Trading Manager

We are looking for a Trading Manager to join our Trading and Commercial Analysis Team in the UK.

The purpose of this role is to support the agency trading function in all day-to-day operations. To work with the Head of Trading & Director of Investment to ensure the successful delivery and analysis of all commercial trading agreements in the advertising agency space.

We are looking for a Trading Manager that embodies Bauer’s values to play a key part in the delivery of our Trading strategy with all of the key advertising agencies within the UK. 

We work to a Hybrid working model, this role can be based near any of our UK Office locations. You will be expected to travel to London on occasions for Team meet ups.

Key responsibilities

• Trading Insight (Deal Tracking): Manage the tracking & analysis of the National and Regional trading agreements for Bauer Advertising. 
• Maintenance of our Pricing Framework: Ensure all of our trading prices are up to date, accurate and loaded into the system in a timely fashion.
• Agency Support:  Liaising with clients on deal performance and providing analysis to assist in maximising the potential of the deal.
• Trading Strategy: Assist in the development of the group deal strategy to ensure complementary behaviour of individual deal negotiations and overall growth.
• Agency Sales Support: Assisting sales teams with extracting the most value for their clients by fully leveraging their trading agreements.
• Finance Support: Work with finance on all queries relating to trading, invoices, and value reconciliations. 

What you'll bring

Knowledge/Experiences

•    Demonstratable experience in a similar role with a media owner/agency/consultancy
•    Knowledge of sales processes
•    Knowledge of database management

Skills

•    Advanced Excel
•    Advanced PowerPoint
•    Advanced Power BI
•    Market insight experience (NMR / SMI / RAJAR / Mediatel / Statista / WARC)
•    Highly numerate with exceptional attention to detail
•    Skilled in providing a narrative to numbers and presenting the story back to senior management

Expiry date 9th October 2023

Package Description

Rewards packages at Bauer Media offer a range of salary sacrifice Benefits, such as our pension scheme and flexible holidays, as well as exclusive Perks like great deals and discounts for everyday life.

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 2 volunteer days 
• Internal Bauer Academy – Wide range of learning opportunities to support with your Career Development 
• Opportunity to buy additional holiday
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay 
• Company pension 
• Cycle to work scheme, tech loan scheme and groups discounts for healthcare insurance
• Discounted subscriptions on Bauer publications (50%)
• Thrive initiatives – Wellbeing at Bauer
• Opportunities to contribute to our Belonging@Bauer and Sustainability initiatives  
• Discounted high street vouchers

About Bauer Media Group

Bauer Media UK is part of the wider Bauer Media Group and is the No.1 UK Publisher and the No.1 Digital Commercial Audio broadcaster. We reach 25 million consumers across our Radio and Publishing brands such as Greatest Hits, KISS, Grazia, Today's Golfer, Absolute, TV Choice, Scala, Country Walking, Hits Radio, CAR, Magic, MCN, Jazz FM, Puzzles and many more! 

Bauer Media Group has remained one of the world’s most successful media companies for nearly 150 years through our commitment to continuous innovation and consumer obsession. Founded in Hamburg in 1875 and now in our fifth generation of family ownership, our multi-national company operates in 13 countries across Europe, reaching 200 million consumers.

Belonging at Bauer Mission statement

People are at the heart of everything we do. Inclusivity is part of who we are. We celebrate diversity in all its forms, and encourage authenticity, knowing that our differences are celebrated.

What we will offer you

Quite simply, our promise to you is that Bauer Media is a great place to do great work with great people. Our people take an enormous amount of pride in the brands they support. They like their team members, and they feel supported by their managers. We all take collective responsibility for our culture, because we know it has a ripple effect out across our brands. That’s why our culture of inclusion at work, Belonging at Bauer, is at the heart of everything we do. Belonging at Bauer is about our dual goals of being as representative as we can of the audiences we serve, and about creating a working environment where all our people feel able to bring their whole selves to work every day. It’s part of everything we do, and everyone who works here is responsible. If you join us, you’ll be an important part of this as well.

Our mental health at work

We’re proud to be the driving force behind the “Where’s your head at?” campaign, which is working to put Mental Health First Aiders on an equal footing with traditional workplace First Aiders. This is a priority for all of us that work at Bauer and we now have fully trained Mental Health First Aiders supporting and working across all of our UK locations.

Learning and Development

As the only Media company to be in the top 100 apprenticeship employers, we are striving to always be a great place to do great work for all, Bauer is committed to offering learning and development initiatives through its Bauer Academy tailored to its people, empowering teams and individuals to grow and progress in their careers.

Please Note: We are actively seeking this position. You should hear from us within 48 hours of the expiry date. Please note on some occasions the role may be closed before date shown or need to be extended.

Bauer Core Values

Passion

We LOVE what we do – it inspires, unifies and challenges us. Our passion is contagious – both loud and quiet, making the impossible possible.

Excellence

Our desire for excellence fuels our ambition for personal and business growth.

Trust

We value honesty and integrity. Trust is our foundation, empowering our people to live up to their full potential.

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is our pursuit of opportunity – we are agile, focused and resourceful

If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process please email careershub@bauermedia.co.uk we would love to hear from you.