UK Marketing Manager

PPG Industries

Remote worker / Hybrid (Stowmarket)

You will lead the deployment of our Automotive Refinish business strategy across our products, including Collision, CT/LIC, Digital Colour and Sundries, at the country/subregion level. You will lead the local marketing team and cooperate with the sales and technical organisation to ensure successful implementation of strategic goals in local markets.

You will report to the Product & Segment Director, EMEA.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy Deployment: Lead the deployment of the PPG Refinish strategy across Collision, CT/LIC, Digital, and Sundries products, ensuring agreement on country-specific goals, in collaboration with the Country Refinish Director. Manage local marketing budget.
• Team management and local collaboration: Manages local marketing team and partners with local sales, technical, and training teams to lead fast and successful deployment of the strategy.
• Market Intelligence & Data Consistency: Understands local market (competition, trends, customer needs), to lead implementation and provide relevant insights to central marketing to support informed decision-making.
• Partner for main customers and market players: Works together with main customers and market players (associations, media, influencers). Represent PPG as local marketing leader.
• Product Management Support: Collaborate with central product management to improve the product portfolio for customer needs and market reach, ensuring competitive pricing product management.
• Digital Colour & Equipment Projects: Promote and oversee Digital Colour Solutions Value propositions, ensuring agreement on market demands and increasing sales.
• Promotional Programs and Communication: Design and monitor promotional programs and communication activities to increase customer loyalty and sales, while supporting the sales team with marketing tools and presentations to highlight PPG's competitive advantages.
  
  

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level.
• More than 10 years of experience in Strategic Marketing at a managerial position in a matrix organisation.
• Product marketing background.
  
  

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