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Product Manager - FMCG

Employer
Lime Talent
Location
South East England
Salary
benefits
Closing date
30 Mar 2015

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

Job Details



The company is one which is well known for product innovation and also has a range of nutritional products on offer through specialist channels. They are currently looking to recruit a European Product Manager to join their offices in the Home Counties.

Your responsibilities as a European Product Manager include:
  • Working in tandem with the Marketing Manager to formulate 3 year product development plans in line with the overarching brand strategy
  • Effectively analysing market trends, product sales and competitor activity for the region in order to aid new product development decision-making
  • Liaise with external insight agencies when organising market research to guide R&D
  • Close dialogue with the regional Trade Marketing teams to examine market demands and category trends in order to make sure products bring growth to each market
  • Expertly develop product positioning, USPs, pricing strategy and product claims for all new product launches
  • Developing compelling product launch presentations for the Trade Marketing teams
  • Efficiently working with Marketing services to ensure best in class packaging which are in line with brand guidelines
  • Fully owning and delivering European Marketing meetings to present new products to the regional Trade Marketing Teams
  • Effectively managing the NPD budget as well as coordinating POs and invoices
  • Excellent mentoring of junior team-members


In order to be an outstanding Product Manager:
  • A classically trained FMCG marketer
  • Product development experience
  • Strong communication and presentation skills
  • Meticulous approach to organisation and detail
  • An excellent team player combined with experience working with cross-functional teams including R&D
  • A European language and European marketing experience is preferred but is not a requirement


This is an excellent opportunity for an Assistant Product Manager to take the next step up and join a leading FMCG company which is known on the world stage as a major brand. The company provides a fantastic chance for development as well as an outstanding working culture. If this role sounds like something which you could shine in, please do not hesitate in applying for Lime Talent today!

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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