Description
Great People Work Here
In Twinings UK&I we are on a stimulating journey of transformation as we seek to achieve our exciting goal of becoming a leading brand in wellbeing drinks. We have created an organisation designed to be in flow, where everyone has a pivotal role to play, and an experience that enables you to get the most out of life at Twinings and thrive.
The Customer Activation Manager will have experience as a trade or shopper marketing manager or with commercial experience in the Foodservice channel, who has the ability to create activation plans in key accounts that inspire our customers and influence our consumers in Out of Home (OOH) channels.
* Are you energetic and enthusiastic, with a passion for customer understanding?
* Do you thrive on building partnerships and making a visible impact on growth?
Key Responsibilities
You'll create an engaging point of sale to inspire consumers in outlet and support the OOH sales team in winning new business so we're looking for someone who is able to confidently present category insights that not only help us to win new business but also drive relationships with our route to market customers. Some of the things to keep you busy will be;
* Create a 12-month activation plan for key wholesalers and end-user accounts aligned to our brand plans. Channels include Workplace catering, Hotels, Travel, Coffee Shops etc.
* Own an always-on activation calendar and plan activations during the year – close relationship with OOH sales team, brand team and activation team
* Creation of high impact, insight-based, compelling selling stories tailored to support mesh trade-up and value-adding initiatives.
* Manage key performance indicators across campaigns to measure success and report back on findings with recommendations for future activations.
* Interpret and present category data to wholesaler buyers and end-user customer buying teams, managing budgets and delivery timelines to ensure campaigns go live to align with brand marketing.
* Creation of RTM adverts, newsletters, online digital banners and other RTM specific platforms - also working with creative agencies to design and deliver assets on time and within budget and ensure a high quality library of materials.
* Support innovation workstreams with activation tasks including buyer boxes, selling stories, trade events.
* Work with our Shopper Experience Manager to create tea menus, perfect serve solutions and tailored assets with the aim of increasing visibility of Twinings brand within key end-user accounts
* Launch assets with clear comms to end-user customers/staff
Key Channels where you'll see your impact
* Contract Catering – selling support decks, internal sell-in – launch activation
* Travel – customer facing adverts in on-board magazines, staff training manuals, photography and copy for menus
* Hotels – serve recommendations, menus, training manuals, merchandising, imagery,
* New Business – tenders, sustainability, selling decks, brand day prep, presenting at meetings ,product range review
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
* Experience as an activation, trade or shopper marketing manager, or with commercial experience in Foodservice channels.
* Experience of managing budgets and raising PO’s.
* A can-do person with strong project management and planning skills.
* Experience of presenting plans at a high-level to both internal and external stakeholders.
* Agency management experience to convey clear creative activation requirements.
* High performance mindset, resourceful and determined to find ways to overcome challenges.
* They will be able to lead and deliver work cross functionally with high collaboration.
Benefits
* Yearly bonus based on personal contribution and financial performance.
* Flexible working options.
* 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays and the option to buy and sell holidays.
* Onsite Gym and Wellbeing Centre.
* Perkbox – employee discount scheme with discounts online, in high street stores, cinema, holidays, restaurants and many more.
* Pension scheme with your contributions matched for up to 10% of your salary.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* SimplyHealth Cash plan.
* Onsite Staff shop and online staff discounts.
* Four week Digital Nomad.
* Opportunity for a variety of market leading development opportunities.
* 2 recharge days a year to pause and get back on top and thriving.
* Birthday day off.
* Inspiring connection events in line with our exciting wellbeing vision.
Twinings has become one of the world’s most renowned tea companies over its 300-year history because we never stop learning, never stop experimenting and never stop inventing. We take pride in our tea from bud to cup and have been working with some of our tea estates around the world since the early 18th Century.
More than 300 years later, the love of tea is still here - and so are we! We still sell tea from Thomas’s shop, and we still work hard to bring the most innovative new blends to tea lovers around the world. Now, we have over 500 varieties and our teas are cherished all over the world. Our expert master blenders taste more than 3,000 cups of tea every week. So you can be sure the next cup you taste will be every bit as good as the one yesterday or the day before.
Our approach to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
TwiningsOvo is focused on bringing together humans from different backgrounds and perspectives, providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We seek to create a diverse, equitable & inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, have a sense of belonging, and do meaningful work together. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination against an applicant on the basis of their race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, family or parental status, disability, age or any other status protected by law and are devoted to promoting diversity across our workplace.
Applicants may be entitled to reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Equality Act. A reasonable adjustment is a change in the way things are typically done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity.
Please inform our Talent Acquisition or HR Shared Services team if you need any assistance completing your application or to otherwise participate in the application process.