Global Marketing Specialist (m/f/d) (full-time)

Why This Role Matters

As Global Marketing Specialist (m/f/d), you will help drive KNF's global marketing initiatives and strengthen collaboration across our international locations. You will plan, coordinate, and execute marketing campaigns and projects that support business growth, increase market visibility, and contribute to a consistent global brand presence. In addition, you will take ownership of organizing and delivering events, creating opportunities to engage with customers, showcase KNF solutions, and strengthen relationships with key stakeholders. 

What You’ll Do

• Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of global omnichannel marketing campaigns, ensuring alignment across regions, channels, and customer touchpoints.
• Act as the primary marketing partner for assigned international KNF locations, translating local business needs into effective marketing initiatives and campaigns.
• Align regional marketing initiatives with KNF Group marketing strategy, business priorities, and budget to maximize market impact and brand consistency.
• Monitor, analyze, and report on campaign and marketing performance, providing strategic recommendations to continuously optimize global and local marketing activities.
• Plan, coordinate, and manage trade show participation, including logistics, stakeholder alignment, vendor management, asset coordination, and evaluation of future event opportunities.
• Ensure marketing processes, communications, and deliverables consistently reflect KNF brand standards, quality requirements, and style guidelines.
• Coordinate and manage internal and external service providers to deliver marketing projects efficiently and effectively.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with international KNF locations, fostering collaboration, engagement, and long-term stakeholder satisfaction. 

What You Bring

• 5+ years of experience in marketing management, ideally in a B2B/mechanical engineering environment
• Structured project management skills and the ability to manage several topics and projects in parallel
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills, with the ability to foster collaboration and build productive partnerships across functions, regions, and cultures.
• Proven experience developing, implementing, and measuring global omnichannel marketing campaigns aligned with the marketing funnel
• Ability to collaborate with and guide external agencies to achieve project objectives
• Hands-on involvement in planning and executing trade shows, events, and customer-facing marketing activities
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to maintaining brand and quality standards
• Excellent written and spoken German and English language skills (minimum C1 level in both languages) 

What We Offer

• Fair compensation and a permanent employment contract with 30 days of vacation
• Flexible working hours on a trust basis with no core working hours and a mobile office option
• A secure job in a growing, family-run company
• Short lines of communication, flat hierarchies and a high degree of personal responsibility
• Easy collaboration in an international, motivated team with a company-wide "Duz" culture
• Modern private offices at WeWork Hanseforum, attractively and conveniently located in the heart of Hamburg
• Retrospectives and development meetings as well as individual development training and activities.
• Options for benefits such as a subsidy for the Deutschland Ticket
• iPhone for private use and a modern work laptop 

What We Do 

KNF Group

KNF is the technology leader in diaphragm pumps. Since its foundation in Germany in 1946, the family-owned group has developed and manufactured highly customizable OEM, process, and laboratory solutions for gas, liquid, and vacuum applications. Today, more than 900 employees at 24 locations worldwide combine engineering expertise with local market knowledge to support demanding applications across industries.

KNF DAC GmbH

Founded in 2018 in Hamburg, Germany, the KNF Digital Acceleration Center (DAC) drives the digital strategy for the KNF Group, leading areas such as marketing, communications, CRM and e-business. 

Interested?

Then we look forward to receiving your detailed application, including your salary expectations and the earliest possible starting date. Please submit your application via Umantis.