Senior Product Marketing Manager (Maternity Cover) 12 months fixed term contract

Location: Bishops StortfordSalary: £35,000

I am currently seeking a Senior Product Manager (Maternity Cover) to support a UK Sales Division with strategic marketing insight, creative commercial thinking, and strong category expertise.

The Role

As Senior Product Manager, you will use your knowledge of product portfolio and the UK fragrance market to deliver compelling commercial ideas and insights that support the UK Division’s strategic objectives. You’ll be at the heart of trend analysis, innovation, and cross-functional collaboration, helping to inspire perfumers, evaluators, and account managers with fresh, meaningful opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

Marketing Strategy

• Support the Marketing Manager in developing and executing marketing initiatives aligned with commercial goals.
• Provide marketing insight that strengthens the strategic priorities of the UK division.
• Help commercialise new innovations and product launches to drive profitable growth.
• Share regular trend updates with account managers, perfumers, and the evaluation team.
• Enhance and protect the brand image through creative and strategic marketing activity.

Market Insights

• Develop deep category understanding through market dynamics, customer launches, and competitive intelligence.
• Act as the regional expert for assigned categories or countries.
• Conduct category reviews, integrate data, perform gap analyses, and identify emerging trends.
• Proactively inspire internal teams with meaningful, creative insight into consumer and market behaviour.

Innovation

• Support the Marketing Manager in identifying unmet needs and emerging trends.
• Monitor global innovation and share relevant findings with the CPL team.
• Collaborate with R&D and Innovation Project Management to deliver technology presentations to key customers.

Internal & Client Collaboration

• Build strong internal and external relationships to support seamless product innovation.
• Present market findings directly to clients, both on live briefs and proactive proposals.
• Partner closely with Perfumery, Evaluation, R&D, and Sales teams to ensure project timelines and expectations are met.
• Translate lifestyle trends into winning product concepts and fragrance direction.
• Create inspiring presentations that engage both internal teams and external customers.

About You

We’re looking for someone who can combine creativity, commercial awareness, and a genuine passion for fragrance.

You will ideally have:

• A degree in Marketing or a related field
• Strong knowledge of the UK market and consumer landscape
• Excellent presentation creation and delivery skills
• A creative mindset with the ability to think commercially
• A passion for trends, innovation, and all things fragrance

Why Join?

• Be part of a global business with a family feel
• Enjoy opportunities to contribute creatively to future-shaping projects
• Join a dynamic, passionate, purpose-driven team