Head Of Marketing & Sales

Grandir UK is the home of multiple nursery brands across the United Kingdom and has been delivering outstanding childcare solutions to families with babies, toddlers and preschool children for over 25 years in Essex, Hertfordshire, Hampshire, Leicestershire, London, The Midlands, Surrey, Sussex and The South West. Our mission is to inspire children to grow happy, smart, healthy and thrive as individuals.Good quality childcare and education is evident when the children and family are truly placed at the centre of all you do and as a well-known and sought-after employer within the childcare sector they recognise it is their people that provide exceptional education and care with every child and family at the centre of all they do.

Are you a dynamic business professional with a passion for nurturing growth and leading teams?

We are looking to appoint a highly motivated individual to take on the role of Head of Marketing and Sales to spearhead our amazing Sales and Marketing and Customer Service Teams.

Experience/Expertise:

Expert in your field: Deep knowledge of Marketing principles, techniques, and trends with a proven track record to explore and implement innovative marketing and sales techniques and technologies.

Driven and strategic thinker: Capable of developing long-term strategies for both sales and marketing to drive business growth. You are the driving force increase return on investment, keep track of performance indicators and the company performs optimally. Effective at identifying and addressing challenges in sales and marketing strategies.

A dynamic leader: Skilled in building, setting a clear vision strategic direction and leading a high-performing team, including hiring, training, and performance evaluation who can inspire and motivate sales and marketing teams to achieve their targets. You maintain the cohesiveness of the marketing team and sales function bringing the team together and help them drive revenue and improve the growth of the business.

Strong analytical skills: You are fast-acting, flexible in high-pressure situations and can monitor all marketing activities to keep everything running smoothly. High skilled in analysing market data, customer trends, and performance metrics to make data-driven decisions.

Effective communicator: Are able to effectively communication conveying the company’s values proposition to customers and internally across all parts of the business, written and verbally.

Reporting to: Sales & Marketing Director

Direct Reports: Customers Services Manager (Sales) and the Marketing team – 4 x Marketing Executives

Duties/Responsibilities:

Support the Sales & Marketing Director in achieving the overall company goals and objectives

Work closely with the Sales and Marketing Team and Recruitment Team to ensure the strategy is developed, implemented and integrated across all marketing disciplines

Develop dynamic and effective marketing plans for Grandir UK services to match customer requirements and maximise profits in line with the organisational budgets

Using a variety of tools, identify and analyse marketing outcomes to increase the efficiency of Marketing activities, return on investment and to inform future marketing campaigns

In collaboration with the Customer Services Manager seek opportunities to maximise selling in order to meet organisational budgets

Support the customer lifecycle, through continuously striving to implement fresh and innovative promotions

Familiarity with development strategies such as SEO, social media and online content marketing

Work closely and liaise with internal stakeholders to ensure information flows across multiple functions in order to guide decision-making

Work closely and liaise with external suppliers: agencies, designers, and printers on the creation of Marketing material

Skills to analyse and monitor trends in the market and conducting market research and competitor analysis

Protect and promote the brand reputation

Lead a team of highly motivated marketing professionals, creating a positive workplace culture by embedding our organisations values to ensure high engagement

Maintain confidentiality in the workplace and set a good example in terms of dress and behaviour, maintaining the good reputation of the organisation at all times

As part of the team you will eligible for the following benefits:

• Office based primarily with flexible working as an option in line with business needs.

• Employee benefits portal, including discounts at 100’s online high street stores
• Healthcare cash back plan – claim cash back on medical procedures such as dental care and physiotherapy
• Reward and recognition points – turn your points into cash through the benefits portal
• ‘May I Say Thank You’ A whole month dedicated to recognising employees hard work & dedication, including an all-expenses paid awards ceremony
• Staff referral scheme – recommend your friends and family to work for us and be rewarded with a cash bonus*
• Additional paid holiday for Christmas closure
• ‘Wellbeing Day’ – an extra day off just for you which sits outside of your holiday entitlement**
• 24/7 remote GP appointments with prescriptions delivered to your home
• Free on-site parking
• Heavily discounted childcare at our nurseries

(* Terms and Conditions apply)

(** applicable upon passing probation)

Grandir UK is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and an enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.

We are an equal opportunity employer and select staff on merit, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage & civil partnership, race, sex, sexual

orientation, religion, or belief.