Overview

Co-op Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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Base pay range

Up to £60,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 5)

Location & Working Pattern

Scunthorpe: hybrid working with time between home and coming into our office at least once a week. Learn more about our hybrid working policy at https://jobs.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy.

Role context

We’re looking for a Media Centre Manager to join Co-op Wholesale as part of the Customer Experience team. We’ve championed independent retailers since 1977 and are expanding with Co-op Wholesale to support more local businesses. This role sits within a brand-new Customer Experience team focused on delivering focus, speed, and innovative ways of working, and ensuring messages reach the right people with clear understanding.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a comprehensive media strategy, optimising supplier-funded ad spend across digital, print, events, and other channels
• Manage and negotiate advertising spend with supplier partners
• Lead a team who will plan, buy, and allocate media placements, integrating media activity into broader campaigns
• Monitor campaign performance and provide insightful reporting to partners and suppliers
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure media support for wider campaign objectives
• Ensure compliance with brand standards and best practices for media buying; promote continuous improvement

Qualifications & attributes

• A strong background in media planning/buying or media agency management
• Commercial acumen with experience managing supplier-funded budgets
• Excellent negotiation skills and ability to manage successful partner relationships
• A data-driven approach to campaign analysis and optimisation

Why Co-op?

If you have the skills we need, you’ll receive a competitive salary and great benefits, including 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (and other discounts on Co-op products and services).

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream app - access to a percentage of your pay as you earn

Diversity & Inclusion

We’re actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process. We’re part of the Disability Confident scheme, and we’ll offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for a job if they apply through the scheme. We’ll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If you’re invited to take part in the recruitment process, we’ll ask if you need any reasonable adjustments to participate. You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process and about the Disability Confident scheme at Disability Confident Scheme – Co-op. More about our commitments to diversity and inclusion is available at Diversity and Inclusion.

Please note that we may close applications for this role early.

As part of your application, you’ll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes up to 50 minutes. If you’re a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.

Seniority & Employment

• Mid-Senior level
• Full-time
• Job function: Other
• Industries: Professional Services

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