Marketing Manager – Health Food
- Employer
- Vitae Selection Ltd.
- Location
- Gloucester, Gloucestershire
- Salary
- Basic Salary Circa: £40,000 - £45,000 + Bonus + Pension Scheme + Healthcare
- Closing date
- 18 May 2015
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Category Management, Marketing
Job Details
Marketing Manager – Health Food
Health Food Production
Based: Gloucester
Basic Salary Circa: £40,000 - £45,000 + Bonus + Pension Scheme + Healthcare
My client is a rapidly growing health food manufacturing business distributing across UK and internationally. Manufacturing protein bars, powders and healthy snacks, they use only the highest quality natural ingredients without compromising on taste. Due to recent expansion they are offering the opportunity for an experienced Marketing Manager to build up and lead a brand new team as part of a highly successful company who are committed to being an employer of choice.
The Role:
- Reporting into a Senior Manager, you will develop a marketing strategy to support the business objectives as outlined in the company business plan. This will include consumer, retail and trade marketing.
- Responsible for building up a brand new team and ensuring efficient coordination between your team and the sales department, identifying any training needs along the way.
- You will manage digital marketing strategy, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Web Blogs, Coupons, Ambassadors and texts.
- Ensure effective implementation of marketing initiatives while also organising consumer marketing campaigns.
- Work closely with the Directors with regards to the marketing budget and influence how this budget is spent.
- Ensure effective cross-functional collaboration to organise promotional activity through the year as well as designing campaigns for all stages of the product lifecycle.
The Requirements:
- Over 5 years of relevant experience working in a marketing capacity, ideally within a fast growing brand within the food sector or similar.
- A degree or equivalent in Marketing, business management, business administration or similar are highly desirable.
- Experience in leading a team along with leadership and motivational skills as well as working well as part of a team.
- Strong organisational skills, planning/coordination and an ability to work effectively under pressure and prioritise workloads.
- Attention to detail but able to see the big picture as well as being able to think critically and problem solve.
- You must be presentable with excellent communication skills with the ability to demonstrate a positive attitude and enthusiasm at all times.
If you believe you have the correct skill-set for this role and want to join a dynamic company who genuinely value their employees and invest in their future;
Please send your CV and up to date package details to apply
Company
The Vitae team truly understands the ferocity of today’s trading climate and the need to find and secure the very best talent embodied through an extensive network and a true commitment to the sectors.
Our combined recruitment experience within the Consumer practice gives a robust proposition to any client within our markets looking to make a serious investment in talent.
Vitae’s approach is a combination of both Search and Selection services. We have a thorough understanding of HR policy and procedure and regularly work as a preferred supplier to selected clients. Our team has worked on high profile single search mandates for senior permanent moves as well as high quality Interim hires together with multiple hire projects requiring well-co-ordinated advertising campaigns to deliver large scale teams. Our candidates benefit greatly from our insight into different business cultures together with our proactive model in finding and matching candidates to jobs. Our professionalism and delivery within these sectors in backed up by overwhelmingly positive feedback from both our clients and candidates.
Vitae work with a range of clients including large Global Food Brand’s, Plc.’s, Major Own label producers, Corporations, Owner Managed Firms and Private Equity backed businesses.
Core Markets
• Food & Drinks- Branded & Own Label
• Consumer Goods – Non- Food, White & Brown goods, Sporting Goods
• Ingredients – Flavour systems, Food Ingredients
• Retail- Grocery, General merchandise
• Packaging- Corrugated, Cartons, Closures, Plastics, Film, GNFR, Flexible and Injection Molding
- Telephone
- 0113 394 4950
- Location
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21 York Place
Leeds
LS1 2EX
GB
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