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Red Bull

Manufactures and markets energy drinks

Trade Marketing Specialist - LSR/QSR

Marketing Generalist & ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMadrid, SpainNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of experience in Trade Marketing, Customer Marketing, or Field Marketing, ideally in fast-moving consumer goods or beverages.
  • Mandatory experience in Limited Service Restaurants, including strategic management of large accounts and customer growth initiatives.
  • Strong experience developing and executing strategic plans with large Limited Service Restaurant accounts.
  • Knowledge of the On Premise channel, including hotels, restaurants, cafés, bars, clubs, and quick-service restaurants.
  • Experience building and executing customer activation plans from concept through outlet execution.
  • Hands-on experience managing point-of-sale materials, agencies, and timelines.
  • Experience working closely with sales teams, key accounts, and stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead teams and manage complex stakeholder environments, with strategic initiative leadership carried out without direct people-management responsibility.
  • Conflict management and resolution skills across customers, teams, and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Experience developing and executing strategic growth plans, identifying client growth opportunities, and driving business development initiatives.
  • Strong prioritisation and organisational skills, including the ability to manage multiple programs simultaneously.
  • Solid analytical skills, including building key performance indicators and reporting and turning data into clear recommendations.
  • Ability to work autonomously, take ownership of projects, and deliver objectives with measurable business impact.
  • Medium to advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Ability to work flexible hours when activations require it.

Responsibilities

  • Co-develop customer activation plans with the sales organisation, translating segment strategy into programs for strategic accounts.
  • Participate in customer meetings and planning sessions as the marketing counterpart, capturing needs and converting them into activation proposals.
  • Build tailored activation concepts to support new-business acquisition and demand within existing accounts.
  • Coordinate with Brand, Culture, Sports, and Media Network counterparts to bring consumer marketing assets into customer plans.
  • Own end-to-end execution of activation plans, including timing, materials, rollout, and follow-up with sales and field teams.
  • Develop and manage point-of-sale materials and activation toolkits for each program, from brief through outlet delivery.
  • Manage production and installation agencies and suppliers, ensuring quality, cost, and deadlines.
  • Support Key Account and field teams during rollout, resolving execution issues and adapting tools to local needs.
  • Define and share execution standards and best practices across channels and regions.
  • Define activation key performance indicators with the Trade Marketing Manager and track them across programs and accounts.
  • Build and maintain activation reporting that communicates results clearly to sales teams and senior stakeholders.
  • Analyse activation performance to identify effective approaches and opportunities to scale, and feed learnings into the next planning cycle.
  • Analyse relevant On Premise data to identify trends, measure performance, and inform strategic decisions.
  • Translate complex market information into practical recommendations for the sales organisation and senior stakeholders.
  • Monitor activation performance and define key performance indicators to track impact across segments and initiatives.
  • Contribute customer and activation insights to the annual On Premise Marketing business plan.
  • Manage the role's assigned activation budget, track spend against plan with Controlling, monitor performance through the year, flag deviations, and propose corrective actions.
  • Represent the Red Bull brand and product to customers, the team, and the On Premise Network; uphold On Premise culture, brand image standards, and premium values in activations and other touchpoints.
  • Travel 30%.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in fast-moving consumer goods or beverages.

About the Company

Red Bull

Manufactures and markets energy drinks

Red Bull makes and markets energy drinks. It focuses on a signature global beverage and uses a distinct marketing strategy to build the brand. How it works: the drink combines ingredients such as caffeine and sugars (originally based on Krating Daeng) and is carbonated for Western palates, distributed worldwide through large-scale marketing, sponsorships, and events to boost sales. How it differs: it remains privately held by the founding families, avoiding public funding, and relies on a marketing-heavy approach—extreme-sports sponsorships, high-profile events, and a strong brand identity—rather than conventional product features alone. What it aims to do: maintain leadership in the energy-drink category, grow globally through branding and partnerships, and continue expanding its product line and presence without going public.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Salzburg, Austria
Founded
1984

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