<dt class="rm-fieldTitle">Description</dt><dd class="rm-fieldData"><p><strong>Head of Marketing</strong></p><p><strong>Location:</strong> Northamptonshire (3 days office / 2 days home, with higher initial on-site presence)<br> <strong>Salary:</strong> £110,000 to £130,000 per annum + car allowance + generous bonus + private medical + excellent benefits</p><p><strong>Zachary Daniels Retail Recruitment are proud to represent this client in the market in what is a fantastic opportunity.</strong></p><p>One of the largest wholesale groups in the UK, a multi-billion-pound retail wholesale business, is seeking a <strong>Head of Marketing</strong> to lead its full marketing function during a period of exciting transformation. The business serves more than one million customers nationwide and supplies thousands of retail partners, operating a highly complex multi-brand model across both B2B and B2C channels within food service and wholesale.</p><p><strong>The Role:</strong></p><p>The <strong>Head of Marketing</strong> will take overall responsibility for the design and delivery of a unified group marketing strategy, bringing together multiple brands, divisions, and channel propositions under a single vision. The position will lead a large, multi-disciplinary marketing team of circa 40 to 50 professionals, including five senior direct reports.</p><p>This is a newly re-shaped leadership opportunity following organisational change and the retirement of a senior postholder. The successful <strong>Head of Marketing</strong> will define a fresh direction, modernise branding approaches, and elevate operational excellence across national promotional execution, trade marketing, and omnichannel marketing activity.</p><p>The role will also support the acceleration of new digital and rapid-delivery propositions, ensuring marketing continues to be a key commercial engine for the business.</p><p><strong>Key responsibilities:</strong></p><p>The <strong>Head of Marketing</strong> will be accountable for:</p><ul><li>Unified brand and marketing strategy development and execution</li><li>Customer segmentation and insight-led planning</li><li>Trade marketing optimisation and national implementation</li><li>Campaign performance, commercial ROI and budget leadership</li><li>Modernisation of retail partner engagement tools and catalogue/POS strategy</li><li>Advocacy of digital transformation and growth initiatives</li><li>Inspirational leadership across the marketing team and wider business</li><li>Influence at board level, securing alignment behind the marketing agenda</li></ul><p>The business has a bold ambition to <strong>double profit within the next 10 years</strong>, which requires a strategic, commercially astute leader who can identify new opportunities and drive sustained performance improvement.</p><p><strong>Candidate requirements</strong></p><p>The preferred <strong>Head of Marketing</strong> will demonstrate:</p><ul><li>Experience operating at Head of Marketing, Marketing Director or senior-leadership level</li><li>Career grounding in complex retail, wholesale, food service or grocery environments</li><li>Ownership of marketing strategy in large-scale organisations with multiple moving parts</li><li>Proven commercial results and strong command of trade marketing levers</li><li>Ability to lead sizeable teams through transformation and unify diverse stakeholders</li><li>High emotional intelligence with the capability to win hearts and minds</li><li>Pragmatic decision-making and confidence managing upwards to board level</li></ul><p><strong>Culture and business environment:</strong></p><p>This is a highly profitable, people-centric organisation that values authenticity and collaboration rather than corporate rigidity. The <strong>Head of Marketing</strong> will join at a moment of cultural evolution, with genuine scope to shape the function, bring creativity, and build a high-performing team.</p><p>Please make sure you apply today, please apply for this and don't approach the consultants direct due to agreed SLA with the client.</p><p>We look forward to receiving your application!</p><p>BBH34812</p></dd>