OLDHAM Rugby League Club 1876 is looking for a full-time sales and marketing manager with a competitive salary — a job described by managing director Mike Ford as a "brilliant opportunity"
Added Ford:
“This is a brilliant opportunity to join an historic club with an exciting future. With fantastic facilities, loyal commercial network and one of the best supporter bases in Rugby League, this role offers fantastic potential for an ambitious, skilled and professional individual.
“Our ideal candidate will have strong sales, marketing, communication and networking skills, personal integrity, and a strategic mindset. The successful candidate will be deeply motivated by the exciting opportunity to work alongside staff and playing personnel at Oldham RLFC 1876 and to help deliver the vision of the club.
The salary and bonus scheme will be commensurate with the experience and proven track record of the right candidate.”
The wording of the advert goes like this:
Job Title – Sales and Marketing Manager
Salary – Competitive, subject to experience.
Location – Primary base at the club offices in Stalybridge
Hours of Work – 37.5 hours a week, including matchdays and club events.
Responsible – Reporting directly to the Board of Directors
Contractual Status – Full time, permanent
The Role:
This key appointment comes at an exciting time as the club seeks to enter a period of growth in its partnership and commercial sales strategy. You will be expected to take a proactive approach in creating and developing new sales leads which lead to new partnerships and sales for the Club.
The role will be externally facing and responsible for identifying, pitching to and building relationships with potential and existing commercial partners seeking to enhance commercial revenue and the club’s partnership programme.
Role Summary:
- Lead on engagement with Oldham RLFC 1876 commercial partners, ensuring detailed planning, communication and associated delivery of agreed commercial inventory and initiatives.
- Lead the management and administration of all Oldham RLFC 1876 commercial activity, across all departments.
- Ensure all commercial responsibilities and requirements are delivered across all Rugby and operational activity and home fixtures.
Key Relationships:
- Board of Directors
- Oldham RLFC 1876 media department
- Commercial partners
Key Responsibilities, tasks and activities:
- Proactively sourcing potential sponsors, securing face to face meetings, building relationships and successfully acquire sales.
- Developing bespoke sponsorship proposals to suit the needs of individual companies.
- Ensuring accurate management of status of partnerships and deliverables, including renewal timelines and partnership incremental growth opportunities.
- Ensuring delivery of R.O.I (Return on Investment) to corporate partners, leading on all required management and engagement of such activity with other departments at the club.
- Deliver regular communications and bespoke events, to increase engagement and the value of involvement for our Corporate Partners and Networking Group.
- Establishing long lasting relationships with commercial partners.
Support the Management and Administration of all Oldham Rugby League Football Club 1876 Commercial activity, across all Departments:
- Capturing and processing all commercial related financial and budget management activity.
- Ensuring all Corporate Partnerships are recorded, and adequately administrated through to contracting and invoicing.
- Manage the clubs commercial inventory, ensuring awareness of pricing strategy, availability, and potential opportunities is clear and consistent across the business.
Ensure all of Oldham RLFC 1876Commercial responsibilities and requirements are delivered across all Rugby and Operational activity and Home fixtures:
- Advertising commitments including digital, social media, advertising boards and banners.
- Deliver all commercial hospitality and match day sponsorship commitments, leading on player and staff support for match day commitments.
Person Specification
Experience:
- Commercial Experience (Desired)
- Relationship Management (Essential)
- Communication and External Stakeholders (Essential)
- Professional Sports Exposure (Desired)
- Marketing experience (Desired)
Skills & Qualifications:
- Educated to Degree Level or Equivalent Professional Experience (Desired)
- Organisational, Administration & IT (Essential)
- Communications – Verbal and Written (Essential)
- Strategic Planning (Desired)
- Influencing (Essential)
Applications:
To register interest in this role, potential candidates are requested to submit a Cover Letter and CV, outlining your suitability for position to enquiries@roughyeds.co.uk by 5pm on January 10, 2024.
