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Customer Brand Manager ( Project Manager )

Employer
Ashwood Executive Search International
Location
Greater London
Salary
£50,000 - £60,000 + car allowance + benefits
Closing date
7 Sep 2017

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Marketing, Other Job Function, Sales

Job Details

Customer Brand Manager (with project management)

My Client is one of the UK’s largest food manufacturers with a brand portfolio of category-leading household names and a £ multi-million turnover. Now in a major growth drive, they are looking for a talented Customer Brand Manager to join their expanding team.

A highly commercial role managing and running specific accounts worth £50m turnover, working with customers and internal stakeholders to drive forward the customer brand business. 

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Owning creating and implementing product plans  
  • Development of relationship with customer product developers using category insight to drive business forward
  • Presenting plans to retailers, working closely with sales, factory and category team to ensure business alignment
  • Management of portfolio with product developer and technical contacts in multiple retailers
  • Ensure product range is competitive
  • Management of product tenders working with sales, procurement, factory, customer, TAMS and finance team.
  • Driving appropriate product development projects
  • Identification and implementation of tactical opportunities for the Own Label portfolio and product retenders
  • P&L responsibility for category

CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE

  • FMCG background
  • Private Label Experience
  • Project management
  • Brand Management  
  • Cross functional working
  • Negotiation and Influencing Skills

CANDIDATE PROFILE

  • Excellent Commercial Skills
  • A self-starter with ability to manage complex cross functional projects
  • Ability to use shopper and  consumer insights to drive product development in line with corporate and retailer strategy
  • Excellent  interpersonal and influencing skills with an adaptive style
  • Problem Solving
  • Relationship development and management skills 

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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