Senior Brand Manager - FTC 6 months (Office in Staines)
Requisition ID: 53404
Position Type: FT Fixed Term
Workplace Arrangement: Hybrid
About Kerry
Kerry Dairy Consumer Foods is looking for a talented Senior Brand Manager to join the Team to work on an exciting new start-up brand, SMUG Dairy, which launched in April 2024 & is set to shake up the Dairy Category.
About the role
The successful candidate will be joining at the very start of our journey and play a key role in setting the brand up for future success. Working on a start-up brand, this role will be full-on & multi-faceted – from getting the basics right, engaging internally & externally, collaborating with key Agency Partners, developing motivating communications or go-to-market activation plans. No day is the same in our quest to successfully launch SMUG as the new way to do Dairy in a tempting, unmissable & clear way.
They will be agile, responsive, comfortable with ambiguity, bring the outside in, inspire & excite the Business and our Customers about SMUG Dairy and ensure delivery in line with the Business & Commercial metrics. There is also a longer-term view of expanding the brand internationally.
We are looking for a driven, passionate individual who is above all a Team Player, flexible & adaptable & happy to get stuck in & make things happen.
Key responsibilities
- Working in conjunction with the Marketing Lead to launch & land a new Dairy Brand into the UK Market.
- Working with the Marketing Lead & Agency Partners on campaigns to unlock the brand potential through 360˚ communications channels.
- Leading elements of the Integrated Marketing Communications - Digital & Social lead.
- Leading the shopper marketing & activation plan (including sampling) with supporting agency.
- Leading the Brand renovation agenda optimizing existing products & packaging across cheese, butter & milk.
- Brand lead for artwork production/repro/printing.
- Key brand liaison with the sales & field sales team.
- Project managing specific innovations.
- Supporting the forward-looking innovation pipeline in conjunction with the Branded Innovation Team.
- Tracking & evaluating in-market performance & identifying opportunities to accelerate and optimize.
Qualifications and skills
- Previous experience in Brand Marketing roles.
- FMCG background & experience (preferably Food / Beverage).
- Experience & knowledge of artwork & repro processes.
- Track record of successful creative development & leading Inter Agency Teams.
- Social & Digital capability & evidence of how driven Brand growth / objectives & performance.
- Able to influence, build effective relationships & manage at senior levels within and outside the organization.
- Comfortable with ambiguity.
- Confident to own relationships & decision making & work autonomously as needed.
- Desirable - experience & successful track record of launching a New Brand / Start-up.
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