Marketing & Communications Manager (m/f/x)

 

As an operator of B2B platforms, the Mercateo Group provides an infrastructure enabling companies to efficiently carry out their transactions and business relationships through digital networking.

 

The Mercateo Group includes the B2B network unite.eu and the B2B procurement platform mercateo.com. In addition to Germany, the group is represented in Europe by 13 other national companies and employs around 600 people. Since its foundation in 2000, the entire company has expanded continuously and profitably, achieving sales of €316 million in 2019. Mercateo has been rated Silver by EcoVadis for its CSR activities.

 

Mercateo is a young and innovative company with the core values sustainability, quality and a great deal of attention to the human dimension. Mercateo Nederland BV, with its office in Maastricht, is part of the Mercateo Group. 

 

Is this you?

You know your way around the latest techniques in Content Marketing and how to make the connection between product, marketing and sales. State of the art B2B procurement solutions draw your special attention. In that area you easily get a marketing message across the spotlight. You are a strong team player, self-starter and pro-active professional that can actively participate as a sparring partner for global marketing. You proactively seek out stakeholders in the organisation to translate Mercateo's mission, vision and product strategy into a tangible message. Finally, you are a genuine "out-of-the-box" thinker, who does not shy away from any challenges. Together with a team of local and international Suppliers Managers, Key Account Managers, Customer Services and the Country Manager, you contribute to the success, messaging and utterance of the organisation in the Netherlands and Belgium.

 

 

Your qualifications:

• 3-years professional experience in B2B and digital or online environments
• University degree or Degree for Marketing Communications
• Used to work for corporate organisations in dynamic, cross-functional teams
• Familiar with content marketing, UX (User Experience) and UI (User Interfaces)
• Able to work with contemporary systems like CRMs, Back-Office systems, E-Mail-Marketing-Tools
• Used to work with CMS (f.e. WordPress) and social media (f.e. LinkedIn)
• Good knowledge English and preferably German and French language

Some key tasks:

• Creation, coordination & execution of local marketing activities
• Localization and implementation of global marketing content
• Management of local events
• Execution of local brand management
• Local external communication, social media, PR-efforts, content marketing, press releases
• Supporting sales and lead generation efforts, global marketing projects, evaluating competitors
• Reporting of local marketing activities to the Marketing team leads
• Translations of interface texts into Dutch language