Head of Marketing

_Salary: £50,000 - 60,000 per year + Benefits_ - Job Hours: Full-time, 40 hours a week_ **Looking for a new challenge?** **Have a drive for success?** **Feeling competitive?** **Look no further** **About us** Starting out in 2003, as a family-run dealership in a small Somerset village, Carbase has since grown into the largest independent used car dealership in the South-West We’re proud of our history, while excitedly looking to the next horizon, and for talentedindividuals to join us as the company grows and our customer base expands. **About the role**: This will be primarily an execution position, where you will be creating strategies and leading their implementation to drive customer retention and post sales by leveraging a proven and scalable sales infrastructure. - With responsibility for a small but talented team you will develop a culture of continuous improvement, driving new and re-positioned proposals, - While working collaboratively with the broader business to inspirationally convey plans and the end of the journey - You’ll translate customer needs into innovative solutions that evolve our existing product offering, growing the business by differentiation. - Using data led decision making on the probability of success of various product development options & innovations, - You’ll harness an existing omni-channel and multi-site sales organisation, building on, and enhancing customer retention and life-cycle management. - With keen understanding you’ll leverage "white labelling" where appropriate against the power of association with other leading brands. - Consistently monitoring our competitors and the market trends to get the best out of the business. - And you’ll own our existing product offerings and pro-actively manage the relationship with 3rd party product partners. **About you**: - A Degree or equivalent in business management or marketing - With previous product management/customer life cycle management experience (ideally gained from within a B2C or B2B2C environment would be distinctly advantageous) - You’ll also need a proven record of execution and experience of having operated within a SME which has seen material growth/successfully gained organic scale. - You’ll need to be able to think strategically and demonstrate a data driven, analytical approach to product management - You’ll have the ability to translate a vision into a practical roadmap with excellent communication skills, - And that you can move fast and think big to create new offerings from ideation to going live. - We want a tenacious self-starter, whose naturally curious and will challenge the status quo **What we offer**: - **Great annual leave**: 31 days including bank holidays increasing to 35 over 5 years - Up to £1000 **'Refer a Friend/Family' scheme**: - **Development & progression opportunities**: - Contribution based **pension scheme**: - **Company sick pay**: - **Health & Wellbeing support** through 'Ben' - 'High street' **shopping discount**& discounts on in-house car purchases & servicing - **Eyecare voucher scheme**: - Paid compassionate leave **Our Values** - **Integrity** - an unwavering commitment to Integrity in everything we do - **Customer Centred**: - always walking in our customers’ shoespassionate about delivering excellence & not accepting second best - **Growth Mindset** - curious"can-do" in approachseeking opportunities to grow & develophaving fun through celebrating milestone successes as well as the _BIG_ wins - **Accountable** - making it personal"grabbing the nettle"prepared to make the tough calls operating at pace & recognising when collaboration is key to success - **Caring** - for each other, our teams & the communities in which we operate Key Words: Marketing, Head of Marketing, Senior Marketing, Product management, Customer Retention, Automotive Marketing, B2B, B2B2C