Brand Manager (Leading Food FMCG Company)

Location: Livingston, West Lothian (with travel to additional sites as required)
Salary: Competitive Salary, 25 days holiday, company pension scheme, company performance bonus & single healthcare cover, free onsite parking.
Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Hours: Full Time

Who Are We?

At Burton’s Biscuits we are the home of Jammie Dodgers, Maryland Cookies and Wagon Wheels to name just a few! We are incredibly lucky to work in the world of making delicious biscuits!

Burton’s Biscuits are owned by a Private Equity Owned business Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP or Teachers for short) and form part of their $191.1 B Net Assets portfolio. Working in partnership with Teachers, has allowed Burtons Biscuits to become a forward thinking and progressive company.

Our Vision is to have a shared Pride and Passion for baking sensational biscuits and snacks that delight our consumers, shoppers and our customers. We employ circa 1,800 people around the UK, with the majority of our workforce being based at our three main Bakery facilities in Llantarnam, Edinburgh and Blackpool. Our head office is based in St. Albans, with a subsidiary office located in Blackpool and smaller but equally important sites based in Dorset, Livingston & the Isle of Arran.

Along with having amazing brands, we have secured long term agreements to allow us to manufacture a number of sweet & savoury snacks across Mars Biscuit, Cathedral City & Marmite branded products. We are also forming key strategic partnerships within the Retailer Private Label sector.

In order to ensure we can continue to make fantastic biscuits, and to help us on this amazing journey, we are proud to announce that in 2019 we completed the acquisition of a premium sweet and savoury biscuit manufacturer Thomas Fudge’s, also in 2019 we acquired Scottish bakers Paterson Arran. This will increase our baking capabilities across a number of new sweet and savoury categories.

What are we all about?

Here at Burton’s Biscuit we pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. Our goal is to support our team in achieving their career goals. We do this by providing a working environment that offers opportunity, support, scope and pace of change. Our culture is the foundation of our business. We are fast paced, agile and fun.

We don’t want to bore you with just a Job description - we want to tell you what it’s really like to work for us?

So let’s start with ….…

Why work as part of our Brand Marketing team?

Our Brand Marketing team at Burton’s are passionate about the brands they look after, you will also get to work cross functionally which will see you spending time with our Category, Commercial, Bakeries & NPD teams. Each Brand Manager will have full ownership of their Brand Portfolio as well as contributing to the long term vision of the brand.

In this instance you will take the lead on Paterson’s, Royal Edinburgh, Café Brontë, Brontë and Arran Fine Foods brands.

Working within a fast paced, agile and entrepreneurial business, this role is a great opportunity for a self-starting individual with the ability to hit the ground running and turn ideas into action.

What are the key ingredients needed for the role?

While having Food Brand experience is preferable, it isn’t essential for this opportunity, having the right drive, determination, influencing skills and the ability to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in when needed is much more appealing.

You will still need to have experience of managing and leading brand projects from idea to launch, having a creative flair is essential for this role.

Final part of the mix.

Although line management experience is preferred, candidates must be able to demonstrate mentoring, coaching including assigning & reviewing of work. This role will come with 2 direct reports.

If you are ready to begin a career with real bite, we would love to hear from you so apply now by clicking the link below.

You may have had previous experience in the following: Brand Manager, FMCG, ATL, BTL, Marketing Manager, Senior Marketing Executive, Assistant Brand Manager etc.

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