A Large Retailer based in North West London are looking for a POS(Promotions Manager) The role will require you to co-create the look and feel of POS events, identify key campaign and promotional themes and interpret these 'stories' in-store via appropriate items of POS. Provide creative steer in Studio to ensure that these concepts and key selling messages are appropriately interpreted.
Work with Marketing Planning to schedule POS events (particularly artwork, approvals, production and delivery dates) and communicate these milestones across the business and supplier base in order to coordinate all stakeholders.
Devise and distribute appropriate briefing documentation, to form an agency and/or Studio brief, then brief design and artwork into Studio, or to third-parties. Particularly oversee the creation of new templates, which must be visually appealing and brand-appropriate, and function as effective sales promotional pieces, complying with Trading. Challenge content consistency and legality, and approve briefs, designs and artworks, as appropriate. Ensure that appropriate levels of sign-off are secured prior to print production, and ensure that legal and financial approval has been sought by category Marketing on key items or new initiatives.
Act as functional expert within the business concerning POS queries, including Store Operations queries. Act as POS gatekeeper, ensuring that all promotional messages follow the prescribed structure and that they are presented to customers in a consistent and clear fashion.
Manage the POS budget. Determine the annual budget, decide on the appropriate level of investment per in-store event. 'In-flight' manage the budget to accommodate for ongoing changes in the Promotional Plan. Working with the Procurement and Contracts Manager to seek production quotes, raise and track purchase orders.
Brief print production suppliers on the delivering requirements of each campaign, and oversee delivery from artwork hand-off to arrival of POS and implementation packs in-store. Line manage and develop the POS Assistant.
