Associate Director (Mensch) FMCG

Role Summary

About WPP Media

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence, and world-class partnerships – all united by our pioneering agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth.

WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalization at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence, clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working.

For more information, visit wppmedia.com. WPP stands for creative transformation. With the power of creativity, we shape a better future for our employees, our customers, our communities and our planet. This is exactly where WPP Media comes in: As WPP's global media network, we bring together the best platforms, talent and partners to create new opportunities for limitless growth in a networked media world.

At Brand Wavemaker, we power our customers' growth by reshaping consumer choices and experiences through media, content and technology. Our name stands for both our mission and our method: We are committed to courageous brands and people who love challenges - to move further and faster together.

This is what you move

As Associate Director (Human) FMCG, you will take on strategic leadership at the interface between pioneering media planning and excellent customer service. You manage complex media strategies and are responsible for the budgets of our well-known customer in the food industry as a crucial partner on the path to measurable brand growth.

Strategic excellence: With your in-depth specialist knowledge, you will develop and manage tailor-made, data-driven media strategies for a large FMCG brand.

Customer management: As the central face of our agency, you will build sustainable relationships and advise our customers on an equal level on all digital and traditional challenges.

Team leadership: You confidently lead, coach and motivate your own team of consultants and actively ensure their professional and personal development.

Innovative strength: You constantly identify new digital trends and translate them into innovative communication solutions in order to proactively increase the brand's business.

Resource control: You keep a precise eye on budgets and campaign KPIs, initiate optimizations and take full commercial responsibility for your customer budget.

Interface management: You successfully coordinate internal specialist units and external partners to ensure high-quality and seamless implementation of all media measures.

Working at WPP Media

As WPP Media, we are shaping the future of media and consistently investing in our employees. Each colleague enjoys the benefits of WPP Media and WPP's global network to develop and learn at the forefront of marketing and advertising. We live diversity and cohesion through numerous employee resource groups and regular internal events - for exchange, inspiration and to celebrate our successes together. WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all applicants for all positions without discrimination. Our goal is a culture of respect and belonging in which everyone has equal opportunities to contribute and grow professionally.

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Requirements

This is what sets you apart

• Professional experience: Ideally, you have many years of relevant expertise in strategic media planning and client leadership from the agency environment.
• Digital focus: You feel completely at home, especially in the digital ecosystem, and have a deep understanding of performance and brand-building marketing.
• Leadership skills: Thanks to your empathetic, structured and goal-oriented nature, you can easily lead, inspire and form colleagues as a real team.
• Industry know-how: A strong interest in the food industry as well as a strong feel for the dynamics and target groups of this market round off your professional profile.
• Strong communication skills: You can confidently use business-fluent German and English skills to confidently present even very complex issues at management level.
• Entrepreneurial spirit: With a proactive, hands-on mentality, you identify valuable business opportunities at an early stage and always respond to challenges in a solution-oriented manner.
• In addition, you are: #team-able #solution-oriented #communicative

Benefits

This is what we offer you

• Work-life balance: Thanks to flexible working hours with a focus on personal interaction in the office and additional remote work, your job adapts to your life. You can compensate for overtime flexibly.
• Vacation mode on: You get 30 vacation days plus one flexible day - in addition, December 24th and 31st. free.
• Wellbeing first: Health benefits, attractive retirement provision and mental health awareness days put your health at the center.
• Practice makes perfect: Develop yourself with our diverse training courses and use our internal career programs for your development in the WPP network.
• More than just a job: you can expect unforgettable events, employee discounts and other highlights such as the Job Ticket, Wellhub or the Job Bike.
• Be yourself: Everyone is welcome here - diversity and equal opportunities are important to us.