Account Director - German Speaking - Shopper Marketing
Posted 3 days ago by Mars United Commerce
£375 Per day
Inside
Undetermined
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Account Director requires a fluent German speaker to join the Mars Wrigley Snacking team on a 2-month contract. The position involves managing client relationships and delivering shopper marketing and activation campaigns, ensuring high-quality execution across multiple projects. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in UK grocery and convenience retail, with hands-on leadership experience. Immediate availability is preferred for this fast-paced role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the day-to-day client relationship, acting as a trusted partner.
- Own the delivery of shopper marketing and activation campaigns from brief through to execution.
- Translate retailer and customer requirements into clear, actionable plans.
- Drive pace across multiple projects, ensuring delivery is on time, on budget, and to a high standard.
- Work cross-functionally with Strategy, Creative and Client Leadership to deliver best-in-class work.
- Manage external partners, including artwork production, ensuring quality and consistency.
- Identify opportunities to improve processes and ways of working as the team continues to evolve.
- Use data and insight to measure performance and optimise future activity.
- Build strong knowledge of the client’s business, category and competitive landscape.
- Own project timelines, budgets and financial tracking.
- Ensure accurate forecasting, estimating and invoicing.
- Maintain strong oversight across multiple workstreams.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience at Account Director level (or strong Senior AM ready to step up).
- Strong background in shopper marketing / retail / FMCG.
- Deep understanding of UK grocery and convenience landscape.
- Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple projects at pace.
Salary (Rate): £375 per day
City: London Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
2 Month Contract £375 per day, Inside IR35 ASAP Start Must be fluent German speaker. We’re looking for an Account Director or Senior Account Manager looking to take the next step, to join the Mars Wrigley Snacking team, playing a key role in driving high-quality, fast-paced delivery across shopper marketing, customer activation and retail media (including dcom). Our team in Germany liaise directly with the German clients and all work is developed in German, so we do need a fluent German speaker. This is a hands-on leadership role, owning day-to-day client relationships, driving projects end-to-end, and ensuring work lands to a consistently high standard across multiple workstreams. You’ll bring strong experience across UK grocery and convenience retail, with the ability to translate retailer and client expectations into clear, actionable briefs and seamless execution.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead the day-to-day client relationship, acting as a trusted partner
- Own the delivery of shopper marketing and activation campaigns from brief through to execution
- Translate retailer and customer requirements into clear, actionable plans
- Drive pace across multiple projects, ensuring delivery is on time, on budget, and to a high standard
- Work cross-functionally with Strategy, Creative and Client Leadership to deliver best-in-class work
- Manage external partners, including artwork production, ensuring quality and consistency
- Identify opportunities to improve processes and ways of working as the team continues to evolve
- Use data and insight to measure performance and optimise future activity
- Build strong knowledge of the client’s business, category and competitive landscape
- Commercial & Delivery
- Own project timelines, budgets and financial tracking
- Ensure accurate forecasting, estimating and invoicing
- Maintain strong oversight across multiple workstreams
About You
- Proven experience at Account Director level (or strong Senior AM ready to step up)
- Strong background in shopper marketing / retail / FMCG
- Deep understanding of UK grocery and convenience landscape
- Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple projects at pace
If you are immediately available to start a new role please get in touch!