How often do you get to truly develop a brand in the UK?

The Business

Unrivalled expertise, passion, and unyielding commitment to quality go in to every block of Ritter Sport chocolate. With a presence in over 100 countries (and counting), Ritter Sport has never compromised on its heritage and to this day is still owned by the family who continue to take an active role 100 years later. Since its roots in Germany the business has grown exponentially to be the multi £000m turnover group it is today with a significant proportion of sales coming from outside of its native Germany.

The group have now set their sights on the UK Grocery market. With a distinctive looking brand and a great tasting product, Ritter Sport are well placed to be a major player within premium chocolate in the UK.

In essence, this gives Ritter Sport UK the feel and freedom of a UK Start-up but with an already proven brand, unrivalled group commitment, and an investment level many established UK Brands would envy. 

The Role

Working within a small team you will be looking for a role which will grow with you… or will you grow with the role?

Your initial remit will be to take on responsibility for all UK social media activity which will include but not be exclusive to facebook, Instargam and Twitter. Exposure to working with social media creative agencies would be a distinct advantage but not a necessity. Your creativity will be tested through your ability to expand this over the next 3 to 6 months to incorporate broader experiential and guerrilla marketing techniques before working towards national TV campaigns in the next 18 months plus.

The Person

You will be a tenacious, driven, intelligent marketer and hungry for the next step. You may have already been singled out as a rising star within your current business but crave the ownership and ability to make an impact only a business like Ritter Sport can offer.

You will be surrounded by exceptionally well trained, passionate and engaging like-minded people. You will learn quickly and grow fast so you must be able to keep up with people operating at the top of their profession.

Despite the undoubtable impact and unique appeal the Ritter Sport brand will bring to the UK confectionery category you will still be going toe to toe with some of the world’s leading brands. As such, shrinking violets need not apply and only a resilient self-starter with the ability to get knocked back and keep going will thrive in this environment.

To join an ambitious business just before it ‘takes off’ is a career defining opportunity that most will never see! This will be challenging, exciting, fun and immensely rewarding with the potential to shape someone’s career forever.

If this opportunity is of interest, please forward your CV to our recruitment partners at Paul Nyman Consultancy. 

Paul Nyman Consultancy specialise in FMCG Sales jobs, Marketing jobs, NPD jobs & Category jobs across the UK.