EMEA Marketing Project Manager

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Job Description

Position: EMEA Marketing Project Manager  

Job type: Full time, Permanent

Location:  Milton Keynes (UK), Madrid (Spain), Harderwijk (Netherlands), or Johannesburg (South Africa) with hybrid working opportunities

Reporting to: EMEA Production Manager  

About the role

The EMEA Marketing Project Manager, reporting into the EMEA Production Manager, assumes a pivotal role in spearheading project orchestration for the EMEA Marketing team with a focus on Trek brand and retail marketing initiatives in our European and South African subsidiary businesses. In this multifaceted role, this individual ensures the alignment and progress of various cross-functional teams, maintains and enhances project timelines within our project management software, manages project scope, and consistently delivers project requirements with punctuality.

Position responsibilities:

Planning long-term:

• Collaborate with the EMEA Marketing team, in-market subsidiary marketing teams, and global HQ marketing colleagues to create long-term plans for requested projects, including mapping out campaign dates.

• Ensure project success and the well-being of team members by effectively balancing resources.

• Identify and document any delays in project launches or completions due to resource constraints.

• Communicate resource concerns and provide recommendations for resolution.

Planning projects:

• Collaborate with project requestors to understand project goals and gather requirements.

• Establish project milestones that align resources across different departments.

• Determine project kick-off dates and timelines in coordination with team members.

• Facilitate project meetings from the initial soft kick-off through various stages of the project lifecycle.

• Track lessons learned and continuously improve project templates for future projects.

• Streamline project tasks to minimize redundancy and save time.

Leading projects:

• Ensure the timely delivery of projects by verifying that team members complete tasks within the project's scope and parameters.

• Ensure that the project team comprehends project objectives, deliverables, timelines, and tasks and is committed to meeting or exceeding the project plan.

• Collaborate closely with project owners to maintain accurate project timelines and identifies and addresses bottlenecks.

Developing teams:

• Regularly review team concerns and questions, providing solutions as needed.

• Become a super user and assist in the development of the organization's project management tool, Workfront.

• Assist team members in using the project planning software tool (Workfront) as required.

Developing processes:

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop processes for cross functional project teams.

• Analyse lessons learned and update processes as necessary, communicating these updates to the relevant team members.

• Drive continuous improvements in all areas, with a focus on optimizing processes.

Communication:

• Excel in communication by effectively conveying project progress and team development.

• Lead high-quality meetings, including project kick-offs, scrums, and after-action reviews, to ensure effective communication and alignment among team members.

Position requirements:

• Minimum of 1 year project management experience.

• Ability to lead cross-functional project teams.

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Effective communication skills and fluent in English language.

• Ability to work independently and make decisions autonomously when necessary.

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.

• Comprehensive understanding of creative development.

• Experience with workfront is advantageous.

• Availability to attend some evening meetings when required to coordinate with global teams (CST).

If you don’t meet all the criteria but believe you have great value to add then let us know in a cover letter why your skillset is right for the role!

If you have any particular requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process, please mention this in your application and we will be happy to support you.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!