Marketing Executive-Darwen

Trade Marketing Executive

Darwen, Lancashire (Hybrid)

We have an exciting opportunity for a Marketing Executive to join us here at Crown Paints. Are you a Marketing Assistant looking for your next step? Passionate about marketing and looking for more responsibility? If so, apply now!

What you can expect

• You will be working with and supporting independent decorating merchants, contractors and specification teams across the UK
• Alongside the Brand Manager, you will be playing a varied role across product, channel and communications.
• You will be exposed to all areas of the business including point of sale, events, product marketing, campaign launches and creating marketing collateral.
• Assisting with new and existing business pitches, including some customer meetings and travel.
• Contributing to the scoping, creation and implementation of POS with full ownership of our POS catalogues and stock management of all items.
• Market intelligence ownership for the channel team, ensuring we have visibility and knowledge of our landscape of customers and competitors
• Management of customer events calendar including creation of assets, stand requirements and supporting brand assets. This will also require attendance to customer events to represent the company and our brands.
• Creation and co-ordination of training literature, product demonstration kits and store staff engagement support materials.
• Creation of customer support tools to facilitate best practice of our brands on our customer channels, this also includes ownership of online stockist lists across trade and retail

Required education, experience and job-related skills

• Over 1 year of marketing experience
• Ideally, experience within the manufacturing or trade sectors
• Strong I.T skills in powerpoint, excel and word
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• A high level of customer service focus and ethos
• Ability to work within a cross functional team.
• Team player, flexible and adaptable

What we offer

We offer an attractive reward package that includes:

• A company culture that is inclusive, warm, welcoming, driven, and allows everyone to show up as themselves every single day without judgement
• Purchase a generous amount of significantly discounted paint for personal use
• 28 days leave (plus bank holidays)
• Pensions, Group Income Protection and Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – 24/7 access to confidential support via an employee helpline with qualified counsellors
• Health & wellbeing perks – a range of medical dental and optical treatments for you and you family
• Eating out & leisure discounts available
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Retail discounts
• Training and development throughout your role

More about Crown Paints & Hempel

Crown Paints have been manufacturing paint for longer than most, over 200 years in fact, with over 60 years proudly holding the Royal Warrant. It’s fair to say that we know our craft; however, what really sets Crown apart is the support we provide for cultural, humanitarian and scientific causes across the world.

Alongside our owners, The Hempel Foundation, we place a special focus on education for children in need, and are proud to support the education of over 55,000 children across 22 projects worldwide. You can therefore guarantee here at Crown – It’s not just paint. It’s personal!

We are committed to promoting a workplace that values unique backgrounds, perspectives, and talents. Creating an inclusive environment where each employee can bring their authentic selves to work is crucial for our success in shaping a brighter future with sustainable coating solutions.

We recognize that our journey must be persistent. We are dedicated to continually developing and improving our efforts and have a variety of programs and initiatives such as a global 16 weeks paid parental leave policy from day one, Inclusive Leadership Training, a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council, an internal Women’s Network, and mandatory Anti-Harassment Training. This is not a complete list, but essential in ensuring that every employee feels the responsibility of protecting our inclusive culture by treating each other with respect.