Group Marketing Program Director FM

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At Lyreco we offer more than just a job but a career!

Our CGO Team is looking for a talented and ambitious new Group Marketing Program Director F/M to join our team. This is a highly strategic leadership position shaping how Lyreco engages customers partners and key voices in the market across every country.

Reporting directly to the Group Marketing & Digital Director (position n-1 vs. CGO) you will lead the selection and design of strategic physical and digital events and manage the social media activity linked to those events across Lyrecos markets. This is a highly strategic role that requires strong stakeholder management across markets and at senior management level as well as strategic leadership in managing key event and creative agencies and in engaging influencers and thought leaders to drive Lyrecos relevance in the market.

About Lyreco

The Lyreco Group is the European leader and the third largest distributor of workplace products and services in the world. A privately-owned company since 1926 Lyreco is now present in 25 countries operating in 40 different countries across the globe.

A global workplace solutions company with 10000 employees Lyrecos mission is to delivery sustainably what any workplace needs so its people can focus on what matters most. We are pioneers today and tomorrow in delivering what any workplace needs from workplace products to services anywhere you work. We are active in the areas of office supplies print services and consumables PPE and safety solutions coffee and catering hygiene and cleaning furniture and ergonomics solutions and wellbeing services.

To learn more about Lyreco see our career website here

WHAT WE OFFER

Your Role

Reporting directly to the Group Marketing & Digital Director (position n-1 vs. CGO) you will lead the selection and design of strategic physical and digital events and manage the social media activity linked to those events across Lyrecos markets. This is a highly strategic role that requires strong stakeholder management across markets and at senior management level as well as strategic leadership in managing key event and creative agencies and in engaging influencers and thought leaders to drive Lyrecos relevance in the market.

Your Missions:

Strategic Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Lead the programme and event strategy and priorities for the entire Lyreco group

• Develop partnership vision & community management to support overall Lyreco brand equity

• Act as a trusted strategic advisor to senior management and Group leadership on defined event and programs

• Build and maintain strong trust-based relationships with stakeholders across markets subsidiaries and functions to secure alignment and buy-in on the events agenda

• Represent the programme function within senior leadership and cross-functional governance forums

Strategic Agency & Influencer Leadership

• Lead the selection contracting and strategic management of the Groups key event and creative agencies

• Own strategic agency relationships as a key lever for performance ensuring high-impact execution cost efficiency and consistent standards across markets

• Identify engage and build long-term relationships with key influencers and thought leaders to strengthen Lyrecos relevance and credibility in the market

• Act as the primary strategic point of contact and escalation for agency and influencer partnerships

Define Events Strategy & Manage Execution

• Define the events strategy and manage execution end-to-end

• Conduct competitor benchmarks to identify best-in-class event formats and opportunities

• Select and/or design events with objectives aligned to Group strategy

• Define the attendee recruitment strategy and communication plan and coordinate campaigns

• Own event planning selection logistics and attendance lists as key deliverables

• Draft the event campaign brief and lead campaign material and launch planning

• Act as a strategic partner to the Group Marketing & Digital Director and senior leadership in shaping the Groups events agenda

Build Content-Led Customer Platforms

• Communicate on events through social media (e.g. LinkedIn) on behalf of the Marketing Digital & Media Director

• Design and deliver webinars and training platforms across various core categories

• Produce high-value educational content for customers and decision makers

Generate Demand & Activate Sales Through Events

• Trigger qualified sales signals through CRM-connected customer journeys

• Convert event engagement into qualified leads and pipeline

• Own lead generation as a core deliverable of the role

YOUR PROFILE :

• Masters Degree in Marketing Communications or Business

• 10 to 15 years of experience in event marketing field/customer marketing or demand generation including proven experience at Director level

• Demonstrated track record in designing and delivering physical and digital events from strategy through to execution and measurement

• Strong experience in social media management and content creation supporting event and brand visibility

• Hands-on experience building webinars training platforms and educational content for B2B audiences

• Solid understanding of CRM-connected customer journeys and lead generation / demand acquisition processes

• Proven ability to align event strategy with broader Group marketing and sales objectives

• Outstanding stakeholder management skills with a proven ability to influence and align senior leadership subsidiaries and external partners across multiple markets

• Extensive experience managing strategic event and creative agencies with strong commercial judgment and the ability to drive agency performance

• Proven experience engaging community influencers thought leaders and external voices to build brand relevance and credibility

• Demonstrated credibility operating at senior leadership level able to represent and defend the events agenda among Group and Executive Committee stakeholders

• Strong project management skills comfortable managing logistics budgets agencies and multiple stakeholders simultaneously

• Excellent communicator able to engage internal stakeholders customers and external partners

• International experience in a matrix organization

• Energetic structured and results-oriented capable of balancing long-term event strategy with hands-on execution

• Fluent in English; additional European languages are an asset

REASONS TO JOIN LYRECO MANAGEMENT:

• Experience working in an international environment

• Performance bonuses

• Initiatives supporting work-life balance

• Lyreco is a signatory of the Diversity Charter. We guarantee compliance with non-discrimination rules in recruitment and are committed to supporting individuals who are far from employment

• Hybrid working model (2 days per week)

If the above job description interests you and you think you are a good fit apply now!Welookforwardtoreceivingyourapplication!

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