Brand Manager

UK (Unknown)

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Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own brand strategy and execution for a consumer portfolio, driving growth via cross‑functional leadership, data insights, and channel‑driven activation; accountable for 3‑year strategic plan, annual brand plans, and renovation launches with IRI/Nielsen data and stakeholder alignment.

  • Brand stewardship: lead cross‑functional teams on brand‑building activity, in‑store activation, and product launches.
  • Growth and insights: identify market opportunities via consumer insights and competitive analysis to drive share gain.
  • Planning and governance: manage annual plans, gate reviews, performance reviews, and deliver with cross‑agency partners.

Job Description

Responsibilities - Lead elements of the brand portfolio, monitoring performance, recommending actions, and motivating cross‑functional teams to drive results - Partner with line manager to define and deliver the 3‑year strategic plan - Develop and deliver annual brand plans aligned to sales, profit targets, and pladis UK performance metrics - Regularly review performance and take corrective action where required - Use data and insights to drive projects and inform brand development - Work with manager and cross‑agency teams to deliver integrated marketing initiatives - Own innovation and renovation projects, including project management, cross‑functional leadership, and monthly gate reviews - Act as brand and consumer champion within pladis UK - Develop and deliver integrated marketing plans across OOH, digital, social, and in‑store channels - Commercially manage the brand portfolio to achieve performance targets Requirements - Experience in Brand Management within and FMCG environment - Strong Project Management and cross functional collaboration skills - Experience of IRI/Nielsen and Kantar data - Self-starter with an ability to work across multiple projects and subject areas
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pladis Global

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pladis is one of the world’s fastest growing snacking companies and home to much loved brands including McVitie’s, GODIVA and Ülker. pladis also owns regional brands Jacob’s, Go Ahead, Flipz, Turtles, BN, Verkade and many more products across sweet and savoury biscuits, wafer, cake and chocolate. Formed in 2016, pladis is the proud steward of over 300 years of family baking and confectionery experience. The expertise of its 16,000-strong global workforce spans 27 factories in 11 countries, and is founded on collaboration, agility and resilience. As a responsible business, delivering the highest quality products and exceptional service, pladis’ products have the potential to reach more than four billion people across the world. pladis people are passionate about collaboration and creation, using consumer insights and trends to fulfil its promise of bringing happiness with every bite. This passion, combined with rapid speed to market, enables the company to bring its products from idea to on-shelf quickly, so they are available for consumers all over the world.

Founded in 2016
Brentford, England, GBR
3.5K employees (275 in marketing)
68% recommend to a friend
88% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
50.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
52.4%
Direct
33.9%
Referral
6.2%
Social
4.8%
Paid
2.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~3.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
221 (6% of company)

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