Strategic Marketing and Development Manager
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A fantastic opportunity for a recent graduate or person looking to develop their strategic marketing / project development skillset. We have a 6-month fixed term strategic marketing and business development role at Colchester Machine Tools, an established, ambitious, forward-thinking business. This is to implement the final 6 months of a Knowledge Transfer Project ( KTP ).
You will optimise strategic marketing and decision-making within the business and embed long term sustainable strategic growth for this established, ambitious business.
The Company
Colchester Machine Tools is a modern, vibrant business based in Elland, West Yorkshire, supplying a very traditional component of the manufacturing industry - machine tools.
Led by an engaged, forward-thinking, and highly motivated leadership team, Colchester Machine Tools offers the successful candidate the opportunity to directly contribute to their long-term ambition to grow market share by pivoting their business to meet the challenges of an evolving industry.
The Role
This 6-month project will see you work with senior management and teams across the business and have the support of an outstanding multi-disciplinary academic team from Leeds Beckett University to:
• Develop a working knowledge of the existing and future needs of current and prospective clients.
• Explore new & diversified sales channels, developing strategic relationships to facilitate new clients and business.
• Appraise, evaluate and devise entry strategies to new European and global markets
• Plan and deploy effective people management processes, including communication and training, using the existing comprehensive HR succession planning strategy.
The role will provide the post-holder with wide-ranging and senior level experience, reporting at director level and working with people across the business.
The Person
The role will suit a candidate with a strong marketing / business management / leadership background and degree and the post-holder will be well supported by academic experts at Leeds Beckett.
This will be an exciting role for the right candidate and will present an excellent opportunity to make a tangible difference to the business, grow their own skill set and experience and with a very realistic chance of permanent employment at the end of the project.
To arrange an informal discussion about this post, please contact Rosi Newman at r.j.newman@leedsbeckett.ac.uk .
Closing date: Wednesday 15th May 2024 (23:59)
Interview date: Interviews are likely to take place week commencing 3rd June 2024 but are subject to change. Interviews will be confirmed if successfully shortlisted.
To apply for this role, please select 'Apply online' below and complete the short application form. Please also attach an update to CV and a covering letter of no more than two sides of A4 paper outlining how your education, skills and experience make you suitable for this role - where possible please address the specific requirements of the role and outline your own suitability with relevant examples.
Working here means you'll also have access to a wide range of benefits including our generous pension schemes, excellent holiday entitlements, flexible working, reduced study fees, subsidised fitness facilities and a lot more.
We welcome applications from all individuals and particularly from black and global majority candidates as members of these groups are currently under-represented at this level of post. All appointments will be based on merit.