On behalf of our client, a leading Container Shipping Company, at Willis Global we’re recruiting for a Marketing Manager to be based at offices in London.

Experience with marketing is not an essential requirement for this role as training will be offered. This is a great opportunity to move into a marketing role with operations or commercial experience gained within container shipping.

On Offer:

• The opportunity to join a top 10, globally recognized container shipping company
• Opportunity to get into a marketing role without prior experience
• Offering up to £60k per annum, dependant on experience
• 25 Days Holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Benefits such as Private medical, Life Assurance, Company Pension, Discretionary bonus scheme based on personal and company performance & more
• Working hours: 9am to 17:00 Monday to Friday

Main Purpose of the Role

Working within the Trade and Marketing Department and reporting to the Commercial Director, the core roles include Market Intelligence, Regulatory & Compliance, Marketing, e-Biz & Web Support, Meetings & Reports, KPI Performance, Project Management and any other ad-hoc tasks as deemed appropriate by the HQ Commercial Director & HQ Managing Director.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Marketing Manager include but not limited to:

Marketing:

• Setting KPI’s
• Setting overall London HQ KPI
• Monitoring London HQ KPI
• Setting Office wise KPI
• Monitoring Office wise KPI

Projection:

• Weekly Projection: EU B/H, TAS H/H TEU & M/Rate projection(3Month Forecast)
• Yearly Projection: EU B/H, TAS H/H TEU & M/Rate projection(1Year Forecast)

Budget Planning:

• Budget plan for next year(EU B/H, TAS  H/H) - Two Types of Budget plan
• Monitoring performance comparing with Budget plan(EU B/H, TAS  H/H) - Two Types of Budget plan
• Long-Mid term Budget plan

Head Office Inquiries:

• Responding to every inquiry from Head office *example : Operational issue which requires Commercial ide( Block Train, Feeder Network, Terminal)
• Service product issue/ Special/RF issue/Agency issue/System issue

Meeting:

• Prepare for Strategy meeting and meeting material(Summer & Winter)
• Prepare for CEO meeting and meeting material
• Prepare for Monthly principal meeting with Head office and meeting material
• Prepare for Europe sales meeting and meeting material

To Be Considered:

• Knowledge of liner shipping industry best practices is essential
• Marketing experience is preferred but no essential
• MS office, especially advanced level of Excel & Power Point
• Outstanding organisational skills and leadership skills
• Commercially and Operationally minded
• Good facilitation, presentational and analytical skills.
• Ability to deliver results on time, on budget, and to the very highest standards.
• Ability to quickly gain the technical, behavioural and contextual elements of a project.

For full details, please contact Willis Global - a leading Recruitment Consultancy for the Supply Chain & Logistics industry.