Marketing Manager

Marketing Manager

Function: Marketing & Communications

Location: Hybrid - Nottingham

Contract type: Permanent

Job Ref: 818

Salary: £43,520 potential to rise to £51,200 over 3 years

Closing Date: 26 April 2024

NHS Supply Chain currently has an opportunity for a Marketing Manager to join our team during an exciting period of transformation, working to make it easier for the NHS to put patients first. You will be a hands-on full mix Marketing Manager developing and implementing end to end marketing campaigns.

As a Marketing Manager you will be responsible for developing and executing a series of integrated, multi-channel marketing campaigns to generate awareness of and preference of the organisation's brand, products, and services. 

Every day you will … 

Control end-to-end campaign plans. Create the brief, coordinate planning meetings with key stakeholders, build the activity schedule, and develop innovative campaigns
Develop a comprehensive understanding of customer’s needs whilst providing insight into competitors, market trends, and industry insight
Ensure your peers within the team are fully up to date with your activities when planning strategic and tactical marketing initiatives
Use campaign performance data to help inform planning and decision-making
Undertake post-campaign research to ensure campaigns align with KPIs and to inform future workstreams
Manage multiple priorities at once whilst delivering high quality solutions against a backdrop of ambiguity and changing priorities

What can we offer you?

We want to reward you for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work so we offer much more than a competitive salary:

Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.  
We recognise our employees' hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and VIP colleagues awards. 
27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
A focus on your well-being offering 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%)
Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community. 
Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.

NHS Supply Chain, who are we?

Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales.

We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations. Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care.

What skills will help you thrive in this role?

A track record of delivering marketing and communications projects and campaigns on time and in full, within budget, with measurable outcomes.
Experience in product management
Ability to challenge and influence others and move toward a common vision or goal; ability to flex style to influence a variety of senior stakeholders
Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively as well as independently 
Goal orientated, able to take on an objective and to transform it into a concrete plan
Robust understanding of different marketing channels and functions,
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to get buy-in from stakeholders within the company

Want to develop your career with the NHS Supply Chain? Then apply below or reach out for an informal discussion about the role in confidence by emailing us at  

Our Inclusive Commitment

At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued, but celebrated, giving everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn’t match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply.

Struggling to complete our application form, and require additional support? Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at who will be happy to help you with alternative ways to apply