Head of Marketing

Job Description

Salary: £50,000 - 60,000 per year + BenefitsJob Hours: Full-time, 40 hours a weekLooking for a new challenge Have a drive for successFeeling competitiveLook no furtherAbout usStarting out in 2003, as a family-run dealership in a small Somerset village, Carbase has since grown into the largest independent used car dealership in the South-West! Were proud of our history, while excitedly looking to the next horizon, and for talentedindividuals to join us as the company grows and our customer base expands.About the role:This will be primarily an execution position, where you will be creating strategies and leading their implementation to drive customer retention and post sales by leveraging a proven and scalable sales infrastructure.

• With responsibility for a small but talented team you will develop a culture of continuous improvement, driving new and re-positioned proposals,
• While working collaboratively with the broader business to inspirationally convey plans and the end of the journey!
• Youll translate customer needs into innovative solutions that evolve our existing product offering, growing the business by differentiation.
• Using data led decision making on the probability of success of various product development options & innovations,
• Youll harness an existing omni-channel and multi-site sales organisation, building on, and enhancing customer retention and life-cycle management.
• With keen understanding youll leverage "white labelling" where appropriate against the power of association with other leading brands.
• Consistently monitoring our competitors and the market trends to get the best out of the business.
• And youll own our existing product offerings and pro-actively manage the relationship with 3rd party product partners.

About you:

• A Degree or equivalent in business management or marketing
• With previous product management/customer life cycle management experience (ideally gained from within a B2C or B2B2C environment would be distinctly advantageous)
• Youll also need a proven record of execution and experience of having operated within a SME which has seen material growth/successfully gained organic scale.
• Youll need to be able to think strategically and demonstrate a data driven, analytical approach to product management
• Youll have the ability to translate a vision into a practical roadmap with excellent communication skills,
• And that you can move fast and think big to create new offerings from ideation to going live.
• We want a tenacious self-starter, whose naturally curious and will challenge the status quo

What we offer:

• Great annual leave: 31 days including bank holidays increasing to 35 over 5 years
• Up to £1000 Refer a Friend/Family scheme
• Development & progression opportunities
• Contribution based pension scheme
• Company sick pay
• Health & Wellbeing support through Ben
• High street shopping discount & discounts on in-house car purchases & servicing
• Eyecare voucher scheme
• Paid compassionate leave

Our Values

• Integrity - an unwavering commitment to Integrity in everything we do
• Customer Centred - always walking in our customers shoes passionate about delivering excellence & not accepting second best
• Growth Mindset - curious "can-do" in approach seeking opportunities to grow & develop having fun through celebrating milestone successes as well as the BIG wins
• Accountable - making it personal "grabbing the nettle" prepared to make the tough callsoperating at pace & recognising when collaboration is key to success
• Caring - for each other, our teams & the communities in which we operate

If this sounds like the position for you, we look forward to your application! Key Words:Marketing, Head of Marketing, Senior Marketing, Product management, Customer Retention, Automotive Marketing, B2B, B2B2C