Marketing Manager

Salary: £48,000 – £54,000 per year

Our client is a global leader in food manufacturing selling products in over 100 countries with 25 factories worldwide. As a great company to work for, offering excellent career progression and job satisfaction, they are currently looking for a Marketing Manager.

Marketing Manager Job Role

This is an excellent opportunity to join as the Marketing Manager to lead their chilled department. The portfolio has grown strongly in the past 5 years and they have ambitious growth plans to be the leader in their field.

You will join a close knit and supportive team with an autonomous working environment to create and implement the marketing strategy and deliver against ambitious growth opportunities and be expected to mentor and coach.

The successful candidate will lead development of brand plans and all strategic, marketing and commercial plans across the mix – across a wide range of activities, including full mix communications, as well as NPD.

You will be a highly self-aware, professionally mature person with strong influencing skills to direct and motivate people at all levels, both in and outside of your immediate team so to deliver positive solutions.

Marketing Manager Job Description

This role will suit someone who enjoys taking responsibility and ownership and is looking for an opportunity to work in an entrepreneurial environment where they can really make a difference.

Reporting to the Marketing Director, the successful candidate will be part of a progressive marketing team and collaborate enthusiastically with multi-functional stakeholders.

Marketing Manager Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Own and grow the chilled department.
• Develop annual brand plans and input into long term strategy and growth plans – identifying key opportunities and building blocks to deliver.
• Responsible for development and management of NPD and EPD – an exciting and compelling innovation pipeline.
• Develop and step-change optimum consumer communication plans to deliver both marketing and business objectives, exploring new and different ways to connect with target consumers.
• Lead all 360 market activation to support brand plans e.g. Shopper, PR, Digital & Social.
• Establish consumer & customer insights and make sound strategic recommendations
• Develop compelling stories for growing the brand in existing categories
• Support Marketing Manager in development of a future vision for the brand in the UK
• Management of the external Marketing Agencies.
• Accompany and support the Commercial Manager at customer meetings, bringing the band to life for the trade
• Monitor and control the marketing budget for consumer spend
• Coach and mentor a growing team.

Marketing Manager Candidate Profile

• A passionate brand advocate with a natural affinity for brands and how they connect with consumers
• Proven success in brand management in a branded FMCG company
• A passion for food combined with a natural curiosity for consumers & new products
• Able to work with ambiguity and be flexibly minded and offer innovative solutions
• A self starter, able to work alone and in a team
• Dynamic with ability to inspire others
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Analytical, inquisitive and innovative
• Persuasive, determined & makes things happen
• Understanding of the UK multiple grocery channels and their associated trading issues
• Knowledge of panel/continuous data and exposure to a wide range of market research techniques used in building brands & innovation

Company Package

The role offers excellent career prospects working for a market leader in their field with a comprehensive benefits package that includes

Market Leader in their products and sector

Competitive salary

Health care single cover

Private Health Insurance 70% of Contractual pay

Company pension 6% employer contribution (Salary exchange)

Childcare vouchers (Salary exchange)

25 days holiday + 8 Bank holidays

Company sick pay – 3 months full contractual pay

4 x Death in Service

Mobile Phone

Company Credit card for expenses

Wellbeing – Free eye tests and £90 towards glasses, Flu Jabs, Wellbeing tests

Long service recognition and rewards

If you would like to apply for this role, please send an up to date copy of your CV to Kate Evans quoting reference GP241

We look forward to hearing from you