Your New Job Title: Brand Manager

The Skills You'll Need: Brand Marketing, Project Management, FMCG, Retail, Food 

Your New Salary: £45 - £48K per annum

Location: Redhill, Surrey

Duration: Permanent

Job status: hybrid: 3 days a week in office, 2 days WFH

Working hours: 37.5 h per week/ Monday - Friday, 9am - 5.30pm

Job posting ID: 22998

Who You'll Be Working for:  A multinational global dairy producer is looking for a Brand Manager to join their Marketing Team. As a Brand Manager you will be joining the world’s largest dairy company, with 85,000 employees in almost 100 countries, and a turnover of €20 billion.

 

To be successful in this role our client has said it is essential that candidates:

1.Have a Brand Marketing experience in the UK.

2.Have worked in food, retail or FMCG sector.

3.Are eligible to work in the UK. Sponsorship is not available for this role.

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Brand Manager - Main responsibilities:

Brand Management

• Manage the cheddar portfolio for company's main brands
• Manage the development of Licensing for the main brand, working with the licensing agent to take the irresistible taste of the cheddar product to new markets across stores
• Support the Marketing Manager on leading the brand strategy on the UK market
• Identify market risks & opportunities to build growth plans in line with business targets 
• Support the Marketing Manager on building the annual brand plans to the business and key customers
• Build a strong activation plan in line with the brand objectives
• Work with the shopper team to implement branded activations as part of shopper marketing process 

 Packaging

• Manage the artwork development process for company's main brand range
• Lead the packaging recyclability project with the factory and packaging teams

 Business analysis

• Provide regular analysis and reporting of the brand performance (sell-in, sell-out, consumer panel), as well as competitor tracking
• Outline recommendations for action when and where necessary

 Finance

• Support the Marketing Manager on managing the brand budget reconciliation
• Create purchase orders
• Guardian of the products P&L working closely with the FP&A team

 Media

• Support the Marketing Manager on defining the media strategy of the brand
• Work with the creative media agency to create stand-out and engaging brand communications
• Oversee execution of ATL and BTL activation across the full media mix

 

Brand Manager - The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:

• Previous experience in brand marketing in the UK within FMCG (Food industry is a big plus)
• The ability to analyse data sources, and experience using systems such as Nielsen/IRI/Kantar
• Strong project management and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise effectively and work under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and spoken English, and the ability to communicate with clarity

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