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Brand Manager

Employer
Burtons Biscuits
Location
St Albans
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
16 Dec 2019

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

Job Details

Brand Manager – Join a fun great tasting category

Every great brand has something iconic about it that makes it stand out from the crowd. It’s impossible to imagine a Jammie Dodger without Jam or a Maryland Cookie without it’s Chocolate Chips. At Burton’s Biscuit Co it’s our amazing people and products that make the difference.

It’s a really exciting time to be joining Burton’s Biscuits - working as a Brand Manager will feel like running your own business but with the backing of a growing £270m+ turnover business, over 100 years of baking history, some of the UK’s most iconic biscuit brands and an exciting innovation pipeline. It’s a great environment and will give you lots of autonomy and room to grow.

One thing that hasn’t changed since 1874 and is our passion for baking great tasting biscuits which is why major global snacking players partners, including Mars Confectionery, Saputo and Unilever, and the UKs major retailers, also trust us with their brands.

So, if you have commercial brand management experience that sets you apart, can demonstrate a huge amount of energy and excitement, have a creative flair and are willing to roll your sleeves up and drive NPD from conception to launch, then this will be the exciting role you have been waiting for.

Location: Office Based, from our fantastic Head Office in St Albans, Hertfordshire (great location to commute by train, only a 5 minute walk from St Albans City Station)

Salary: Competitive Salary plus benefits to include 25 days holiday, company pension, private healthcare, company bonus scheme, free running, yoga and boot camp clubs, Car Allowance and of course Free Biscuits.

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Hours: 8.45am-5.30pm Monday-Friday

Experience of working in a fast paced environment and Previous food experience are desirable but is not essential to be successful in this role.

You may have experience in or have a passion for the following: Brand Manager, Marketing, Baking, Food, Senior Brand Manager, NPD, Innovation.

Ref: 90413

Company

Burtons Biscuits

Who Are Burtons Biscuits?

We are the home of Jammie Dodgers, Paterson Shortbread, Maryland Cookies and Wagon Wheels to name just a few! We are incredibly lucky to work in the world of making delicious biscuits!

‘We are a more successful and fun place to work when people feel free to be themselves’.

At Burton’s we believe in the power of being authentic, being entrepreneurial and being supportive to each other to meet our common goals…oh and did we mention having fun?!

Understanding our customers is crucial to our success, so having a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers is vital.

As a business we are committed to the continuous improvement of diversity and equality in the workplace and we welcome talented individuals from all backgrounds who share our Pride and Passion for Baking Great Biscuits and snacks.

Along with having amazing brands, we have secured long term agreements to allow us to manufacture a number of sweet & savoury snacks across Mars, Cathedral City & Marmite branded products. We also have several key strategic partnerships within the Retailer Private Label sector and our proud of the amazing biscuits we bake for our customers and consumers.

Within our Burton’s group, we have 6 bakery sites across the UK, located in Blackpool, Livingston, Edinburgh, Dorset, Isle of Arran and Llantarnam, with our head office in St Albans.   In total we employ circa 2,100 people around across our locations.

Burton’s Biscuits is owned by Ferrero and we are proud to be part of such a fantastic and successful business.  The Ferrero Group operates in more than 50 Countries and their products are sold in over 170 Countries.  We are delighted to be part of the Ferrero group which represents over 377,000 employees across the world and has a consolidated turnover of €12.3 billion (2020).

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