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Brand Manager - Premium Spirits - 6 Month Contract

Employer
Lime Talent
Location
Hook
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
28 Jul 2014

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Contract
Hours
Full Time
Function
Marketing

Job Details



Owned by William Grant & Sons, First Drinks is the No.1 supplier of premium spirit brands in the UK.

We have a real pride in our brands. Our portfolio has a rare character all of its own - from the curiously different Hendrick's Gin to our iconic Glenfiddich, Grant's and The Balvenie, supported by distributor brands like Disaronno and Piper Heidsieck. We continue to lead from the front with significant investment in above-the-line marketing and highly innovative collaborative category development initiatives.

We choose characters, not clones! Our kind of people are diligent, fresh thinking go-getters who are willing to create and embrace new and innovative ways of doing things. Amongst our own unique characteristics is our entrepreneurial flair, and commitment to business success. Our organisational structure means we can make things happen at pace. We thrive on ideas and new ways of thinking. Due to some exciting changes taking place at First Drinks, we are pleased to be able to offer a number of fantastic job opportunities in our highly successful on-trade team. We offer great career progression at First Drinks. Your commitment to us will be rewarded with the opportunity to further develop your skills and knowledge and a genuine chance to advance your career within a global company.

The main purpose of the role is to develop and deliver local implementation of Global Marketing Strategy for a portfolio of brands that lead to brand equity, consumer commitment and brand profitability.

Responsibilities:
  • Deliver agreed Brand targets through sound financial planning, people resource management and alignment of systems and processes.
  • To assist with execution of Brand Strategy, marketing plans and activities and provide updates on competitive position of brands to key internal stakeholders
  • With support of the Senior Brand Manager, develop, implement, monitor and evaluate high quality Brand marketing plans and activities in order to achieve Brand targets and build Brand equity.
  • Work closely with Category & Marketing Managers to ensure implementation of activity meets overall brand plans & brand guidelines
  • Meet with and regularly communicate Brand progress against plans to the wider business.
  • Maintain excellent relationships with key internal and external stakeholders in order to optimise delivery of activities and facilitate timely, relevant communication.
  • Be continuously alert to changes, issues and opportunities in the market, evaluate & recommend solutions and implement agreed changes to plans in order to optimise return
  • Develop strong relationships with global brand teams and customer marketing teams.


To be successful in this role, you will display:
  • Proven experience of creating brand strategy, full market mix development and activation for a premium brand.
  • Brand Marketing experience from an FMCG or luxury goods business.
  • Excellent presentation and communication skills.
  • Successful third party relationship management.
  • Drinks industry experience is preferable but not essential
  • Experience of project management
  • Above all, you will be a dynamic, enthusiastic, graduate-calibre professional with an intense commitment to delivering a winning performance and developing your career.


If you feel you have the skills and attributes we are looking for, please apply online. All applications are being handled by our retained recruitment partner Lime Talent. Please note that all direct and third party applications will be forwarded to the Lime Talent team.





Lime Talent is a recruitment agency specialising in the consumer goods industry. To view a broader selection of our current vacancies go to www.limetalentgroup.com or call us on 0207 042 3800.

The Lime Talent team always review and process job applications swiftly. However due to the high volume of CVs that we receive online, we regrettably are not always able to respond to every applicant individually. If you’ve not heard from us within 5 working days, unfortunately on this occasion your application has not been successful.

Lime Talent Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Company

We are Lime Talent, a recruitment agency specialising in the consumer goods industry. With over 25 years’ combined experience of recruiting within the FMCG, consumer goods & services sectors, we like to think we know our stuff! We are here to make finding your next job or your next superstar employee an easy and pleasurable experience.

We are an honest and straight talking bunch with a can-do attitude. We aren’t going to say the usual thing that recruiters say, like “we want to partner with you”, as whilst that may be nice, what we really want to do, is to deliver you real results in the shortest amount of time possible. Once we have provided you with the high level of service that you can expect from us, we are confident that strong relationships will follow.

 Areas that we recruit:

• Sales

• Marketing

• Category Management and Insights

• Purchasing and Buying

• Supply Chain

Contact us today to discuss your next career move or to find out how we can help you find the best talent for your business.

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Telephone
020 7042 3800

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