Trade Marketing Manager

Southampton Permanent £40,000 - £51,000 per year View Job Description
You'll deliver targeted trade marketing that strengthens brand presence and drives engagement across contractor and installer audiences. You'll run high‑impact campaigns, optimise budgets and performance, and use insights to continually improve results.
  • Drive high‑impact trade marketing with real commercial influence.
  • Shape campaigns end‑to‑end and see your work directly impact results.

About Our Client

This is a long-standing brand with a solid presence in the UK market, known for producing dependable products used across homes and industry. They're growing, evolving and looking for people who want to make an impact.

Job Description

  • Create and deliver targeted marketing strategies for trade and engineer audiences.
  • Grow and engage engineer and contractor communities, boosting loyalty and programme performance.
  • Partner with sales, product, technical and CX teams to drive aligned, commercially focused activity.
  • Lead trade PR to elevate visibility, credibility and market presence.
  • Produce impactful marketing assets and campaigns with consistent messaging.
  • Manage and optimise the trade marketing budget to maximise ROI.
  • Strengthen brand presence across the trade channel.
  • Run promotional campaigns that support sales and engage wholesalers, merchants and installers.
  • Track and report on campaign performance, using insights to improve results.

The Successful Applicant

About You:

  • Proven B2B marketing experience across the full marketing mix.
  • Strong strategic mindset paired with hands‑on execution across online and offline channels.
  • Experience managing or supporting B2B/trade loyalty or engagement programmes.
  • Able to work effectively with sales, product and cross‑functional teams to deliver shared goals.
  • Confident budget manager with a focus on prioritisation and ROI.
  • Comfortable working flexibly in a fast‑paced, evolving environment.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to craft clear, compelling messaging.
  • Experience planning and delivering PR activity, including content creation.
  • Strong stakeholder management and the ability to influence at all levels.
  • Skilled in market research, competitor analysis and performance reporting.
  • Proven ability to manage agencies and suppliers to deliver high‑quality campaigns.

What's on Offer

  • Salary: £40,000 - £51,000
  • Location: Southampton (Hybrid with 3 days per week in the office)
  • Annual Bonus: Up to 10%
  • Pension Contribution
  • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
Contact
Sarah Pascal
Quote job ref
JN-032026-6966008
Phone number
+44 193 226 4115

Job summary

Job function
Marketing & Agency
Subsector
Industrial & Utilities
Sector
Industrial / Manufacturing
Location
Southampton
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Sarah Pascal
Consultant phone
+44 193 226 4115
Job reference
JN-032026-6966008