European Marketing Manager

Warning: This vacancy expired on 30th May 2008.

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European Marketing Manager
Based in Malvern, with some European travel

With headquarters in USA and Malvern in the United Kingdom, Automated Packaging Systems is a global packaging supplier, with sales, service, and distribution offices located throughout North America and Europe, and more than 25,000 packaging systems in operation Worldwide. With five manufacturing plants, Automated Packaging Systems produces more bags-on-a-roll and bagging systems than all of their competitors combined. They have the industry's largest service organisation, and are committed to delivering World-class customer satisfaction.

Due to continued growth, Automated Packaging Systems now seek a commercially minded European Marketing Manager to lead the implementation and development of the European Marketing strategies in line with their short and long-term growth objectives.

With an opportunity to take full ownership and drive change in this exciting opportunity, your responsibilities and objectives will be to:

*Evaluate current market productivity to ensure effective budgetary use.
*Implement, plan and deliver European Marketing strategies to ensure effective market penetration, customer development and retention for the European business.
*Work closely with the European General Mangers to devise a compelling marketing support strategy to increase the conversion of lead to new business success.
*Manage all third party agency relationships and negotiations to ensure the most productive relationships are built and maintained.
*Manage and lead an established team of marketing communication professionals.
Work closely with senior stakeholders to contribute and support the R&D, NPD and new business development process.

Person specification:

*Demonstrate a depth of experience within a B2B background.
*It is essential that the successful candidate will be prepared to travel to Europe.
*Needs to demonstrate experience of successfully formulating and implementing strategies to penetrate new markets (in geographical terms, and in terms of increasing penetration of existing markets with new products or strategies).
*Has proven man management experience, can lead a team and is able to motivate and develop others.
*High level of communication skills, both written and verbal. Needs to able to win the support of colleagues and reports through a combination of persuasion and direction. Needs to be able to sell new ideas to the business.
*Be able to project manage to time and budget
*Should have experience of what does and doesn't work in different European countries.
*Second language (preferably German or French) would be a real advantage but not essential

Ref Code: ADV334236SIM2
Closing Date: 30/05/08

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