Marketing Project Manager

About RS Group

Across the industrial design, manufacturing and maintenance worlds, we’re the digital destination for product and service solutions to help our customers with the maintenance, repair and operation of their businesses. We provide global access to an unrivalled range of over 750,000 stocked industrial products. Each day our team of experts deliver solutions to resolve our customer’s challenges across design, procurement, inventory and maintenance. We consistently strive to deliver the best possible service to all of our customers and challenge ourselves to provide a seamless procurement experience.

We are one team. We deliver brilliantly. We do the right thing. We make every day better. These are our values. They unite our c.9,000 global colleagues and differentiate us from our competition. They are a mix of how we work today and how we must step up for the future. Most importantly, it is one set of values shaped by our people, for our people.

Together, we can make great things happen. Aim for amazing and beyond.

The Marketing Project Manager handles multi-phase and cross-functional projects that focus on RS marketing strategies and initiatives while collaborating with the brand, creative and performance marketing teams along with other internal team and external vendors, and we want to add your excellent project management, analytical and decision-making skills to our team.

About the Role

Role Purpose

The Marketing Project Manager's primary role is to plan, organize, and oversee the execution of marketing projects from start to finish, ensuring they stay on track with deadlines, budget, and scope, while collaborating with various teams to achieve marketing goals and objectives.

Because of the type of projects they oversee, the Marketing Project Manager needs to have a foundational understanding of marketing, including strategies, plans, and processes.

Responsibilities

• Work with marketing and commercial teams on understanding campaigns and goals to develop tasks and allocate resources to achieve project objectives 
• Manage projects for cross-functional teams, develop and maintain project plans within project management software, assigning tasks, delegating responsibilities, and fostering collaboration among team members
• Set realistic deadlines, manage resource capacity, monitor project progress, identify potential roadblocks to ensure timely delivery while managing ongoing project prioritization to meet total business objective.
• Track project expenses, ensuring projects stay within budget constraints, and making necessary adjustments as needed
• Manage input and approval process with external vendors and suppliers involved in marketing projects
• Identify and address issues that arise during project execution, finding solutions to overcome obstacles
• Provide regular updates to marketing leadership, internal stakeholders, and other relevant parties on project status, challenges, and key milestones
• Collect data on budget, income and campaign performance and add to decks and tracking spreadsheets

Candidate Requirements

Essential Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in business, management, marketing, or equivalent project management experience
• 5+ years’ experience in project management with a strong understanding of marketing principles and strategies
• Experience with project management methodologies and best practices
• Excellent organizational, prioritization, time management, and decision-making skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills
• In-depth knowledge of marketing channels, strategies, branding and customer segmentation

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Project management certification
• Project management tools experience with Monday.com, Smartsheet, Trello, Workfront, etc.
• Agency project management a plus

Essential Qualifications (Must be evidenced at offer stage)

• Provide prior experience in marketing project management roles, ideally within a relevant industry 
• Demonstrate critical thinking

Core Values:

• One Team: Collaborate effectively with colleagues across departments and regions to achieve common goals.
• Deliver Brilliantly: Strive for excellence in all aspects of product management, from strategy to execution.
• Do the Right Thing: Act with integrity and transparency in all interactions and decisions.
• Make Everyday Better: Continuously seek opportunities to improve products, processes, and customer experiences.

Equal Employment Opportunity

RS Americas is an equal opportunity employer and maintains policies and practices that are designed to prevent and prohibit unlawful discrimination against any qualified employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, military/veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other unlawful classification to the extent protected by law. This policy of non-discrimination applies to all employment practices, including hiring, compensation, benefits, promotion, training and termination. Employees who engage in unlawful discrimination will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination.

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