Marketing Operations and Project Manager, EMEA Region (Fixed Term - Materni

at  Nilfisk

Marketing Operations & Project Manager – EMEA –
Fixed Term Maternity Cover (Minimum 12 months – start date March 2025)
Do you want to make an impact and elevate the level of marketing initiatives? Do you thrive working on project milestones and bringing new ideas and solutions to the table? If you can say yes to above questions, we have the perfect opportunity for you!
We have an ambitious strategy called Business Plan 2026, and to succeed in execution of this, we are looking for a team player who wants to scope, develop and roll out impactful marketing activities and initiatives across the region aligned with our commercial priorities to drive sustainable growth.

You will have a critical role, working cross functionally with key stakeholders from EMEA region as well as in our HQ to specify and implement strategic marketing initiatives to fuel growth. This includes working closely with the commercial function to understand business needs, transmitting to client briefs, then briefing our Global Marketing team and partner agencies, resulting in actionable marketing plans and activities.

• Marketing Operations will serve as a core function for marketing, providing cross-functional coordination, communications, and planning.
• Project planning (End-to-end) for large scale marketing activities and initiatives including product launches and campaigns (deadlines for localizations with EMEA marketing responsibles, input and validation from commercial heads, and project planning with Global Marketing teams).
• Be the brand champion of the Marketing team in EMEA, including roll out of new CVI which implies a close cooperation with our global branding department.
• Adjustment and optimization of marketing activities to ensure key learnings and best practices are applied throughout the region and globally. This will be based on performance dashboard reports covering the entire marketing funnel and you will therefore have a close cooperation with our marketing performance analyst.
• Set strategic direction for content for the region ‘EMEA’ in close cooperation with, Marketing EMEA Leadership Team and Global Marketing.
• Stakeholder management across local markets and global functions, ensuring key objectives are met and delivered in a smooth manner.

This position will be located in UK.
Your new team
You will belong to the EMEA Field Marketing team reporting to Director of Field Marketing EMEA, Karen Nicolson who is in the UK. The team is characterized by being an agile driven team who collaborate predominately through digital tools. We are dedicated, we help each other, we are driven by supporting the commercial organization to do an even better job tomorrow than today and we have fun while doing it.
The team consists of colleagues in regional functions – Performance Marketing, Project Management, Product Marketing and local Marketing Specialists sitting across the region in +20 markets where we operate. . The team is around 25 marketing professionals in total.
Why join us
Joining Nilfisk, you will become part of a culture where you have the freedom to speak your mind and do what you do best! We encourage all employees to challenge ideas and concepts so we can find the best solution possible.
At Nilfisk, we know that amazing people make amazing companies. You will join a company culture with a lot of freedom and trust, and where we have a growth mindset. At Nilfisk, it’s OK to make mistakes, if you learn from them. Further, we want you to question ideas and speak your mind, so we can, together, find the best solutions. If you are ready for this, we would be keen to hear from you.
We value the experience that you bring
As we would like to learn from you, we imagine that you bring a great marketing toolbox with you, that you have great business acumen as you will be working with commercial priorities and alignment. Furthermore, we imagine that you have B2B experience from an international environment, because you will be working with B2B marketing initiatives with many different cultures internally. As you will be our project manager expert, and drive our initiatives, we imagine that you have great experience within project management, however not with any specific methods or tools, but that you have tried handling different marketing projects to success.
As a person, we imagine that you enjoy working with optimization and improvements, as we would like for you to take us to the next level with our marketing initiatives. We imagine that you are structured, a self-starter and very persistent so you can get through to your stakeholders and ensure that there’s progress in the various projects.
Interested?
If this could be your next career step, please apply on our Career site no later than November 30th 2024.
What happens with your application?
We will look at your application after the deadline and contact you for a phone interview if relevant. Hereafter, if there is a mutual match, we will invite you to an interview with the hiring manager. The 2nd interview will be with an HR representative together with the manager where the focus is on a feedback session on a personality assessment and a case. The 3rd and final round of interviews will be an informal interview with the manager’s manager.
Let’s create a cleaner future together
Clean is changing. Today, cleaning is a key contributor to health and safety, and a new clean is emerging, driven by technology and innovation. At Nilfisk we are a driving force in this development, and we work as one team with one agenda, supporting each other across an exciting, dynamic organization. Being part of Nilfisk means having the freedom to speak your mind and do what you do best. You will thrive by having a hands-on approach and the drive to bring your great ideas to life. At Nilfisk you can lead, innovate and collaborate for a cleaner future. Are you ready to make a change?
We embrace diversity and equality with an environment of inclusion. We encourage everyone to apply for the position, regardless of origin, race, ethnicity, religion, physical or mental ability, gender, gender-identity or expression, sexual orientation, and age.

• Marketing Operations will serve as a core function for marketing, providing cross-functional coordination, communications, and planning.
• Project planning (End-to-end) for large scale marketing activities and initiatives including product launches and campaigns (deadlines for localizations with EMEA marketing responsibles, input and validation from commercial heads, and project planning with Global Marketing teams).
• Be the brand champion of the Marketing team in EMEA, including roll out of new CVI which implies a close cooperation with our global branding department.
• Adjustment and optimization of marketing activities to ensure key learnings and best practices are applied throughout the region and globally. This will be based on performance dashboard reports covering the entire marketing funnel and you will therefore have a close cooperation with our marketing performance analyst.
• Set strategic direction for content for the region ‘EMEA’ in close cooperation with, Marketing EMEA Leadership Team and Global Marketing.
• Stakeholder management across local markets and global functions, ensuring key objectives are met and delivered in a smooth manner