Job Description

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We recognise the value in having people with a variety of backgrounds, experience and skills in our business. That means the role requirements here should be seen as a guide, not a checklist. If you have more, less or different experiences, but really relevant skills, we\'d love to hear from you.

We work flexibly and will help you to find a healthy balance of remote working and time in our fantastic Southampton office, collaborating, taking part in events and getting to know people that makes working with us so rewarding. We welcome the opportunity to discuss reduced hours and job share arrangements.

The Role

The role of Marketing Planning Manager will be to manage the planning and production of insight-based sales, brand and marketing plans that deliver the P&O Cruises strategic priorities. These plans will be insights-driven and forward-thinking, to enable long term measurable success.

You will:

• Provide a suite of key planning tools which have value and purpose and manage with a clear process and overarching governance.
• Co-Ordinate, deliver and evolve the quarterly marketing plan, working closely with the other planning functions across the business, identifying priorities, aligning plans and maintaining best practice across all planning functions.
• Be accountable for the go-to-market communication planner.
• Assist with the creation and utilisation of the Sales, Brand & Marketing 12-18 month rolling planner
• Work with commercial planning and revenue management to deliver a campaign laydown roadmap
• Identify opportunities to improve the marketing planning process - driving simplicity and efficiency

Our role categories range from CUK15 (entry level) to CUK1 (Brand President) so you can clearly see internal development opportunities. This role is a CUK07 and is offered on a full time permanent basis with at least two days based in our Southampton office.

About You

Fresh ideas and different perspectives are what excite us most and help us to succeed. Alongside bringing these to the role, you\'ll also need:

• Experience of integrated marketing strategy, marketing planning and marketing practices
• Proven experience working effectively across multiple departments along with being able to drive change by influencing stakeholders at all levels, ideally within a matrix style organisation
• Experience in reviewing data and developing insights to be able to make meaningful planning recommendations
• Strong Project Management experience with the ability to prioritise tasks amd assess the big picture while working toward improving efficiency and optimising delivery
• Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills
• Numerical data interpretation and analysis skills

Being part of our team has its advantages\xe2\x80\xa6

We\'re a holiday company so we know there\'s more to life than work. Our comprehensive range of benefits are designed to help your personal and financial health and well being.

• A friendly welcome with help settling in
• Home and office-based hybrid working (minimum two office days)
• Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers
• Extensive learning and development opportunities
• Annual bonus
• Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
• Employee-led networks
• Employee Assistance and Well being programmes
• Recognition scheme with prizes and awards
• Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
• Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme
• Company paid private medical and dental insurance and health assessment
• In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
• Life Assurance
• Parental and adoption leave
• Employee Shares Plan
• Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
• Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals
• Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal

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About Us:

Holidays are one of life\'s greatest pleasures. Having the chance to relax, escape and explore is a magical thing. And there is no better holiday than a cruise.

No one knows cruising like Carnival UK, where talented people from across the globe come together to create unforgettable holiday happiness. As part of the world\'s largest holiday travel and leisure company, we take enormous pride in bringing to life two of the most iconic brands from Britain\'s rich seafaring heritage, P&O Cruises and Cunard. Collectively they have been delivering unbridled joy, boundless adventure and lifelong memories to millions of people for over 350 years. And in a multi-million pound global holiday market, where cruising has barely scratched the surface, we have the opportunity to do that for many, many more people.

Our diverse yet tight knit teams share high standards, heartfelt values and passion for our purpose. Our Culture Essentials describe the expectations we have for ourselves and of each other, in building a culture that supports safe, sustainable, compliant operations and celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion.

It\'s through the successful delivery of these extraordinary travel experiences for our target markets and our distinctive culture, that we hope to become Travel\'s Employer of Choice.

To keep everyone on board fit and well, colleagues who visit or work on our ships must be fully vaccinated. We\'re reviewing this requirement regularly and you will be advised accordingly should requirements change.

Carnival Corporation