Retail Media Sales & Planning Assistant

Job description

About The Role

Our Retail Media business is growing and we are on a transformation journey, working with some of the best global brands. We are looking for a Retail Media Sales & Planning Assistant, who willl support the sales team in the delivery of outcomes and objectives through ensuring that supplier investments are planned and realised using the right tools and processes.

As we accelerate our Retail Media business we need support to ensure all suppliers (small, medium or large) can access our propositions and benefit from WIN-WIN-WIN outcomes, which will offer (i) more engaging experiences for Customers, (ii) growth for JLP, and (iii) growth for suppliers.

A key responsibility of this role will be to collaborate with smaller brands to ensure they are utilising our Ad Tech capabilities most effectively. This role requires you to be comfortable with administrative tasks as well as analysing data to maximise revenue opportunities across our long-tail client base, including sales and planning discussions with brands.

You will work closely with

- Commercial/Trading teams
- Customer teams
- Retail teams
- External Suppliers

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Expected Salary - £26,600 - £30,000 (dependent on experience)

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Contract type - This position is a 12-month Secondment/Fixed Term contract from your start date .

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Working pattern/flexible working - We know flexible working is important to you, and it is important to us too. The Partnership has adopted a hybrid working approach, meaning you'll be able to work a mixture between the office and home based upon your personal needs whilst balancing the needs of the business. The Retail Media Sales & Planning team aim for around 1-2 days a week in the office to connect and on a more ad-hoc basis to attend key meetings. 

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Location - This role is based at our London Head Office (Pimlico). Please note, any cost incurred as a result of travel to the office is the responsibility of the successful candidate. There is no travel allowance for this role.

Key responsibilities: 

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Optimise processes and delivery to maximise supplier investment across various channels, predominantly (but not exclusively) onsite media.

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Responsible for executing end to end media plans for Sponsored Products and Sponsored Banner campaigns for certain suppliers (across JL.com and app).

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Comfortable analysing data and work alongside Media Sales Managers to develop strategies to optimise sales revenues.

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You will work across matrix teams internally including sales, media and planners.

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Keeps track of booking calendars for tenancy placements including house ads (across JL.com and app), taking active role in overseeing briefing processes for your category.

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Work with the Media Asset Sales team to ensure suppliers are given ample opportunity to invest in available Assets in a timely way. 

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Design & manage the process ensuring that planned activity goes live on time and delivers over the correct, pre-agreed, time periods. Ensuring this is done with minimal error and maximum accuracy. 

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Support, and continuously improve, the E2E process for maximising Media Asset Sales across all channels.

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Essential skills you’ll need: 

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Experience in sales & marketing or executing media campaigns, analysing and interpreting data.

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Experience working with complex projects and managing multiple stakeholders.

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Proven ability to build, maintain and influence a wide range of stakeholders across multiple teams internally as well as external brands and service providers.

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Evidence in strong written and verbal communication.

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Experience working in a collaborative environment and have a can do attitude.

Desirable skills you’ll have:

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Commercial experience working with brands.

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Experience working with Ad Tech providers (such as Citrus Ad).

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Relevant experience working in a brand and marketing team for a Supplier, Retailer or Agency.

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Proven ability to analyse campaigns and interpret data to make informed decisions.

About The Partnership

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.

Important points to note:

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.

We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.

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