Client and Event Manager (Retail Sampling Events)

Advantage Sales & Marketing dba Advantage Solutions • St. Louis, MO

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Marketing Campaign Manager is responsible for the end-to-end management of experiential marketing campaigns. This includes day-to-day campaign maintenance with attention to detail in project development, budget management, execution monitoring, issue resolution, reporting & tracking, and invoicing. The role involves managing all related financial activities while providing a high level of service to client representatives and internal teams, assisting the organization in achieving a services excellence culture. The Company is a leading sales and marketing agency specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management, and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers, and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods across various trade channels.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
• 2-4 years of experience in Consumer products, brand, or agency.
• Possess mathematical negotiation, project management and research, analysis, and presentation skills.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment and on projects as needed with after hours and weekend support.
• Creative thinker and self-starter who is able to effectively handle multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
• Client facing experience with ability to think analytically & identify risks.
• Strong organization, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to present to large and small groups in a variety of settings.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Team player with positive attitude.
• Able to build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Proficient in MS Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in event execution preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform project management duties to include; experiential marketing campaign tracking, timeline development and management, budget management, pre- and post-promotional analysis, and reporting.
• Supervise team members and monitor their daily reporting and task performance.
• Make autonomous decisions on behalf of experiential marketing campaign goals.
• Develop effective client and retailer relationships to facilitate communication and execution with internal departments to ensure that deliverables are successfully achieved and provide additional opportunities to act as consultative sales partner.
• Monitor and adjust project budgets and billing to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
• Oversee timeline revisions.
• Hire, retain, train, coach, guide, direct, and develop direct reports using company-wide processes, tools and resources.
• Delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees