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Nestlé UK & Ireland
Nestlé Waters
Senior Brand Manager – San Pellegrino Italian Sparkling Drinks
Crawley (Hybrid 2-3 times a week)
Salary up to £53,000 depending on experience + potential bonus + car allowance + generous pension scheme + 12 flexible days on top of holiday entitlement + 2 paid volunteering days + other fantastic benefits!
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Position Summary
Here at Nestlé Waters, we are currently recruiting for a talented individual to join us, as a Senior Brand Manager, reporting into the International Brands Lead. This is an amazing opportunity where you will help to shape the future of our premium soft beverages brand San Pellegrino and play an important role in leading our annual brand plans and ensuring flawless execution of these plans to deliver value add marketing mix activity. You will be a part of a team based in our Crawley office where you will share the value of open communication to generate impact and return towards our common goals.
Nestlé Waters is the world leader in the bottled water market, and we’re committed to bottling the very best waters from the source, straight to our customers, via the most advanced and sustainable techniques currently employed. We have a genuine passion for healthy hydration, a fabulous portfolio of brands, a clear strategy, and a determination to win in the marketplace of both consumers and customers.
A day in the life of a Senior Brand Manager
As a Senior Brand Manager for the International Brands portfolio, you will play a pivotal role in developing and implementing the marketing plan for our San Pellegrino Italian sparkling drinks brand. Working across all elements of the marketing mix, owning exciting projects you will also:
- Lead the UK Brand Strategy and execution of the full portfolio of San Pellegrino Italian Sparkling Drinks
- Identify and deliver great innovations and renovations for the product portfolio, working as part of a cross-functional team
- Be responsible for the delivery of engaging brand experiences, whether it is through digital, experiential, existing or new sponsorship activations
- Be part of the creation of the brand creative platform working with the creative and media agencies
- Monitor monthly brand performances and work with our sales, category, finance, and supply chain teams as well as external agencies to address and close identified gaps.
- Use business intelligence to capture key-facts/trends to help make right business choices and report internally/to the Zone
- Take responsibility for the monthly tracking of brand budgets and maintenance with the support of the Finance Co-Pilot.
- Help drive improvements across everything we do by taking learnings from all our marketing activities ensuring improvements are recommended and implemented into our planning cycle.
What will make you successful
To be successful in this role you will already have some fantastic marketing experience under your belt, ideally within a Senior Brand Manager role previously or you’ll be a strong performing brand manager ready for the next step up. You will be passionate, tenacious; results focused and enjoy working in a highly energetic and exciting environment. Acting as an ambassador for the brands, you will have strong project management and analytical skills. You will need to be highly organised, conscientious and a team player. Pro-activity and enthusiasm are essential elements for this role as is proven leadership capability and creative thinking. You’ll also:
- Have the ability to influence at senior levels both internally and externally
- Demonstrate strong presentation skills, targeting a wide audience from customers to internal stakeholders
- Be capable of P&L management and financial analysis to improve portfolio profitability
- Demonstrate effective communication skills at all levels
- Be able to run sizeable projects and work streams from concept to delivery
- Experience in coordinating and participating in cross functional team
What you need to know
What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus statutory holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.
The closing date for this role is the 21st March 2024.
We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.
At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect. When we embrace diversity and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business. People of all gender identities, ethnically diverse individuals, people with disabilities, and members of the LGBT+ community are strongly encouraged to apply. If there is anything we can do to accommodate you to participate fully in the application process, please let us know. We take pride in championing inclusion and diversity, our people make up a number of Colleague Networks who represent different experiences and communities who hold us accountable in creating a sense of belonging for all, and our values create the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution you bring. Find out more about our Colleague Networks here: Diversity, equity and inclusion | Nestlé (nestle.co.uk)
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