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Tarkett

Produces flooring and sports surfaces

Operational Marketing Manager

Product MarketingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeLa Défense, France

About the Job

Requirements

  • A higher-education qualification at Bac +5 level in marketing.
  • Five to ten years of experience as a product manager, market manager, or category manager in the building sector and/or a technical environment.
  • Ability to adapt, take initiative, work agilely, and approach analysis in a structured way.
  • Ability to take ownership of projects.
  • Curiosity, determination, efficiency, resourcefulness, pragmatism, and an entrepreneurial mindset.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, and data analysis; ability to interpret figures and propose management tools.
  • Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams, with a strong business and field orientation.
  • Strong spoken and written communication skills and fluency in English.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze markets, trends, and competitive dynamics to identify growth opportunities, risks, and key success factors.
  • Contribute to marketing strategy by translating market insights into recommendations and action plans.
  • Lead product-offering strategy and development, defining assortments for the French, German, and British markets and coordinating projects with EMEA development, technical, communications, marketing, master data, and digital teams.
  • Monitor product-range performance and competitors to identify optimization levers and development opportunities.
  • Define and deploy marketing activation and communications plans to strengthen the positioning and visibility of offers across markets.
  • Oversee the creation of marketing materials and the organization of professional events, ensuring consistency in messages and materials.
  • Support and train sales and customer-service teams to ensure mastery of the offer and sales arguments.
  • Support field teams by participating in key events, gathering market feedback, and providing tools needed to grow sales.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of German.

About the Company

Tarkett

Produces flooring and sports surfaces

Tarkett makes a wide range of flooring and sports surfaces, including vinyl, linoleum, carpet, rubber, wood, laminate, and synthetic turf for commercial, residential, and sports projects. It sells products through distributors and retailers and secures large projects via specification-led contracts, while also providing installation, maintenance, and recycling services. It operates a circular-economy program called ReStart that recycles end-of-life flooring into raw materials, aiming for 30% recycled content by 2030. Its goal is to combine people-friendly products with planet-friendly materials and to advance sustainable flooring practices, supported by recognitions from EcoVadis and CDP.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1880

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