GTM Manager Gaming

Role overview:

GTM Manager Gaming
London
Currys London Campus at Waterloo
Fixed Term Contract (12 months)
Full Time
Grade 4

At Currys we’re united by one passion: to help everyone enjoy amazing technology. As the UK’s best-known retailer of tech, we’re proud of the service our customers receive – and it’s all down to our team of 25,000 caring and committed colleagues. Working as one team, we learn and grow together, celebrating the big and small moments that make every day amazing.

You'll be working in the Gaming squad, with a role that's pivotal to how we bring the newest gaming hardware, titles, and accessories to life for our customers, through innovative campaigns and best-in-class execution.

This exciting role within the commercial team reports to the Senior GTM Manager. You'll support them in developing the blueprint for gaming (four major campaigns each year), combining customer and competitor insight with financial imperatives to ensure the category squad develops a strategy that maximises both CSAT and EBIT. You'll act as the lynchpin between all functional representatives in the squad and beyond, pulling together annual, quarterly and in-season initiatives — from console launches to exclusive editions — to maximise performance. You'll also arm the category buyer with what they need to negotiate strong supplier funding support.

Role overview:

As part of this role, you'll be responsible for:

• Working with the customer insight team to ensure the squad understands the gaming landscape: customers, competitors, trends, financial performance, range performance, threats and opportunities to support the development of the annual category strategy
• Creating the blueprint for the annual gaming category strategy
• Using insight, working with the buyer, planner, services and credit representatives to define the category's annual 'proposition' - the best combination of range, price, availability, services and credit
• Working with channel representatives and brand & marketing to define the right shopping journey across all channels, including training and engaging customer-facing colleagues in the gaming selling journey
• Working with central planning and brand & marketing to develop the 'Go to Market' strategy and plan for gaming, in line with the annual events calendar and key release dates
• Supporting the squad in landing all major initiatives, including console launches, exclusive bundles and major new title releases
• Championing great customer experiences in all channels
• Bringing analytics and insight from online and customer teams to support day-to-day trading, events and promotional decisions
• Working with the Senior E-commerce Manager to understand category KPI dashboards and reporting metrics
• Co-ordinating responses to major marketing briefs across gaming, using the appropriate templates
• Co-ordinating customer experience activities in gaming
• Working with peer groups to lead cross-functional delivery of the customer journey for your Head of Category

You will need:

• Negotiation skills and the ability to manage supplier partnerships, including major gaming publishers and platform holders
• Strong influencing skills and the ability to manage multiple stakeholders, at all levels, to deliver plans
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Good numerical and analytical skills to review data and provide recommendations/action plans that drive sales, profit and cash
• Detail-oriented problem-solving skills
• Good working knowledge of SharePoint, Teams, Excel, Word and PowerPoint, as well as MS Office workflow tools
• A genuine passion for gaming, with strong commercial awareness and understanding of what gaming customers want is desirable but not a necessity
• Educated to degree standard or equivalent in a relevant field
• Buying/Marketing experienceWe know our people are the secret to our success. That’s why we’re always looking for ways to reward great work. You’ll find a host of benefits designed to work for you, including:

• Holiday benefits - 25 days of annual leave (plus bank holiday entitlement)
• Private medical insurance
• Life Assurance
• Competitive pension scheme
• Access to discretionary bonus
• Hybrid working; our primary Currys Campus is at Waterloo (WeWork)

Why join us:

Join our team and we'll be with you every step of the way, helping you develop the career you want with new opportunities, on-going training and skills for life.

Not only can you shape your own future, but you can help take charge of ours too. As the biggest recycler and repairer of tech in the UK, we’re in a position to make a real impact on people and the planet.

Every voice has a space at our table and we're committed to making inclusion and diversity part of everything we do, including how we strengthen our workforce. We want to make sure you have a fair opportunity to show us your talents during our application process, so if you need any additional assistance with your application please email [email protected] and we'll do our best to help.