Brand Manager (FMCG) - £30,000 – 3 Years Experience in sector
- Employer
- VPss
- Location
- East Anglia
- Salary
- £30,000
- Closing date
- 14 Nov 2014
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Category Management, Marketing, Merchandising
Job Details
East Anglia; Cambridge, Northampton, Peterborough, Bury St Edmunds, Bishop’s Stortford
Classic Brand management – consumer insight – NPD – Strategy and positioning – category management – product development
This is a crucial and key position helping to look after this company’s leading brands across the whole UK, with key objectives being long term brand planning to drive profitable growth, manage consumer insights into brand strategies and deliver product development activation plans, combining a high level of internal communication and leadership.
The key areas of the job description are:
- Help Lead cross the functional teams; motivate others to achieve positive outcomes and problem solving
- Develop & manage rolling 3 year brand plans; focusing on the long-term growth of the business
- Use consumers insights to develop robust brand positioning, develop a brand plan that encompasses channel strategy
- Innovation planning & development with a clear pipeline of NPD
- Helping manage a clear product portfolio strategy; covering pricing & promotions
- Work with Marketing Manager to develop robust category strategies that incorporate the brand /product plans that maximise brand potential
- Implement the brand strategy with Trade Marketing, R&D , Sales & Supply
- Coaching and development of direct report in product management
The Company and Package:
- Multiple brand organisation
- Market Leader in their products and sector
- Commutable from all areas of east Anglia
- £30,000 Salary
- Pension
- Bonus
You will have experience of working in a similar role and therefore will be aware of the expectation for you to be highly self-awareness, professionally mature and be able to demonstrate the ability to influence, convince and motivate others at all level and use this to motivate those outside of your immediate team enabling you to deliver positive solutions.
Your strength will lie in your ability to read beyond data and use your natural skill to capture the essence of the products required positioning and be well placed to roll out brand plans, using your seasoned presentation skills.
You should be commercial aware with a very real understanding of the personal attributes that are required to succeed in this position to include, tenacity, working to changing deadlines and in a changing environment with the ability to problem solve and bring thought out and creative solutions using limited resources.
Ideally with a marketing degree/CIM qualification, however my client will consider demonstrable experience together with 3+ years FMCG marketing in a branded environment.
If you think you have what it takes then I would like to speak with you regarding this outstanding opportunity, within an established business that wants you to make your mark! Please contact myself, Ian Baldry at VPss 01473 685588.
Company
Venables Parsons Search & Selection
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- Website
- http://www.vpss.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 01473685588
- Location
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Felaw Maltings
44 Felaw Street
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP2 8SJ
GB
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