Senior Brand Manager

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelPermanent

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own marketing activation and brand governance for a premium spirits portfolio in the UK, balancing strategy with hands-on delivery across trade, consumer and agency partnerships to lift distribution, visibility and performance.

  • Responsibilities: Lead the development and implementation of annual brand plans, ensuring alignment with business objectives and commercial priorities.
  • Responsibilities: Drive the execution of integrated consumer, customer and trade marketing strategies across the brand portfolio, ensuring consistent delivery against agreed objectives
  • Responsibilities: Drive brand presence within the UK market through regular engagement with on- and off-trade customers, identifying opportunities to enhance brand visibility, distribution and advocacy.

Job Description

Own marketing activation and brand governance for a premium spirits portfolio in the UK, balancing strategy with hands-on delivery across trade, consumer and agency partnerships to lift distribution, visibility and performance.

  • Responsibilities: Lead the development and implementation of annual brand plans, ensuring alignment with business objectives and commercial priorities.
  • Responsibilities: Drive the execution of integrated consumer, customer and trade marketing strategies across the brand portfolio, ensuring consistent delivery against agreed objectives
  • Responsibilities: Drive brand presence within the UK market through regular engagement with on- and off-trade customers, identifying opportunities to enhance brand visibility, distribution and advocacy.
  • Responsibilities: Lead the development of marketing collateral, brand assets and promotional materials, ensuring consistency with brand positioning and identity.
  • Responsibilities: Develop and maintain strong working relationships with external agencies, designers, production partners and event suppliers, ensuring the successful delivery of marketing projects to agreed quality, budget and timescales.
  • Responsibilities: Lead the planning and delivery of brand activations, trade events, exhibitions, tastings and customer engagement initiatives, working collaboratively with the Trade Marketing Executive and Sales Team.
  • Responsibilities: Monitor, evaluate and report on brand performance, campaign effectiveness, market trends and competitor activity, providing insight and recommendations to inform future marketing strategy.
  • Responsibilities: Manage marketing budgets, forecasts and project timelines, ensuring resources are allocated effectively and activities are delivered within agreed financial parameters.
  • Responsibilities: Serve as a key marketing contact for assigned brand owners, building effective relationships and collaborating to ensure brand initiatives support both supplier and company objectives.
  • Responsibilities: Partner closely with the Sales Team to develop commercially effective trade marketing programmes, customer presentations, category insights and sales support materials that drive distribution and growth.
  • Responsibilities: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful delivery of marketing initiatives and continuous improvement of brand performance.
  • Responsibilities: Ensure all marketing activities comply with relevant legislation, industry codes of practice, company policies and brand guidelines
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    Berkmann Wine Cellars

    Berkmann Wine Cellars is the UK’s leading independent agent/wholesaler. We supply the country’s restaurants and retailers with an unbeatable range, from household names like Duboeuf and Antinori to the most recherché small producers. As a family-owned company with roots in the restaurant trade, our goal remains the same as it always has been: to supply wines of outstanding character and typicity that are made to be drunk with food. Our vision is to develop our business and our range without compromising these values, and we choose to work with suppliers who share this philosophy, most of which are family-run themselves. With this in mind, we can afford to be fussy: from the humblest house wine to the grandest of grands crus, we make sure we select only the best. After all, life is too short to drink anything else!

    Founded in 1964
    London, England, GBR
    204 employees (22 in marketing)