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Trade Marketing Executive

The Very Group


Job Location:

Liverpool - UK

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 28 August 2026 (8 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 25 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Department:

Retail

Job Summary

Description

Internal use only: Grade G

About us

Werethe team behind digital retailerVery.

Our purpose helping families get more out of life powers everything we do.

And we want our people to get more out of life too! Ifyourehigh-performing ambitious and make the most of every opportunity we want to hear from returnyoullenjoy heaps of flexibility greatperksand benefits and the freedom to be yourself keep learning and take your career wherever you want it to go.

If you love making a differenceyoulllovemaking it sparkle for millions of Very customers.

About the team

We work closely with teams across the business to identify opportunities optimise performance all starting with customer. Its an exciting time to join as we evolve this new role & give the focus to In-flight weekly trading and performance & build new processescapabilitiesand shape how Retail plans measures and improves performance.

About the role

This is a fast-paced reactive role with a strong focus on understanding business performance identifying emerging opportunitiesand ensuring activity responds quickly to changing customer market and commercial priorities.

The role hasa primary focus onin-flight trading and the upcoming four-week window. Working closely withCategoryCommercialOnsite Merchandising Creative and wider Marketing teams therolewill ensureactivity isrelevant commercially focused and aligned to current business priorities.

Key Responsibilities

  • Maintain a strong awareness ofbusiness and category performance usingtrading insightsand performance data to understand wherenew activityonsiteupdatesor optimisation is required.
  • Proactively identify opportunitiesand work closely withcategory &commercial toraise briefs for new or changing activitythat can support performance both in-flight and across the next four weeks.
  • Own and manage the areas of the site that need to be mostresponsive to trade customer behaviour and market changes including the Homepage and Offers Zone.
  • Ensure onsite activity remains relevant and commercially effective reacting at pace where performance stock promotional priorities or market conditions change.
  • Own thelower-funnel marketing feed-in for promotional activity ensuring messaging products and onsite execution are aligned to current performance and wider business priorities.
  • Jira briefs andfeed into wider teams (includingCreative Onsite Merchandising and other relevant teams)with accuracy providingclear rationale requirements and timings to enable activity to move at paceand launch on time.
  • Own thein-flight optimisation of live activity using performance insights to recommend changes to messaging prominence or customer journeys where appropriate.
  • Conduct regular competitor andmarket reviews identifying relevant changes in proposition promotional messaging customer trends and onsite execution that could inform our response.
  • Be responsible for ensuringall key trading and activity documentation remains live and accurate capturing changes to activityas they happen.
  • Ensure changes are clearly communicated acrossrelevant stakeholders so teams are working from a single accurate view of the trading plan.
  • Complete staging and go-live site checks for relevant activity ensuring execution reflects the agreed brief and supports the intended customer journey.
  • Track the impact of changes and interventions feeding performance and learnings back into future in-flight decisions.
About you
  • Commercially curious with a strong interest in understandingwhat is driving performance and what action can be taken as a result.
  • A proactive self-starter who is comfortable identifying opportunities and raising briefs rather than waiting for activity to be assigned.
  • Able to operate effectively in afast-paced reactive trading environment balancing plannedpriorities with emerging business needs.
  • Strong attention todetail particularly when managing multiple live changes and maintaining accurate documentation.
  • Confident working cross-functionally and able to translate trading priorities into clear marketing and onsite actions.
  • Comfortable using data and insight to make recommendations and challenge existing plans.
  • Strong communication and coordination skills with the ability to keep multiple stakeholders aligned as priorities evolve.
  • Experience with tools such as ContentSquare CMI GA4 and Excel would be beneficial.

Some of our benefits

  • Flexible hybrid working model
  • 250 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs
  • 27days holiday bank holidays
  • LinkedIn Learning access
  • Bonus potential (performance and business-related)
  • Up to 25% discount on
  • Matched pension up to 6%

How to apply

Please note that the talent acquisition team are managing this vacancy directly and if successful in securing this role you will be required to undertake a credit CIFAS Right to Work checks and if a specific requirement of your role a DBS (criminal records) check. Should your application progress we require you to let the team know if there is anything you need todisclosein relation to any of these checks prior to them being undertaken including any unspent criminal convictions.

What happens next

Ourtalentacquisition team will be in touch if youresuccessful so keep an eye on youremails! Well arrange a short call to learn more about you as well as answer any questions you have. If it feels like were a good match well shareyour CV with the hiring manager to review. Our interview process is tailored to each role and can be in-person or held remotely.

You can expect a one stage interview process for this position:

1st stage - Aone hourface-to-face interview with the hiring team to discuss your skills and relevant experience competencyquestions. This is also a great opportunity to find out more aboutthe role and to ask any questions you may have.

As aninclusive employer please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.

If youd like to know more about our interviews you can find outhere.

Diversityinclusionand equal opportunities

Werebuilding a culture of everyday inclusion and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We dont discriminate based on age disability gender reassignment marriage or civil partnership pregnancy or maternity race religion or belief sex or sexual orientation.

We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply interview or perform a role let us know via. Well be happy to support you.

Were proud to be aDisability Confident Committed Employerand have nine brilliant colleague networks - including DAWN (Disability Awareness at Very) and Think (Neurodiversity at Very) - that are helping us make Very an even more inclusive place to work.


Required Experience:

IC


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