We’re Pentland Brands: a global family business behind some of the world’s most iconic active and lifestyle brands. We bring integrity, energy and ambition to our work, setting high standards and striving to deliver great outcomes without ego.
Shape the work behind some of the world’s most loved sport, outdoor and lifestyle brands.
At Pentland Brands, every role helps move our brands forward. Whether you’re supporting our people, improving our systems, growing our commercial performance, strengthening operations or shaping better ways of working, your impact reaches across a portfolio of iconic brands used by consumers around the world.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone ready to take the next step in their retail marketing career. You’ll work across multiple brands in a group role, moving from day-to-day implementation to strategic ownership of specific brand activation. This role is designed for someone who wants more autonomy, accountability, and the chance to grow into a future manager or strategist.
You’ll assist in performance marketing planning and execution for assigned brands, act as a key point of contact for internal and external teams and drive the performance of a key EU retail partnership.
What you’ll be doing:
Take ownership of implementing global retail marketing strategies for selected brands to drive profitable growth.
Collaborate with internal and external creative agencies to brief and deliver efficient growth driving content.
Manage day-to-day relationship with external translation agency, overseeing budgets and ensuring brand voice consistency across markets.
Work closely with Amazon counterparts to support the activation of key elements of the joint business plan, building strong platform relationships.
Using technology partners, analyse marketing effectiveness to identify improvement opportunities and advise commercial teams on maximizing customer investment ROI.
Support the sell-in process by developing proactive marketing plans that strengthen commercial propositions and recommendations.
Drive internal influence and education to deepen the wider teams/departments understanding of customer platforms and needs.
Communicate activation plans effectively within the Amazon business unit to share and apply learnings.
Support on additional marketplace launches and strategic initiatives within the Digital team
What you’ll bring:
Experience in a digital retail marketing role, preferably with some Amazon experience
Strong planning and organisational skills with ability to identify and prioritize high-value activities
Solid understanding of retail dynamics and commercial models and familiarity with competition law principles
Strong analytical capabilities, using data and insights to build compelling commercial arguments
Collaborative approach to developing solutions with Amazon and internal teams
Strong stakeholder management, capable of influencing across a matrix organisation.
Why Pentland Brands?
Pentland Brands is the name behind some of the world’s best-known sport, outdoor and lifestyle brands, including Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury, Endura, Ellesse, Kickers and Mitre.
We are a global family business with a clear purpose: pioneering brands that make life better. Across our teams, functions and locations, we work together to create products, experiences and partnerships that help people live more active, confident and positive lives.
Joining Pentland Brands means becoming part of a business where your work can have real reach, across multiple brands, markets, teams and disciplines. It is a place for people who want to contribute, collaborate, improve how things are done and help build the future of brands with heritage, ambition and global impact.
Perks & Benefits
We offer a competitive salary, discretionary bonus, hybrid working, flexible start and finish times, generous holiday allowance, product discounts, sample sales, enhanced family-friendly policies, healthcare support, gym and fitness discounts, cycle to work scheme and electric car scheme.
You can find full details of our benefits and perks on our UK Benefits page.
The Interview Process
We want our interview process to feel clear, straightforward, and supportive. If your experience and expectations look like a strong match for the role, here’s what you can expect next:
Talent Team Intro Call - A 30-minute video call with our Talent Team to get to know each other, talk through the role and your experience, and answer any questions you have.
Experience Interview - A more in-depth interview (usually online) with the hiring manager to explore your skills, experience and approach, and how these align with the role, our principles, and our ways of working.
Final Interview - A final in-person interview at our office, focused on deeper discussion and practical application, giving you the chance to meet more of the team and see Pentland Brands in action.
