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The Senior Marketing Manager is responsible for leading the development and coordinated execution of overall marketing strategy to drive results for one of Manheim’s largest market centers. This position will be responsible for positioning the Manheim brand with existing and prospective clients and will create strategic plans to drive growth at each location. Must have people leader experience and ability to manage multiple key initiatives.

This position will drive collaboration between the market sales team, auction marketing leads, corporate marketing stakeholders, and other high opportunity teams within Cox Automotive. Position will have financial and budget responsibility.

LEADERSHIP

Drive marketing best practices adoption and brand alignment for multiple Manheim auctions through solid line management responsibility to marketing and client engagement specialist teams at the assigned locations

Deliver marketing expertise and collaboration within the location leadership teams to drive business results

Must have experience in managing and driving teams

STRATEGIC PLANNING

Leads development of joint location marketing strategy and annual planning and evaluates relevant data and analytics to inform strategy and achieve goals and objectives

Drive key initiatives within assigned locations to meet business objectives

Define goals and metrics to meet campaign objectives

Recommend marketing spend needed to accomplish objectives

Manage marketing budget at each location to deliver largest impact of marketing strategy 

Ensure alignment of plan with overall marketing strategy and brand guidelines

Support campaign development for key events as dictated by new business opportunities and local/corporate initiatives

MARKETING EXECUTION

Oversee development and implementation of marketing strategy, plan development, and execution

Delegation of tactics to drive plans and campaigns to completion through campaign management and Field Marketing Director

Communicate post-campaign results and metrics vs. goal to local leadership, Field Marketing Director, and corporate marketing as applicable

Manage workload and expenses to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget

COLLABORATION

Single point of contact for locations (regarding: consulting/data requests, creative, etc.)

Present and gain alignment from key stakeholders (GM, AGM, Field Sales, Corporate Marketing, Dealer Services, and Commercial)

Consistently spend time at assigned locations to build relationship and understand local needs to ensure alignment

Participate in location leadership meetings

Partner with business units within Auction and Wholesale Services to identify and deliver strategy that drives results

Collaborate with Field Marketing Director team to ensure adoption of best practices

Qualifications:

Bachelors in a marketing or communications discipline (e.g. Marketing, Communications, Advertising, Business) and 7 years of progressive management experience in strategic planning, CRM, campaign development and execution, campaign targeting and email marketing OR an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master’s degree/ MBA

Technical skills combined with an analytical approach

Strong presentation and communication skills

Email marketing

Project management

Advertising

Online media

Social Media

Database marketing

CRM experience

Recent experience with web analytics tools

Excellent working knowledge of MS Office

Attention to detail with ability to stick to deadlines and   work within budget

Highly organized

Office work environment, ability to sit and or stand for prolonged periods of time.

Some travel maybe required

Who We Are

About Cox Automotive

There’s nothing ordinary about Cox Automotive. We are people of every background driven by our passion for mobility, innovation, client success and community outreach. We make buying, selling and owning (or simply using) cars easier for everyone. Touching more than 40,000 clients across five continents, we bring together the best brands and the best teams to propel the automotive industry forward. Some of those team members work for our iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book, while others are creating the future of automotive at industry-facing brands like Dealer.com, Manheim and vAuto.

About Cox 

We are the Cox family of businesses. We’ve been making our mark since 1898 by building and evolving world-class businesses, staying true to our values, and encouraging top talent to always look for growth and impact while building a career with us.  Our primary divisions – Cox Communications and Cox Automotive – are driving a new wave of innovation, powering smart cities with powerhouse broadband communications and pioneering greener, more progressive transportation alternatives for individuals and fleet operators.  We’re also expanding into new spaces like cleantech and healthcare to rev up our momentum toward building a better future for the next generation.  We’re looking for the talent today who will be our leaders tomorrow. Sound intriguing? Learn more about where we are today, where we hope you’ll be going with us, and the common purpose that unites us at coxenterprises.com.

Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO).  For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page.

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