Position Summary
Why join our team?Role and Responsibilities
Your key responsibilities
As a Partner Marketing Manager, you will lead the planning and execution of retailer-specific marketing activity across both online and offline channels. You will build strategic, insight-driven partner plans that enhance visibility, strengthen brand preference and drive sell-out performance. You will create a culture of collaboration and innovation with your assigned retail account, while ensuring that they are held to account for all planned activity.
Partner Planning & Activation
Develop cohesive marketing plans with key retail partners, ensuring alignment to commercial priorities, the HEA divisional priorities, or product-level priorities.
Create through-the-line (TTL) activation plans for new product launches and in-life campaigns (inc. promotional roadmap), delivering against sales, share, and growth targets.
Own end-to-end delivery of retailer marketing activity, ensuring campaigns land on time, on budget, and at the highest executional standard.
Lead the creation and execution of innovative marketing/retail media campaigns across partner accounts, including ATL, Digital advertising, in-store activations, and onsite display media (Retailer sites).
Brief and manage agencies to create or adapt marketing assets that communicate Samsung brand messages, product benefits and promotional offers. Ensure all creative is on-brand, retailer-appropriate, and optimised for each channel.
Ensure continuous review of customer journey across retailer channels, including BAU onsite placements, buying guides, FAQs etc.
Accountable for the online performance of assigned retail partners. Ensure that key performance metrics (Traffic, Conversion, CTR etc.) are performing in line with expectations. Conduct regular reviews, provide recommendation and implement enhancements to the customer journey where required.
Performance, Measurement & Budget
Track execution, results, and learnings of all partner activity, sharing insight across the wider partner marketing function to improve overall effectiveness.
Support planning and management of retailer marketing budgets to maximise return on investment.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Work closely with Retail Marketing, Field, and Commercial teams to ensure strong alignment from online through to in-store execution. Maintain close alignment with Brand team on creative and messaging.
Build meaningful relationships with relevant retailer stakeholders. Leverage these relationships to ensure close collaboration and alignment, ensuring that Samsung are front-of-mind for new and innovative opportunities.
Ensure effective collection, sharing, and distribution of marketing information with both internal and external stakeholders.
Leans in to support other team members and retail accounts when needed.
What we need for this role
To be successful, you will possess the following skills and attributes:
Soft Skills
Strong relationship builder able to work confidently with internal teams, agencies, and external partners.
Proven ability to manage multiple projects and stakeholders, delivering high-quality output in fast-paced environments.
Excellent communication skills, able to articulate strategy, performance, and recommendations clearly.
Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail.
Creative thinker with a proactive approach to problem solving.
Ability to influence and persuade at all levels.
Hard Skills
Degree or equivalent experience in marketing or a related field.
Experience in retail, consumer electronics or FMCG is advantageous
Product and/or services marketing experience preferred.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including confident use of PowerPoint and Excel.
Highly analytical with the ability to interpret data to create insight-driven recommendations.
Experience managing or supporting marketing budgets.
What does success look like?
A flexible and adaptable approach to work, with the ability to respond quickly and effectively when change occurs.
Ability to thrive in a fast-moving, dynamic business environment.
Creation and delivery of strong partner marketing plans that align to commercial goals. Timely briefs into agencies and internal teams to ensure smooth delivery.
Strong understanding of retail media with a strong grasp of opportunities and effectiveness.
Clear and consistent communication with retail partners and internal stakeholders.
Accurate, timely, and high-quality execution of all agreed marketing activity.
Demonstrated ability to drive sell-out growth and strengthen category presence.
Strong cross-functional collaboration and influence across the organisation.
Skills and Qualifications
Benefits of working at Samsung include
Hybrid working – 3 days in the office and 2 days at home per week
Bonus scheme linked to individual, team and company performance
Pension contribution
Three volunteering days each year
Holiday - 25 days plus bank holidays and an additional day off for your birthday
Access to discounts on a wide range of Samsung products
Access to a discount shopping portal
Partner Colleagues are not eligible for Samsung Enhanced Paid Sick Leave but may be eligible for statutory payments from their payroll agency
Up to 20 (pro-rata) Partner Absence days per calendar year to be used in times of need
A note on equal opportunities
We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our Company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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