Job vacancy: Marketing manager

Trademart is Europe’s largest marketplace for retail industry specialists, where retailers discover new season inspirations and purchase collections from approximately 1500 brands. As a hub in the B2B retail market, we bring together retailers from diverse sectors such as Fashion, Home & Living, and Baby & Kids. We are a company in transformation, continuously working on innovative concepts to stay relevant in the ever-evolving wholesale market. Our goal? To create a dynamic space where retailers connect for inspiration, networking, and a seamless buying experience.

We aim to redefine the B2B purchasing experience for the retail sector, supporting buyers as they search for products that enhance their stores and projects and to support our sellers to maximize their growth and success. Interested in taking on a new challenge in retail? 💪🏻 Keep reading!

As Marketing Manager, your primary focus will be to drive buyer traffic, generate leads and reinforce our brand presence. Success in this role starts with a deep and continually evolving understanding of our target audiences - both buyers and sellers - enabling you to make strategic choices that truly resonate with their needs.

Working closely with your team, you’ll develop and implement integrated marketing strategies that span content marketing, performance marketing, branding, events, and the on-site buyer experience. But it doesn’t stop there; you're proactive about identifying new business opportunities within our existing model, initiating innovative approaches that drive growth, and building and maintaining relevant partnerships that enhance our market reach and create added value for both buyers and sellers.

Marketing at Trademart is a journey, and you are adept at balancing all aspects to create a cohesive strategy. 💪🏻 You’ll take an iterative, data-driven approach, refining strategies based on actionable insights to avoid rigid, one-time campaigns. Data will be your guiding compass, grounding every decision in analytics and continuous learning.

Beyond managing day-to-day activities, you’ll encourage your team to think critically, embrace creative solutions, and challenge the status quo. You understand that a great marketing team doesn’t just follow plans, they question, adapt, and evolve for continuous improvement.

Your team currently consists of:

• Content Marketer

• Campaign Marketer

• Event Coordinator

Content & Design Specialist

Building strong cross-functional relationships is essential. You’ll collaborate closely with sales, operations, and innovation teams and foster strong connections with our customers to encourage collaboration and alignment.

Automation and standardized processes are central to your strategy. You’ll focus on creating long-term solutions, streamlining workflows, and embedding deep buyer and seller insights into Trademart’s DNA, ensuring that our knowledge drives future strategies.

In this role, you’ll also be part of the management team and report directly to our General Manager.

At Trademart, we value a no-nonsense culture where actions speak louder than words. If you thrive in a results-driven environment and enjoy rolling up your sleeves to get things done, you’ll fit right in. Authenticity is essential to us; we believe in a “say what you do and do what you say” approach, values you’ll embody.

You’re also passionate about retail and have:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in traffic and lead generation, ideally in a retail or e-commerce environment.

• Strong expertise in Digital Marketing, with hands-on experience.

• Proven leadership and management skills, with the ability to challenge and inspire colleagues to think differently and push their boundaries.

• A data-driven mindset that informs every decision.

• Fluency in Dutch, French, and English (Dutch or French as your native language).

• A collaborative approach, thriving in an environment where teamwork with sales, operations, and innovation is key.

• Eagerness to contribute to the success and future growth of Trademart.

• A challenging and stimulating working environment in Europe's largest wholesale retail marketplace

• Opportunity to work either on a payroll basis, with a competitive salary and benefits package, including a company car, or as a freelancer

• The chance to join a team of dedicated professionals committed to creating innovative solutions and transforming the retail sector.

Do you want to be part of an ambitious team where Customer Focus, Creative Expertise, and Commitment are at the heart of everything we do? Send us your CV, and let’s get things started! We look forward to hearing from you!