Planning Manager
About this role
Join our Airtime Planning team as a Planning Manager!
We're looking for an organised and commercially minded people leader with experience in campaign planning, media operations, or a similar commercial environment.
You'll lead a team of Campaign Sales Coordinators, ensuring airtime campaigns are planned, booked and delivered accurately while providing an excellent experience for clients and agencies.
Our Team: How we enrich everyday life
The Airtime Planning team sits within Bauer's Commercial function and plays a key role in delivering advertising campaigns across our audio portfolio. Working closely with Sales, Finance and Commercial Operations, we help maximise revenue while delivering outstanding service to agencies and clients.
The Difference you will make:
You'll lead and develop a high-performing team, oversee the successful delivery of campaigns, manage planning challenges, and help protect revenue. Through strong stakeholder relationships and continuous improvement, you'll support Bauer's reputation as a trusted advertising partner.
Your role:
- Lead, coach and support a team of Campaign Sales Coordinators.
- Oversee the planning, booking and delivery of airtime campaigns.
- Resolve complex planning queries and escalations.
- Monitor campaign accuracy, reporting and revenue tracking.
- Manage team workload and ensure client deadlines are met.
- Work closely with Sales, Finance and Operations to deliver campaigns successfully.
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, systems and ways of working.
The Skills you will bring:
- Experience in campaign planning, media operations, advertising or commercial support.
- Previous people management or coaching experience.
- Strong organisational, problem-solving and prioritisation skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Commercial awareness and attention to detail.
- Confidence using data, technology and AI-enabled tools to improve performance.
Working Pattern/Location:
This is a hybrid role, combining office and home working, with collaboration across multiple commercial teams.
About Bauer Media Group
We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe’s largest Publishers. From women’s and celebrities’ magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France – both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people‘s everyday lives.
What’s in it for you
- You’ll have 28 days holiday, bank holidays & 2 volunteer days to use.
- Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider – Bauer Academy, is a huge win.
- We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
- You’ll have the opportunity for flexible working.
- And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here
We are an international employer and equal opportunities are important to us. That's why we welcome everyone in their uniqueness, regardless of e.g. religion, gender, skin color, disability in our house.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or a long term health condition, and need us to make any reasonable adjustments or do anything differently during any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing [email protected]
We are actively recruiting for this position, so the job advert may close earlier than expected.
If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process, please email [email protected] we would love to hear from you.
Company at a glance
We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offer covers print and online Publishing, Audio broadcasting and entertainment, Out of Home advertising, and Investments in other media related sectors.
We are one of Europe’s largest Publishers, with almost 500 million copies sold each year. From women’s and celebrities’ magazines and TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of Europe’s most popular digital and print publishing brands. Our Audio business operates more than 150 radio and podcast brands, reaching over 61 million listeners every week. Bauer Media Outdoor is one of Europe’s leading Out of Home advertising businesses, with more than 100,000 advertising panels.
Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses
on the long-term with a consumer first mindset. Our
workforce of over 12,000 shares a common purpose:
to deliver content and services that enrich people‘s everyday lives.
Our mission is to entertain, serve and inspire our customers, making each day a little better and supporting them as they organise their lives and discover more.
Our Purpose is to enrich everyday life. This Purpose is our reason for being in business. It’s why our consumers buy our products and services. It’s why we come to work every day. It’s at the heart of everything we do and what unites us.
Our group-wide company values are Trust, Passion, Excellence and Entrepreneurship. These four values underpin our corporate identity and culture. They are our guide for how we want to work and grow together.
Top Benefits
- 28 days holiday
- Bank holidays
- 2 volunteer days
- Internal training via Bauer Academy
- Enhanced maternity/adoption pay
- Enhanced paternity pay
- Shared parental leave pay
- Flexible working
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