Marketing Communications Manager Job in Veghel, Netherlands

A challenging role with Vanderlande will help you to develop your career and satisfy your ambitions. We are the global leaders for value-added logistic process automation at airports and in the parcel market, as well as a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses. Our systems are operational at more than 600 airports – including 14 of the world’s top 20 – the world’s leading parcel companies, and 12 of Europe’s top 20 e-commerce companies.

Established in 1949, Vanderlande employs more than 4,500 people in more than 100 countries, all committed to moving our customers’ businesses forward. Our unique capabilities include integrating hardware, software and services into tailor-made solutions. The result is a distinctive track record in innovation, reliability and partnership. Our global presence provides an unrivalled 100 site-based teams, who ensure that our customers enjoy an optimum level of performance, 24/7.

Through building strong relationships – as well as enjoying our work and a more varied social life – the focus at Vanderlande is on the freedom to express ourselves while being trusted to deliver on every level. This is one of the key criteria on which Vanderlande has been assessed to become the number one Best Employer in The Netherlands for 2016.

If you’re ambitious and would like your career path to lead you to the fast-moving world of Vanderlande, then please contact us to set these challenges in motion.

Vanderlande – challenges in motion

Marketing Communications Manager Job Description

Your role
As Marketing Communications Manager you will be responsible for the worldwide positioning of the Vanderlande brand for one of its market divisions (Airports, Warehousing, Parcel). We are the global leaders for value-added logistic process automation at airports and in the parcel market, as well as a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses.

Our systems are operational at more than 600 airports – including 13 of the world’s top 20 – the world’s leading parcel companies, and many of the largest global e-commerce players. Vanderlande has large international customers, including Heathrow Airport, Zalando, Nike, Amazon, DHL and Albert Heijn.  In consultation with the Marketing and Communications Director, the relevant Market Directors, the Sales Director and other stakeholders, you will translate Vanderlande’s corporate positioning into a market-oriented profile.

You will be required to travel regularly; approximately 10% of your time will be spent visiting contacts and sites all over the world. 
You will report directly to the Marketing and Communications Director. You will also be part of the Marketing and Communications department, a team of 10 employees who manage Vanderlande's global positioning at corporate and division level.

This department is also responsible for online marketing and communications, recruitment communications, and internal communications. You will be based in Vanderlande's new, modern head office in Veghel. 

Your challenge
The department’s main role in the challenges Vanderlande faces, is to optimise the company’s image and brand awareness via all available marketing tools.As an integral part of our team, you must be driven to succeed together in the delivery of tangible, innovative products and unparalleled levels of service through an expanding international network. Our people set the highest possible standards, and are connected globally as part of our culture. Through building strong relationships, the focus is on freedom while being trusted to deliver – one of the reasons why Vanderlande was the number one Best Employer in The Netherlands in 2016. 

Responsibilities

• Developing the worldwide positioning and profiling for one of Vanderlande’s market divisions (Airports, Warehousing, Parcel).
• Managing internal and external communications.
• Creating and implementing communications plans and turning these into action plans.
• Planning and management of exhibitions and customer events, and managing online and offline communications (print, PR, advertising, social media, app, etc.).

Marketing Communications Manager Job Requirements

Profile
To be successful in this role, you will need the following qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s/master’s degree in marketing and/or communications
• A minimum of 7-10 years’ experience in strategic B2B marketing/communications, preferably in an international environment.
• Experience of setting up and rolling out positioning strategies.
• Up-to-date knowledge of the use and application of the various communications tools.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

• A creative, positive and inspiring personality; your enthusiasm motivates those around you.
• You value team-building and fit our dynamic of having fun and working hard at the same time. 
• Excellent communication and client management skills.
• A self-starter, driven and focused on quality.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Able to influence and negotiate to gain cooperation without direct line authority.
• A combined approach of thinking and doing.
• Flexibility when dealing with challenges.

• 27 days’ vacation & 13 ADV (working hours reduction) days
• Flexible working hours
• Laptop / phone
• Training facilities
• Travel expenses

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