An exciting new permanent position for an Assistant Brand Manager with a global client specialising in the manufacture of an impressive portfolio of personal care products.

Skills & Knowledge we are seeking:
Applicants will required marketing experience with fast moving consumer goods or consumer package goods brands
E-commerce and/or online experience
Excellent analytical skills – financial and market research/data
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills
Very organised with thorough understanding of the usual administrative processes and budget management
Personal Computer skills to include mastery of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

Package Details
Attractive basic salary depending on experience
4% company performance related bonus scheme
9% matched contribution pension scheme
Health Shield- Medical/Health cash back scheme
4x Life Assurance Cover
24 days holidays (plus can buy 3 days per year)
Based in London, Euston area
Approximately 50% working from home and 50% from the office
Mon to Thur: 9am to 5pm. Fri: 9am to 4.30pm

The Role
Working on 3 exciting brands, you will help manage all marketing aspects of their beauty care portfolio.

This includes a US number 1 product, just launched in the UK so an exciting year ahead to make this mighty brand a success in the UK as well!
In addition, 2 haircare brands: one a premium product with much untapped potential to unleash, with the other offering a great opportunity to grow the brand mainly through online (Amazon, website)

Your deep understanding of key consumer insights, backed up with rigorous category analysis, will allow you to support the development of strategic, insight led, brand plans. You will brilliantly execute the plans through the development of compelling communications and promotions that prompt the required consumer and customer response to hit targets.
An all-round marketer in the making, you will be able to experience the full marketing mix. In particular, you will have a commercial acumen, as well as strength in briefing and developing all types of communications including social and digital media. Online is key for these brands as it represents the majority of their sales. Having ecommerce as well a project management experiences is a plus for this role.

Role Responsibilities

Brand Strategy
Input to the development of strategic brand plans:

• Assist in market trend analysis giving guidance for tomorrow’s agenda for your brands
• Help gather market and consumer information to better understand consumer needs and habits within your brand’s category, through
competitor monitoring and research projects
• Input to the setting of individual strategic priorities for brand growth
• Assist in the development of annual brand plans that will deliver the strategies and objectives with a robust programme of activities.
• Help develop the review of the brand plans on a quarterly basis to the brand team ensure targets are met

Brand Operations
Keeping the brands on track:

• Help monitor brand performance using market tracking research and financial reporting
• Tight budget management ensuring timely recommendations and accurate allocation, monitoring and control. Work closely with Finance
to keep budget trackers up to date.

New Product Development
Support SBM in executing NPD launches with excellence:

• Support SBM in bringing NPD or EPD to market. Help prepare and present business cases for your projects at Stage Gate meetings
• Help the SBM organise and manage consumer research and market testing of both new products and communications as required
• Help SBM develop impactful new packaging with design agencies and technical for your new product projects

Brand Communication & In Market Activation
Driving demand and engaging consumers at point of sale:

• Work alongside the SBM/GMM and agencies to create communications ideas that drive the desired brand objectives founded on key
consumer insights. Help in the coordination of agency projects to ensure on time delivery
• Work closely with Sales and Customer Marketing and ensure marketing activity information is shared to help better integration of
promotions to maximise ROI
• Provide market data and brand data to sales team to support customer presentations
• Help in the analysis of marketing activity, measure success and highlight key learnings

International Liaison
Support the success of our brands in other markets by working closely with international team and markets. Be a key point of contact for information on your brand(s) successes, key learning, and any relevant marketing activities.

Teamwork
• Work with your manager to set own individual development plan, regularly review own performance and progress with them
• Contribute to team update meetings in terms of brand performance results and any key learning
• Be instrumental in creating an exciting team spirit and a positive, creative, energetic atmosphere that rubs off on the rest of the
organisation.

If you would like to be considered, please apply with an up to date CV asap.


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