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Requisition ID: 53451
Position Type: FT Permanent
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About Kerry
We're Kerry Dairy Consumer Foods - a leading name in the food industry with over €470m sales revenue globally. Alongside famous British & Irish brands such as Strings and Things, Pure, Dairygold and Coleraine, we're also a leading producer of fantastic supermarket private label Butters, Spreads and Margarines. We're made up of a team of brilliant people and big ambitions. Our products, many of which are household favorites, are eaten by millions of people every day.
We're also the home of Strings & Things, (Cheestrings & Yollies), the kids snack brand packed with fun which is perfect for kids lunchtimes and snacking occasions. Across Europe the brand is now worth over €130m and following a year of strong growth in GB is worth £68million here alone. But we have bold ambitions to take this even further!
This role will provide the successful candidate with a competitive salary and excellent benefits, as well as a flexible working culture.
About the role
Working in Brand Management here at Kerry Consumer Foods will push you to lead execution and in-market activation from day one. This is a very entrepreneurial environment, so you need to like working at a fast pace. This position is perfect for someone who's a strategic thinker, quick learner, hands-on leader, and digitally-savvy innovator.
Key responsibilities
Reporting directly into the UK & International Marketing Manager, this Brand Manager GB role will work within the broader Category and Marketing function. You'll be responsible for driving the growth of our brand to drive competitive advantage, profitable growth, increase in brand value and maximum return on investment for Kerry Dairy Consumer Foods. This role gives you the chance to work across the full marketing mix. You'll need to be open-minded and flexible, happy to work across a broad range of responsibilities. This will include everything from managing above and below the line activations, working on a very active (and exciting!) NPD and innovation pipeline, briefing and managing external agencies, managing our shopper/trade investment and executing and evaluating our brand plans.
Joining us means working in a fast, agile and ambitious environment, with talented people who really care about what they do. We're hungry for new ideas, so we'll always listen to yours. And because we're always looking to the future, you'll find plenty of opportunities to learn and grow. In fact, like our entire business, you'll never stand still.
Qualifications and skills
* You will have a strong understanding in Marketing; ideally (but not necessarily!) having worked previously in a Consumer Goods business, or similar.
* You will be driven to achieve, naturally curious and excited by being given free reigns to learn, change and improve.
* You'll be great at working collaboratively and will ideally have experience in managing third party agencies.
* You'll have a strong understanding of how to write and implement a brand marketing plan, plus you'll be comfortable measuring and evaluating campaigns.
* You'll have strong verbal and numerical skills with a great attention to detail.
* You'll have brilliant communication skills; able to build relationships internally and externally that will drive your business forward.
* Plus you'll love food and will be as excited as we are about working for Kerry Dairy Consumer Foods!
Whilst experience is important, finding the right person who will live and breathe our Values is something we're super passionate about.
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