Managing Partner - Planning

Job Title:
Managing Partner - Planning

Job Description:

Introduction

Dentsu is the network designed for what's next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities and create new paths to growth in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centred approach to business transformation, we use insights to connect brand, content, commerce, and experience, underpinned by modern creativity.

Dentsu X is an important part of our world-class offering -- an integrated marketing agency network combining best-in-class communication and media planning services, content creation, technology, data and behavioural insights. In a saturated media agencies' market, dentsu X helps brands create memorable, personalised marketing solutions that meet rapidly changing consumer demands to deliver 'Experience Beyond Exposure.' Across the world dentsu X works hand in hand with clients' other agencies, and tap into our vast landscape of innovators, from tech giants to upstart start-ups. These clients include B&Q, Heineken, McCormick, DAZN, Screwfix and William Grant & Sons.

We're hiring for a Managing Partner - Planning as part of Dentsu X in London

Purpose of the Role

The successful candidate will be responsible for owning the senior relationships across multiple clients and ensuring the team are providing the best-in-class service through relationship building and challenging client thinking. They will be responsible for delivering consistently brilliant integrated work across their client portfolio, which leverages the various capabilities of dentsu X (and the broader network). The Managing Partner - Planning will also support the work of the MD in driving profitability and growth from their clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing a strong vision for the team, which connects to the dentsu X business goals.
• Ensuring the vision is cascaded through teams' objectives.
• Responsible for the uplifting the craft of planning across the client portfolio.
• Working with the MD to ensure appropriate client development plans are in place.
• Ensuring these CPD's are communicated to and executed by their team.
• Managing of the clients' budgets - ensuring delivery of cost to revenue ratio and agreed financial targets across client teams.
• Ownership of senior client relationships (CMO etc) and the relationship strategy with these clients
• Playing the leadership role on new business pitches across both creative and media (particularly mid-sized integrated media pitches).
• Inspiring and motivate the team across clients to deliver and ensure all members understand the client business and the CDP.
• Cultivating strong relationships with key partners, identifying mutual revenue opportunities
• Supporting the MD in leading key agency initiatives

Qualifications + Skills [bullet points]

• 10+ Years experience in media, marketing, and communications.
• Significant comms planning experience.
• Experience of senior client relationship building.
• Building and leading a large successful team + team P&L
• Commercial knowledge & experience of setting & delivering financial targets.
• Experience designing commercial models.
• Contract negotiation.

What we offer

• This is a permanent role.
• The teams are based in our London office and operate under flexible working arrangements and are in the office Wednesdays and Thursdays.
• As well as a competitive salary, you'll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

Inclusion and Diversity

Our diverse and inclusive culture enables our employees to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so. For us, this is the foundation for great innovation which, in turn, generates better outcomes for our people, partners and communities. This is why we encourage applications from people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds, and cultures.

We are happy to discuss flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles - we can't promise we will be able to offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly. If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.

About dentsu

Taking a people-centered approach to business transformation, we use insights to connect brand, content, commerce and experience, underpinned by modern creativity. As part of Dentsu Group Inc. we are headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and our 65,000 employee-base of dedicated professionals work across four regions (Japan, Americas, EMEA and APAC). Dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion sits at the heart of our Social Impact strategy - our fully integrated sustainability strategy which includes our ambition to build a fair and more equal society, where everyone is equipped to thrive.

Location:
London

Brand:
Dentsu X

Time Type:
Full time

Contract Type:
Permanent]]>