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Marketing Manager

Employer
Advocate Group
Location
Liverpool
Salary
Competitive Salary
Closing date
6 Feb 2019

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

Job Details

Job Title: Marketing Manager

Salary: Competitive salary plus car allowance and excellent benefits
Location: North West
Sector / Industry: FMCG / Food and Drink
Job Reference: CD-24652

Would you like to work for a category leading organisation, who operates across food and drink? This is an opportunity to work within a blue chip organisation who are based in the heart of the North West. Operating across both Brand and Private Label, the business produce quality products and have a strong heritage.

As the new Marketing Manager you will be part of a team of x3 and report to the Senior Marketing Manager. You will work in a cross functional environment and lead the marketing plans ensuring the annual and strategic long term objectives are achieved. You will create and present brand plans and product launches and sell to relevant internal departments and external contacts such as retail buyers on NPD, pricing, promotions and communication plans. This is a new role created and offers a supportive environment to drive the company’s leading products. NPD is a clear focus within the role and you will deliver the brand objectives and ensure the strategic plans are met. For this role attitude and passion is everything, if you have a proven track record of delivering success within a marketing role with a FMCG company ideally a Food and Drink company and you have a winning attitude please get in touch.  

Package Details:

  • Competitive basic salary plus car allowance, pension, healthcare and benefits

Key Responsibilities:

  • Management of brand marketing plans.
  • Lead the development and management of trade and customer plans for specific areas/channels of responsibility. 
  • Support in the development of the brand communication plan and lead your product Digital and social plans.
  • Lead the branded NPD stream for your specific remit, including concept generation, consumer research and validation, commercial viability, launch strategy. Leadership of cross functional team from development to launch.
  • Work with the Senior Marketing Manager to recommend pricing and promotional strategies for the portfolio area taking into consideration market conditions and business needs, including the impact on business KPI’s and management of the national promotional plans.
  • Work with the insight team to deliver appropriate consumer and shopper insight to deliver brand growth and shape future direction.

Required Skills & Experience:

  • FMCG Marketing experience minimum of 3 years’ experience
  • Experience in consumer campaigns across multiple channels (PR, digital, social essential; ATL advantageous)
  • Good project and time management skills, with a track record of delivering a number of projects simultaneously.
  • Proven track record of successfully bringing innovation to market, leading cross functional teams and projects
  • Experience in evaluating and providing food development feedback
  • Experience in P&L brand management
  • New product development
  • Resilient, able to deal with challenges/ objections confidently and exert people influence skills
  • Strong leadership and team working skills, especially in leading a cross functional team
  • Strategic thinker with strong analytical skills, using data to provide insight and clear recommendations
  • Quick learner, self-motivated and able to work on own initiative
  • Could look at Fixed Term Contract

To apply, please send a copy of your CV and a covering letter to chloe.dalton@advocate-group.co.uk or, alternatively, submit your application via the link below.

To Contact Directly: Chloe Dalton on 0161 639 0080

At The Advocate Group, our core values have been built around the importance of transparency, innovation, passion and collaboration. As such, we are committed to open communication and the protection of your privacy. We have updated our policies in line with new General Data Protection Regulation laws to make it easier for you to understand how we collect, store and handle your data – These can be viewed on our website via our privacy policy. Please note The Advocate Group is acting as an employment agency & business.

Company

We are a leading recruitment partner to the FMCG and consumer product sectors. Brand advocate representation, with a focus on inclusive hiring, is central to our ethos and ethics.

As talent partner to some of the most exciting global names, innovators, and challenger brands, we have a proven track record of not only sourcing top talent, but improving employer brand, candidate journey, and talent acquisition strategies. Our specialist consultants plug directly into your brand to act as your talent team, or work alongside your existing talent function. 

Being consumer product-centric means that our candidate and client partners can draw on our deep networks, proven processes, and highly trained talent specialists. 

Our aim is to: identify, engage, assess, and provide exceptional consumer product talent, always with the candidate journey at the forefront of mind.

What Do We Offer?

  • 3:1 interview-to-placement ratio.

That means that, for every three candidates we have out on interview, one is getting the job.

  • 96% employee retention.

Our retention rate is market leading – 96% of the people that we place are still with that organisation at least 12 months later.

  • 92% right-first-time shortlists.

Of the placements we make in roles that we work exclusively (which is the vast majority), 92% are hired from our hired from our first shortlist.

  • 28 days average time to hire.

From briefing to offer, our average turnaround time is 28 days.

Our Recruitment Solutions:

Search & Selection | Project Recruitment | Embedded Talent | Executive Search | Contract Recruitment | Market Mapping

Contact Us Today to Discuss Your Next Recruitment Project:

📞 0333 772 7200
📩 workwithus@advocate-group.co.uk
💻 https://www.advocate-group.co.uk/

Company info
Website
Telephone
0333 772 7200
Location
The Advocate Group
No. 1 Spinningfields, WeWork
Quay Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3JE
GB

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