Marketing Director - B2B | Executive Role | Scale & Transformation

About Highgate Group Highgate Group is a leading supplier and manufacturer of food processing supplies and packaging products. Proudly 100% Australian owned, Highgate has become a trusted supplier to the food processing industry, with a comprehensive product range and sales representation and distribution centres across Australia.

About the Role This is a senior leadership position focused on strategy, execution, people, and performance. Working in partnership with the directors and executive leadership team, you will help shape marketing strategy, build capability, and create clarity across the marketing function. You will ensure the team performs at its best while supporting the broader commercial objectives of the business. You will be accountable for marketing leadership, execution of the agreed strategic plan, investment recommendations, and performance outcomes, with the opportunity to influence how the function evolves over time as the business grows.

About You You are a confident, commercially minded and organised marketing leader who enjoys building capability, delivering results, and working closely with senior stakeholders to turn strategy into action.

Key Responsibilities Strategic leadership

Partner with the executive team and directors to shape and execute marketing strategy aligned to business and growth priorities

Translate commercial objectives into clear marketing plans, priorities and outcomes

Provide strategic insight, recommendations and performance reporting to senior leadership

Brand, positioning and growth

Strengthen brand positioning and customer value propositions in line with business strategy

Ensure consistent brand standards across all channels and touchpoints

Lead campaigns and initiatives that enhance brand awareness, lead generation and revenue growth

Digital, data and performance

Lead digital, ecommerce and marketing technology capability in support of agreed strategy

Build a data driven marketing function focused on insight, effectiveness and ROI

Oversee marketing systems, tools and performance reporting

People leadership and collaboration

Lead, develop and support a high performing marketing team

Build strong partnerships with Sales, Customer Service and Operations

Create clarity, accountability and effective ways of working across the function

Governance and investment

Own the marketing budget and provide informed investment recommendations

Establish strong processes, governance and performance measures

Report on marketing impact and contribution to business outcomes

Requirements What you’ll bring

Senior marketing leadership experience with demonstrated commercial impact

Strong capability in brand strategy, market positioning and customer engagement

Advanced digital and data led marketing expertise

Proven experience leading and developing teams

Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills

Sound commercial judgement, including budget and ROI management

Experience that will be highly regarded

Strong background in a B2B industrial environment

Experience lifting marketing maturity, systems and governance

Exposure to CRM, automation and analytics platforms

Experience aligning marketing activity with sales performance and growth

Benefits WHY HIGHGATE

Newly created senior leadership role with meaningful influence

Significant opportunity to develop and strengthen the marketing function

Collaborative and supportive leadership team with a strong commercial mindset

A business investing in growth, capability and long term success

Dynamic, friendly and supportive team environment where you feel valued and appreciated

Recruitment Process Highgate is committed to a considered and professional recruitment process that ensures the right long term fit for both the business and the successful candidate.

The process is expected to include:

Initial shortlisting based on your resume and LinkedIn profile

A confidential phone conversation to explore mutual alignment

Two face to face interviews with senior leadership

Reference checks

Job fit or leadership profiling

Pre employment checks, including police checks where required

We value transparency, open communication and respect for candidates’ time throughout the process.

Please note that only successful candidates will be contacted.

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