Remote Work: Hybrid
Overview:
At Zebra, we extend the edge of possibility by shaping the future of work on the front line—reinventing how businesses run and moving society forward.
We are a community of changemakers, innovators and doers who come together to deliver a performance edge to the front line of business. We develop new technologies and create new solutions with partners to help organizations act with greater visibility, connectivity, and intelligence—delivering better experiences for workers and those they serve.
Being a part of Zebra means being seen, heard, valued, and respected as you define your path to a fulfilling career. Here, you'll have opportunities to learn and lead at a leading company, and you can channel your skills towards causes that you and the Zebra community care about, locally, and globally.
Together, we've only begun to define the edge of what's possible—for our people, our customers, and the world.
We are looking for a Manager - Marketing Operations to join our team in the UK on a 15-month FTC! As a key supporter of the Global Marketing team, the Marketing Operations Manager leads a team driving focus on the most impactful business activities, optimizes deployment of resources, and enhances marketing performance. The Marketing Operations Manager is responsible for marketing planning, managing financial operations, organizational performance reporting, and regional marketing reviews.
Responsibilities:
Develops the talent within their organization and fosters a positive culture to elevate the performance of their team
Supports the marketing planning process, driving the strategic and tactical planning cadence for their stakeholder group
Coordinates annual Marketing goal setting and tracks progress against KPIs
Partners with budget owners to coordinate planning for program spend budget, aligning investment allocations with marketing strategic plans
Works with budget owners and finance to ensure projects are completed timely and accounted for in compliance with financial requirements; Conducts post-closing variance analysis
Partners with marketing stakeholders as well as the Global Marketing Operations team for investment reporting, benchmarking, and analytics initiatives
Drives accountability by maintaining performance management dashboards and developing executive reports which provide insights into marketing results and business impacts
Supports development of training programs to enhance business IQ across the Marketing organization
Coordinates business reviews and provides performance reports in support of Sales Quarterly Business Reviews and Global Marketing reporting
Supports strategic projects including transformational and cross-functional projects
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in a business discipline
8+ years’ experience in operations or marketing in a B2B company, ideally in a high tech and/or channel driven business
Proactive, dependable, self-starter that thrives in a fast-paced environment
Ability to lead through influence and collaborate effectively across functions and global teams
Superior organizational skills with ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting commitments and deadlines, and influencing others to do the same
Maintains strong relationships with key stakeholders
Process improvement-oriented change agent with strong change management skills
Strong interpersonal and senior management level communication skills
Successful track record of facilitating planning and executing strategic & tactical plans that are integrated and aligned with the rest of the organization and the corporate strategy
Strong project management skills including scheduling, resource allocation, risk/issue management
Ability to interpret strategies and extract insights from data, creating tangible, accurate, data-rich reporting to drive critical discussions and decisions
Ability to partner with finance to manage administration needs and account for budgets
Basic understanding of financial principles including expense recognition, pre-paids, and accruals
Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
Experience with marketing resource management tools, Salesforce, Power BI or Oracle ERP a plus
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