fly, particularly around new data topics.
The EU ICP Lead drives their mission with autonomy and pace. You will be proactive, demonstrating leadership to create, develop and adjust with learning. They will be part of a new team and will actively contribute to creating trustful relationships, strong team spirit, fun and a positive mindset.
What are we looking for?
Degree-qualified or equivalent digital education
Significant years of prior experience in through-the-line media/ comms planning
Strong working knowledge of the EU media landscape
Preference for understanding of buying media, particularly digital
A genuine interest in data-driven marketing approaches & demonstrating clear results for advertisers
A passion for cats and dogs would be ideal
CPG experience would be preferred
Languages: Fluent English required
What will be your key responsibilities? LEAD THE PN
EU ICP PROCESS PLAN Lead the Integrated Communications Planning process, ensuring teams hit key milestones and timings as planned.
Drive the feedback loop for teams on the process (incl. ICP drop-in & end of cycle wash-up) & deliver new tools to support
Working closely with the regional CoE retail media, programmatic, brand and local activation teams to ensure an omni-channel approach is delivered through the brand ICP process and plans
You will drive the intentionality behind the IAT (integrated agency team) by fostering great relationships with agency partners, in turn driving strategic topics for PN EU.
Bring ‘outside learning in’ to drive new thinking and approaches to connections planning
Recommend tools, resources and capabilities to succeed
LEAD IN YEARS WORKING ADVERTISING BUDGET MANAGEMENT Act as the in-year budgeting cycle champion
Lead Input required for quarterly and periodic budget reviews with the Chief Growth Officer + EU LT
Own In-year process to manage budget/reconciliation/rephasing with ICP Deployment Heads/Brand team
Co-ordination of reconciliation and budget review with A&CP Business Partner
FUNCTIONAL LINE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY ICP Strat Manager (T2)
PO Exec (B4)
LEAD THE PERFORMANCE AND DATA-DRIVEN TEST AND LEARN STRATEGY: FIRESTARTER Create and lead an omnichannel test and learn agenda with the objective of accelerating our data-driven media strategy
Co-creation of brand test and learn maps across the three key DDM pillars
Lead the teams responsible for the Key task forces beneath the Firestarter program to deliver the planned T&L strategy.
Collaborate with D2C and Dcom to integrate performance testing plans into one unified testing agenda
Champion test agility and the spirit of agile performance testing to deliver the scale of tests needed to accelerate DDM learning & competency
Champion new partners for media, partners for performance and partners for data activation to build a network of media partners that solve for communication ‘jobs to be done‘ and reduce over-reliance on social and traditional reach partners.
DRIVE BEST IN CLASS INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES AND CONNECTIONS PLANS Act as the lead consultant between ICP Strategy and ICP Deployment, enabling strong operational support for the team in the transition from Annual ICP Strategy to In-year Deployment.
Be the conduit for ensuring the regional strategies equate to excellent connection plans, with a strong focus on using 1PD data within the plans and KPIs for performance delivery.
Drive recommendations for in-year optimisations of media budget/ plans to reach KPIs
Develop executable strategies for remarketing & journey (PPJ) pathing with peers in the CoE.
UPSKILLING AND INCREASING CAPABILITIES & SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF BRAND BUILDING FOR MUTUAL VALUE Inspire the EU marketing community with new partners & platforms which will drive stronger connection and relevance of Mars brands for new pet parents.
Own development of critical strategic playbooks such as ‘Social‘ and ‘Influencer‘
Drive the share out of critical learning from the Firestarter T&L program.
What can you expect from Mars?
Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
Join a purpose-driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
An industry-competitive salary and benefits package, including a company bonus.
#LI-RM2 #LI-Hybrid
#TBDDT