Customer Planning & Activation Manager, ISCME

Job Introduction

GTR is the shop window to the world! Showcasing our iconic and award-winning luxury spirits portfolio in international airport stores and cruise ships.

The future is extremely bright for our premium and luxury spirits portfolio within the travel retail channel. Our Customer Planning & Activation Managers create and deliver world class marketing activations and retail experiences across key travel retail outlets, in a crossroads of cultures where our brands are brought to life. The ISCME region is the most rapid growing region. We see a long-term potential and strategic importance of India in particular which makes it most dynamic nature & exciting region as a whole.

Main Responsibility

Working with key customers, internal stakeholders and creative agencies, you will develop and deliver the marketing plans, driving quality brand executions across travel retail outlets that excite the customer and connect travellers to the spirits brands they love.

Our Ideal Candidate

With experience in customer or trade marketing, you’ll be an expert in delivering quality brand executions in stores at the point of purchase. The ideal candidate will have spirits industry and travel retail experience, or alternatively could have marketing experience with other brands in similar sectors such as FMCG.

You’ll have a willingness to travel, experience working with key accounts and can adapt your communication style. Someone who is comfortable dealing directly with customers & strong operational experience & understating of the retail .Also good understanding of working with creative agencies for marketing toolkit adaptations and activation executions is a must. As a Global business unit touching all four corners of the world, you’ll have a strong cultural awareness and the ability to speak more than one language is a benefit but not essential.

What we can offer you

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
• Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement.
• Private Healthcare for employees and dependents
• Pension provision for local nationals is addressed by the statutory Employees’ Provident Fund.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues.
• Private Life Assurance
• Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
• Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
• Learning resources to help you be your best self.

About William Grant & Sons

A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS

William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.

We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.

At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.

OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY

Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams. We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.

INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive. If you have any questions or need some support with your application we’d love to hear from you. So please get in touch with our HR team at recruitment.enquiries@wgrant.com.

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