Senior Marketing Partnerships Manager

City Of Bristol, England, United Kingdom

12/17/2024

The Senior Strategic Partners Manager is a pivotal role within the Marketing & Portfolio Management function of the Global Consumer Office (GCO) organisation. 

You will report to the Head of Strategic Partners and collaborate closely with Global Brand leaders, NGP marketing leads, and cluster marketing leads. You will also engage with external marketing and creative agencies at the CEO level to ensure outstanding performance and delivery of marketing work.

Join us and play a key role in driving our marketing strategy forward within an inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees.

Principle Accountabilities

• Serve as the single point of contact for all senior agency leads for strategic and operational decisions.
• Lead global strategic partnerships, including annual negotiations, contracting, and performance management.
• Allocate marketing agency resources (approx. £30mn spend) per brand, project, and role type.
• Lead the quarterly agency appraisal process (QBR) and drive continuous improvement.
• Own the Business Planning process, collaborating with GCO Finance and other directors.
• Manage the development and implementation of our DAM solution, ensuring it meets stakeholder needs.

Skills and Experience Required

• Proven experience in managing high-value marketing agency partnerships.
• Exceptional influencing and negotiating skills, with experience in handling budgets of £30mn+.
• Strong strategic thinking and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with senior stakeholders, including CEOs.
• Experience in leading resource allocation and balancing marketing priorities with cost efficiency.
• Proactive attitude towards change and transformation, with a focus on continuous improvement.

What We Offer

In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary, bonus scheme and many extras including a great pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement and hybrid/flexible working opportunities as well inspiring places to work and collaborate with purpose. Here at Imperial we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at recruitment@impbrands.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all.  Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.

As a matter of policy, Imperial Tobacco or its subsidiaries never requests or requires payment as part of any recruitment process.