Customer Marketing Manager (Maternity Cover Contract)

Pernod Ricard - Chiswick

Customer Marketing Manager - 7 Month Maternity Cover Contract

Pernod Ricard UK is part of Pernod Ricard (the Group) - co-leader of the global wines and spirits industry. We are responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of the Group's leading premium spirits, wines and champagnes in the UK, with 250 employees.

We are a convivial, passionate, entrepreneurial and dynamic company. Premium is the heartland of our business and with one of the finest collections of drinks brands in the world we have earned the reputation for our unrivalled offering in premium spirits and wines - brands that embody heritage, quality and provenance. Our key brands include ABSOLUT vodka, Beefeater gin, Chivas Regal Scotch whisky, Havana Club rum, Jameson Irish whiskey, Malibu rum, Martell cognac, The Glenlivet Scotch whisky, Perrier-Jou t champagne and our premium wine brands include Brancott Estate, Campo Viejo and Jacob's Creek.

We are now looking to recruit a Customer Marketing Manager (7 month maternity cover contract). Focussing on our Spirits portfolio within our Off-Trade customers, you will be required to translate brand plans into channel specific, deliverable marketing activity that will increase consumer demand for our brands.

The Customer Marketing Manager is a key member of the team, assisting in contributing to all aspects of channel strategy. They facilitate the flow of information between both sales and marketing to ensure brand and commercial objectives are achieved.

Key Deliverables

• Implement Customer Marketing Activity
• Evaluate activity based on sales uplift, ROI, and specific objectives of each activity
• Manage the customer marketing spend vs. budget
• Manage the customer marketing promotional calendars
• Manage projects and key channel marketing initiatives
• Develop customer element of channel and sub-channel strategies in order to deliver brand and commercial objectives
• Any other reasonable additional duties that may be required from time to time

Key Relationships

• Customer - supporting the Senior Customer Marketing Manager to deliver activation into accounts
• Brand teams - contribute to brand development, and translate brand plans into channel Trade Marketing activity
• Sales - communicate and reinforce brand plans, and gather customer intelligence during regular meetings
• Finance - budgets and spend reviews
• Category Management Team

This role will be based from our new premises in Chiswick Park, West London. Applicants should have previous marketing (or sales,) experience working for an FMCG business and must be of graduate calibre. Experience of working within the Drinks industry will be favoured and CIM and/or WSET qualifications are desirable but not essential. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate top class communication, planning, organisation and presentation skills. They will also have strong analytical and negotiation abilities and will be computer literate (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).

Whilst we would like to respond to all our on-line applicants, regrettably we are unable to do so due to the high volumes we receive. If you've not heard from us within two weeks, unfortunately on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful. For alternative opportunities or to register for jobs by email, please visit our website at www.newchapter.co.uk .