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Brand Manager

Employer
Michael Page Sales
Location
England, Gloucestershire, Gloucester
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
16 Apr 2019

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

Job Details



A fantastic opportunity for a Brand Manager to play a pivotal role in the organisation's growth strategy, taking ownership, and leading the brand planning and strategy in conjunction with the Senior Brand Manager and Innovation team.



Client Details

Our client is a Health and Nutrition taking the UK's Grocery market by storm!



Description

The Brand Manager will utilise their creative and analytical skills to develop innovative and engaging campaigns across multiple consumer touch points, monitoring performance to deliver against brand objectives. The successful candidate will work closely with the Commercial team to develop brand materials in line with commercial brand plans, and will constantly seek continuous improvement, new insights and market understanding to further hone the effectiveness of the campaign, but also its ability to disrupt the market and engage audiences.

The successful candidate will assist the Senior Brand Manager to develop the annual brand plan, focusing on research, goals, key objectives and the broader activity set to deliver the plan; communications, product development, brand development, packaging and in-store activation. The successful candidate will also work closely with the Digital team to ensure all social content is in line with strategy.

The Brand Manager will utilise their natural curiosity and desire to learn to seek out the best possible way to engage retailers in brand plans and innovation launches, supporting strategic customer category planning sessions when necessary.

It is of high importance that the successful candidate will ensure accurate financial control of budgets, and so will always seek to maximise commercial opportunities to achieve company objectives.

This role is office-based in Gloucester.





Profile

The successful candidate will:
  • Have a track record in FMCG Brand Management and Marketing
  • Have ideally worked in the Convenience/Snacking channel
  • Will have a working knowledge of managing agencies
  • Have a track record in managing budgets
  • Be both creative and analytical
  • Be driven
  • Be a self-starter
  • Be a team player
  • Be naturally curious
  • Be educated to degree level
  • Have a genuine passion for Health and Wellness


Job Offer

Competitive Salary + Benefits

Company

Michael Page Sales UK is a leading professional recruitment consultancy covering permanent, interim and contract recruitment. We have UK wide coverage with ten offices located in London, Weybridge, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, St Albans, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The core markets we serve are Consumer, Business Services, Media, IT/Telco, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technical Sales, with a dedicated person or team in each location specialising in each of these sectors. The clients we work with are as diverse as the candidates we represent; from Blue Chips to SMEs, and Sales Execs to Sales Directors. Our Consultants are typically from relevant sales backgrounds giving first hand experience of the roles we recruit for. We pride ourselves on delivering unrivalled service levels to our candidates and our clients, our track record of success over the past 20 years means we stand out.

Within our Consumer Sales Division we have consultants within each of the 10 offices who dedicate themselves to this sector and no other. Our specialist capability is demonstrated further as we focus on sub sectors such as food, drink, household, foodservice, consumer electronics, apparel, health & beauty, consumer healthcare, pet and sports. Some of our key clients include Colgate, Beiersdorf, Dr Oetker, Johnson & Johnson, Matthew Clark, PZ Cussons, Kellogg’s, 2 Sisters, Samsung, Seven Seas, Twinings, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Warburtons, InBev, Kettle Chips, Hallmark, Luxottica, McCain, Britvic, General Mills, and Molson Coors to name but a few!

Michael Page Sales UK is part of Michael Page International with operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As well as looking for high quality candidates for our clients, we are also always looking for top talent to work for us

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