Trade Marketing Specialist

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Trade Marketing Specialist to join a well-established global organisation. You'll support retail campaigns, promotional activities, and in-store and online brand experiences, helping to strengthen brand presence and drive sales growth.
This is a hands-on role within a collaborative marketing team, ideal for someone who can hit the ground running and make an immediate contribution.

The Opportunity
Reporting to the Head of Retail and Trade Marketing, you'll work closely with internal sales and marketing teams, retail partners and external agencies to coordinate campaigns, manage promotional assets and ensure consistent brand execution across retail channels. With minimal onboarding available, this role will suit someone with direct trade marketing experience who is confident managing competing priorities and working autonomously.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and coordinate retail marketing campaigns, promotional activities and consumer promotions.
• Manage the design, production and rollout of in-store displays, point-of-sale materials and promotional assets.
• Create and optimise brand, product and promotional content for online retail channels.
• Coordinate new product launches, including promotional activities, display assets, retailer communications and training.
• Build strong relationships with retail partners, internal sales teams, agencies and external suppliers.
• Coordinate retailer training programmes, trade events and promotional activations.
• Monitor campaign performance and prepare reports to measure effectiveness and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Manage purchase orders, supplier quotes, invoices and marketing budgets.
• Ensure marketing materials comply with relevant legislation and brand guidelines.

About You
You are a proactive and organised trade marketing professional who enjoys bringing campaigns to life and working across multiple stakeholders. You are comfortable taking ownership of projects and can step into a fast-paced environment with minimal training.

To be successful, you will bring:

• Proven experience in a Trade Marketing Specialist or similar trade marketing role.
• Hands-on experience delivering retail campaigns, promotions and in-store activations.
• Experience managing point-of-sale materials, display assets and online retail content.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Experience with purchase orders, invoices and budget tracking.
• A practical, solutions-focused approach and the confidence to work autonomously.

What's on Offer?

• Initial 6-month temporary assignment with the potential for extension.
• Hybrid working, with two days working from home each week.
• Onsite café and onsite parking available.
• The opportunity to work for a global organisation with established brands and international reach.
• A collaborative marketing team and exposure to a broad range of retail and trade marketing initiatives.

Next Steps
If you're passionate about trade marketing and looking for your next contract opportunity, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now or contact Joni Gilbertson on 03 9535 2113 for a confidential discussion.