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Selecta

Head of Strategic Partnerships – Advertising

Selecta

. Originate commercial partnership opportunities across strategic brand and supplier partnerships, advertising and media, and strategic referral partnerships .

Posted 10/23/2026full-timeHemel Hempstead • United KingdomLeadWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in originating and negotiating commercial partnerships, with a strong focus on delivering measurable financial results. Proficient in managing complex collaborations across multiple teams, including finance, operations, and technology, while ensuring compliance with contractual and brand-safety standards.

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Commercial Partnership OriginationSenior-Level Prospecting and NegotiationAdvertising Sales and Campaign DeliveryFinancial Acumen and Investment AppraisalBusiness Case Development

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Hard Skills
NegotiationCommercial StrategyFinancial AnalysisAdvertising SalesCampaign ManagementPartnership DevelopmentPerformance ReviewRevenue Sharing ModelsContractual ComplianceData Protection Knowledge
Soft Skills
Confident CommunicationCollaborativeSelf-StarterResilientCustomer-Aware
Industry Keywords
FMCGVendingFoodserviceRetail-MediaDigital-Screen InventoryB2B EnvironmentSupplier FundingOut-of-Home AdvertisingChannel ProgramsReferral Partnerships

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Originate commercial partnership opportunities across strategic brand and supplier partnerships, advertising and media, and strategic referral partnerships
  • Identify target partners and initiate senior-level discussions
  • Develop compelling propositions demonstrating the value of Selecta’s national machine estate, customer base and digital-screen inventory
  • Lead negotiations through final terms for Finance Director UKI review and approval, from initial conversation through signed terms and delivery
  • Build and manage a wider partnership pipeline and grow successful relationships through performance reviews, renewals and expanded scope
  • Secure supplier investment and supplier-funded equipment to support profitable machine deployment and reduce Selecta UK’s capital requirement
  • Develop commercial collaborations with FMCG, beverage, coffee and fresh-food brands
  • Coordinate funded-equipment deployment with Operations and Commercial and track commitments through to installed, trading machines
  • Own advertising sales end to end, including prospecting, pipeline development, pitches, campaign and renewal negotiations, and advertising revenue delivery
  • Assess machine and digital-screen inventory, including screen capability, site profile, connectivity, content management and available audience data
  • Work with Commercial and Account Management to secure site permissions consistent with contracts and customer experience
  • Define advertising propositions and routes to market, including direct brand sales, supplier-funded campaigns and media or retail-media partnerships
  • Propose pricing, packaging and revenue-sharing models for review and approval
  • Coordinate campaign delivery with Operations, IT/BI and Marketing, including scheduling, technical deployment, content standards and brand-safety controls
  • Report campaign results to advertisers to drive renewals and repeat bookings
  • Establish reciprocal lead-generation partnerships with complementary business service providers
  • Define partner qualification criteria and negotiate referral arrangements
  • Launch controlled referral pilots, track referrals, qualification, pipeline, conversion and reciprocity, and recommend scaling or exiting partnerships
  • Maintain a single partnership pipeline prioritised by financial value, deliverability, strategic fit and risk
  • Ensure agreements have business cases, legal review and Finance Director UKI approval before signature
  • Track signed commitments, deployed equipment, live inventory and realised financial benefits separately
  • Agree benefit-attribution rules with Finance and submit claimed benefits for validation
  • Pass partner-generated opportunities to Commercial and Account Management to maximise conversion
  • Collaborate with Procurement, Category, Operations, IT/BI and Marketing
  • Provide concise, evidence-based updates and recommendations to the UK Managing Director, Finance Director UKI and Commercial leadership

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Proven track record of originating, negotiating and delivering commercial partnerships with measurable financial results (essential)
  • Experience of senior-level prospecting, pitching and closing agreements with external partners
  • Track record of turning signed agreements into delivered value by coordinating implementation across commercial, operational, finance and technology teams, where direct line authority is limited
  • Experience building business cases and working with Finance on benefit validation
  • Experience selling or commercialising advertising, media, retail-media, out-of-home or digital-screen inventory is desirable
  • Experience developing referral, channel or partner programmes is desirable
  • Experience in vending, foodservice, FMCG, beverage, retail, convenience or a similar multi-site B2B environment is advantageous
  • Strong commercial and financial acumen, including investment appraisal, supplier funding, revenue sharing and gross profit
  • Strong business-development skills: able to build pipeline, pitch at senior level and close
  • Skilled negotiator, able to structure agreements balancing partner value with Selecta’s commercial, operational and contractual obligations
  • Understanding of advertising and media commercial models, inventory pricing, campaign delivery and measurement, or ability to build this quickly
  • Ability to translate an opportunity into a clear proposition for partners and customers
  • Confident communicator able to present concise, numbers-led recommendations at senior level and represent Selecta credibly externally
  • Working knowledge of contractual, data-protection and brand-safety considerations relevant to partnerships and advertising
  • Self-starting, commercially entrepreneurial, delivery-led, hands-on, collaborative, rigorous, transparent, resilient, persistent and customer-aware

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Life assurance
  • Five weeks of occupational paid sick leave
  • Free parking at our Head Office and other depot locations
  • Unlimited coffee and tea
  • Clear career progression paths with development opportunities
  • Strong leadership support
  • Employee recognition scheme
  • Mental health and wellbeing support, including access to mental health first aiders
  • Health Cash Plan
  • Very attractive bonus scheme for those who exceed targets