Agency Partnership Manager

The Boots Company PLC; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail and healthcare company is seeking an Agency Partnership Manager for a 12-month contract in Nottingham or London. The successful candidate will manage relationships with key production partners and ensure efficient production processes to drive business growth. Responsibilities include overseeing agency performance, driving innovation, and cross-functional collaboration. Applicants should have a strong background in production management and analytical skills. This position offers flexible working and a range of employee benefits.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Flexible benefits scheme

Access to Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Proven track record in production management within marketing or advertising.
• Experience in setting up and managing agency partnerships.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and engage with clients independently.

Responsibilities

• Identify and implement production partnerships.
• Manage agency performance aligned with business strategy.
• Serve as primary contact for production agencies.

Skills

Production management

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Project management

Job description

Agency Partnership Manager – Production

Contract: 12 Month FTC, 30 hours per week

Location: Nottingham OR London

Recruitment Partner: Olivia Wilson

What you'll be doing

Strategic Agency Partnerships is a team united behind the vision to make our Boots and No7 Beauty Company Marketing and Communications teams become world class modern, customer centric and tech enabled functions driving growth and efficiency for the business. To support this vision, the Strategic Agency Partnership function is responsible for building and managing strong win-win relationships with key agency and production partners. To define joint plans against our Marketing and Communications objectives and support our company's transformation agenda. Our Partnership Manager is responsible for managing and evolving the relationship with The Boots Group's key production partners. This role involves strategic planning to drive mutual growth, co-ordinating cross-functional teams to ensure the successful execution of partnership initiatives, and continuously looking for areas of collaboration.

Key responsibilities

• Support in identifying and implementing production partnerships to deliver production requirements across the Boots Groups ensuring we have the best partnership models in place to drive business growth.

• Manage and develop the performance of our production agency partners in line with business strategy and plans.

• Set up a clearly defined Triage process for all scope across partners ensuring that every partner is performing the best role in the ecosystem from a quality and cost perspective.

• Partner with stakeholders and consultants to ensure production processes and costs are as efficient as possible.

• Act as the primary point of contact for our production agencies, addressing any issues or concerns promptly and effectively.

• Act as day to day contact for lead production partners and B-Hive, monitoring, tracking and managing continuous performance.

• Drive forward our innovation agenda with our partner identifying new approaches, collaborations and ways of working.

• Lead and develop a detailed governance structure that ladders up to our strategic plan and overall business expectations.

• Lead ongoing operations and performance management.

• Manage the commercial process and any matters related to fees, planning and tracking jointly with Procurement and Finance.

• Work closely with agency and internal teams to plan, agree and manage the production scopes of work and budgets

• Be aware and have your finger on the pulse of the changes and directions of Boots and the brands under the No7BC

What you'll need to have (our must-haves)

• Experience and proven track record in production management and operations/processes within the marketing or advertising industry, either client or agency side

• Experience in setting up and managing agency partnerships

• Ability to work cross-functionally as well as confidence to engage with new clients and agency partners independently

• Strategic thinker with strong analytical skills and the ability to translate data into actionable insights

• Strong project management skills

• Proficiency in project, program and budget management

About No7 Beauty Company:

No7 Beauty Company is made up of five iconic brands - No7, Liz Earle, Soap & Glory, Botanics and Sleek MakeUP. We believe in creating the best in beauty for everyone - we're innovators with a passion for challenging perceptions with ground-breaking products, proven results and positive impact. We have built a reputation on scientific innovation, whilst being environmentally sustainable and socially responsible. We are an equal opportunity employer, empowering our team members to be their authentic selves as we share a culture where diversity, equity and inclusion are at the centre of everything we do.

Rewards designed for you

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan

• Discretionary annual bonus

• Generous employee discounts

• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child

• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.

• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

There's lots more in our benefits and discounts, MyBoosts - there to give you that little lift in your everyday. Find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply; eligible roles only.

About The Boots Group

The Boots Group is a trusted leader in healthcare, pharmacy and retail, operating across 11 countries - including the UK, Ireland, Thailand and Mexico. The Boots Group brands - including Boots, Boots Opticians, No7 Beauty Company, Farmacias Benavides and Alliance Healthcare - are trusted and well recognised healthcare and beauty businesses, serving millions of customers and patients every day in communities around the world. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all.

What's next

If you apply, our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

We hope to hear from you soon.

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