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Brand Manager - Food & Drink- Grocery Multiples

Employer
Ashwood Executive Search International
Location
South East
Salary
£40-50k basic + 15% bonus + car (or allowance) + Benefits
Closing date
3 Dec 2014

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Job Details

A highly respected premium food and drink company has undergone a recent re-organisation creating Business Units to drive category and customer focus, and is now seeking a Brand Manager to manage and develop a portfolio of high profile brands.

This is a senior strategic and creative role offering autonomy and an opportunity to help drive step change in the business, whilst working in a tight business unit team. As Brand Manager you will be able to demonstrate multi-channel experience and success in customer marketing and category management. With strong brand planning, consumer insight, analytical and strategic skills you’ll have a proven track record of delivering results. Ideally you will have experience in branded food and drink products and be able to produce winning channel strategy plans.

You will also:

  • Gain the support of key stakeholders
  • Develop, implement and manage Brand, Category and Customer Business Plans to achieve annual budget
  • Measure and monitor performance of sector vs. budget
  • Work alongside Sales to ensure promotional plans are implemented
  • Prepare and present proposals
  • Identify sales channel gaps by brand and pro-actively work between the brand and sales teams to develop and agree commercial proposals that the sales team can use to secure new business
  • Support the BUC as required with the day to day management of the Brand Portfolio within the top 6 multiples
  • Tracking EPOS and shopper & customer insight data within BU.

You will need:

  • Business planning and implementation skills
  • Strong financial awareness
  • Good communication skills
  • The ability to lead and work as part of a team.

If you feel that you have the right skills and expertise to build your career in this challenging and ambitious business, please apply by emailing your CV to our consultants at Ashwood Associates quoting ref: 2143

Company

At Ashwood Executive Search International we specialise in recruiting globally, from middle management positions to £six-figure executive assignments. Working primarily with FMCG organisations our clients range from high profile blue-chip companies to smaller niche and developing businesses. Our aim is to be viewed by clients as a world-class provider of the most talented people, while providing candidates with the very best advice, mentoring and coaching services to further their careers.

We have established an outstanding track-record providing Sales, Marketing, Category, Consumer Innovation, Technical, Manufacturing, HR and Supply Chain professionals. With a reputation for achieving excellent results, both for our clients and candidates, we strongly believe we can help you with your requirements. If you are a candidate this means we will work with you to find the ideal role to match your talents and aspirations. If you are a business it means we will apply our expertise and knowledge to source the most talented and culturally relevant people for your organisation.

Ashwood continues to grow and develop as we apply our unique methods and style of resourcing. With UK teams in Bracknell and London and operations in New York and Johannesburg, we provide clients with extensive worldwide coverage that is designed to deliver the top talent for their business.

Charity Partnership - Ashwood Executive Search International​ and Farm Africa 

Ashwood Executive Search International are pleased to announce that we will be extending our support of the charity Farm Africa for another year.

Our world is one of global connections and as a key player in the food industry, Ashwood is determined to play our part in ending one of the biggest challenges facing the world today; hunger. We are outraged that 1 in 8 people go to bed hungry every night and are determined to help create a different future for these 1 billion people.

Company info
Website
Telephone
+44 (0) 1344 206262
Location
Index House
Ascot
Berkshire
SL5 7ET
GB

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